The WORST episodes of Inside No. 9

Every episode of Inside No. 9 ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Inside No. 9!

Jaws will drop and spines will tingle. Heads might even roll. Darkly twisted comic tales from the imaginations of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, joined by a host of stars.

Last Updated: 9/26/2024Network: BBC TwoStatus: Ended
Last Night of the Proms
star
6.47
161 votes

#1 - Last Night of the Proms

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/14/2021

Dawn and Mick are hosting their annual Last Night of the Proms party, the perfect antidote to post-Brexit Britain. But not everyone is singing from the same song sheet.

Directors: Matt Lipsey
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Love's Great Adventure
star
6.71
224 votes

#2 - Love's Great Adventure

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/17/2020

Trevor and Julia always want to make Christmas really special for their family, but this year, with money so tight, things aren’t going to be easy. As each door of the Advent calendar opens, everyone will have to do their bit to make Christmas happen.

Watch Now:Amazon
The Harrowing
star
6.85
529 votes

#3 - The Harrowing

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/12/2014

Ordinarily, Hector and Tabitha never go out as they have to look after their disabled elder brother. But tonight's event is so special that they are going to need a carer. And Katy's not going to turn down £88, is she?

Directors: David Kerr
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Wuthering Heist
star
6.86
211 votes

#4 - Wuthering Heist

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/10/2021

Pantalone has in an audacious plan to steal a consignment of diamonds worth a tasty £12 million. But he has hired a complete bunch of double-crossing clowns to do it.

Directors: Guillem Morales
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Nine Lives Kat
star
6.94
148 votes

#5 - Nine Lives Kat

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/11/2022

Hard-as-nails detective inspector, divorcee and single mum Katrina is determined to crack the case of the missing boy. But there’s also her drinking, her love life and her inner demons. She doesn’t want help, but it turns up anyway.

Directors: Kieron J. Walsh
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Curse of the Ninth
star
7.05
81 votes

#6 - Curse of the Ninth

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/5/2024

An Edwardian chiller in which a talented piano-tuner is forced to confront the power of a centuries-old curse by the owners and servants of a large country house.

Directors: Guillem Morales
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Mother's Ruin
star
7.08
136 votes

#7 - Mother's Ruin

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/27/2023

East End villains Harry and Annie Blackwood were rotten to the core and did some truly horrible things when they were alive. What secrets did they take to their grave? Their sons plan to find out.

Directors: George Kane
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The Understudy
star
7.09
523 votes

#8 - The Understudy

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/5/2014

Tony Warner's performance as Macbeth is the toast of London's West End. It would be very bad luck indeed if he was suddenly indisposed in some way. Except for Jim, his ever-hopeful understudy, of course.

Directors: David Kerr
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And The Winner Is...
star
7.12
330 votes

#9 - And The Winner Is...

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2018

The star, the dame, the girl-next-door or the ingenue? Only one of them will thank the jury in their acceptance speech at the Television Awards.

Directors: Graeme Harper
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Mr King
star
7.12
165 votes

#10 - Mr King

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/27/2022

Alan arrives at a small village primary school in rural Wales, and throwing himself into his new job, he still finds himself overshadowed by his much-loved predecessor, Mr King.

Directors: Louise Hooper
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Thinking Out Loud
star
7.14
212 votes

#11 - Thinking Out Loud

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/2020

Seven disparate characters share their stories with a camera, their fates inevitably, inextricably and unknowingly set for a head-on collision.

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Merrily, Merrily
star
7.14
169 votes

#12 - Merrily, Merrily

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/20/2022

Laurence has arranged a special reunion on a boat for his old university friends. As they strike out across the remote lake, their conversation takes them into troubled waters.

Directors: Al Campbell
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3 by 3
star
7.16
131 votes

#13 - 3 by 3

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/18/2023

In a replacement to the advertised programme, three threesomes compete for the big cash prize in this new general knowledge quiz presented by Lee Mack.

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The Referee's A...
star
7.17
251 votes

#14 - The Referee's A...

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/2020

The crunch clash between United and Rovers, all safely in the care of four match officials. Promotion, relegation, corruption and so, so much more.

Directors: Matt Lipsey
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Seance Time
star
7.19
452 votes

#15 - Seance Time

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2015

Having never consulted the spirit world before, Tina isn't quite sure what to expect, but there's something already waiting for her on the Other Side.

Directors: Dan Zeff
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Love Is a Stranger
star
7.19
120 votes

#16 - Love Is a Stranger

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/11/2023

You get to meet all sorts when you go online dating, as Vicky’s about to find out. Will she finally meet her perfect match? Or will she be talking to the Lonely Hearts Killer?

Directors: Jesse Quinones
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The Bones of St Nicholas
star
7.26
137 votes

#17 - The Bones of St Nicholas

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/22/2022

It’s Christmas Eve, and Dr Parkway has booked an overnight stay in a reputedly haunted church. Why is he keen to be away from his other guests? A twisted ghost story for Christmas.

Directors: George Kane
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Last Gasp
star
7.27
577 votes

#18 - Last Gasp

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2014

Tamsin is a very sick little girl, so Jan and Graham asked WishmakerUK to brighten up their daughter's birthday. The charity is bringing along a very special guest indeed - none other than the legendary singer Frankie J Parsons.

Directors: David Kerr
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Hurry Up and Wait
star
7.30
178 votes

#19 - Hurry Up and Wait

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/31/2021

Actor James is waiting for his big moment on ITV’s new crime drama in a static caravan, owned by a strange family that clearly have something to hide.

Directors: Matt Lipsey
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Paraskevidekatriaphobia
star
7.30
134 votes

#20 - Paraskevidekatriaphobia

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/4/2023

Gareth is definitely going to be working from home today. Just to be on the safe side. He doesn’t want to push his luck. Because today just happens to be Friday the 13th.

Directors: George Kane
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The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
star
7.30
452 votes

#21 - The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2015

Two witch-finders are summoned by Sir Andrew Pike to the village of Little Happens in order to try a defenceless old woman.

Directors: Dan Zeff
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Death Be Not Proud
star
7.32
236 votes

#22 - Death Be Not Proud

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/10/2020

Beattie and Sam are a young couple finally on the property ladder. But the only flat they can afford has a dark and sinister past, one that demands to be heard.

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How Do You Plead
star
7.35
165 votes

#23 - How Do You Plead

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/7/2021

Urban knows that Webster is not well and is not an easy man to look after, but on this particular night, something is coming that will test both of them to the very end.

Directors: Guillem Morales
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The Stakeout
star
7.38
211 votes

#24 - The Stakeout

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/2020

Two police officers always have time to get to know each other on the night shift. But PC Thompson’s previous partner died in a brutal attack less than a month ago, the forensics have gone missing, and PC Varney is beginning to ask a lot of awkward questions.

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Diddle Diddle Dumpling
star
7.42
459 votes

#25 - Diddle Diddle Dumpling

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/14/2017

Found - one black man's shoe. David and Louise's world is changed forever by a seemingly random discovery in a local street.

Directors: Guillem Morales
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