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.
#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.
#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.
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#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?
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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?
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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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#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.