Inside No. 9 - BBC2

[Nick Armstrong]

This series has been variable during its first three seasons.

However imho the first two of the new season have been, in different ways, exceptionally good and I think the best thing on telly since Detectorists.

The first one was a brilliant Scherzo on Shakespearian Themes, all in iambic pentameter:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09ldfgl/inside-no-9-series-4-1-zanzibar

This week's was if anything even finer, poignant and very funny:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09m61xl/inside-no-9-series-4-2-bernie-cliftons-dressing-room

Please don't miss.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I've greatly enjoyed all episodes of these series, but I agree - the standards of writing and performance in the two episodes of this new series are at a much higher level.

[Bryn]

This series has been variable during its first three seasons.

However imho the first two of the new season have been, in different ways, exceptionally good and I think the best thing on telly since Detectorists.

The first one was a brilliant Scherzo on Shakespearian Themes, all in iambic pentameter:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09ldfgl/inside-no-9-series-4-1-zanzibar

This week's was if anything even finer, poignant and very funny:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09m61xl/inside-no-9-series-4-2-bernie-cliftons-dressing-room

Please don't miss.

Had you not posted this fillip, I might indeed have missed this. Two for the iPlayer. Many thanks.

[LMcD]

I've just discovered this on the iPlayer and have been watching three or episodes a day in order to complete series 1 to 3 by Monday! I also accidentally found myself watching the 'Crackers and Cheese' episode from series 4, which I thought was absolutely brilliant - very funny but also, like all the best comedy - very moving. The writing and the acting are consistently exemplary.

[Rolmill]

I agree with Caliban that the quality has been variable over the three-plus series, but the episodes have never been less than good and often much more than that. 'The 12 days of Christine' (with Sheridan Smith) in series 2, for example, was brilliant - by turns amusing, creepy and moving. Yesterday's 'Bernie Clifton's dressing room' was nearly as good.

At their best, they pack more ideas, interest and sheer quality into 30 minutes than most full length films. One of the very few must-sees on TV currently for me.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

'The 12 days of Christine' (with Sheridan Smith) in series 2, for example, was brilliant - by turns amusing, creepy and moving.

Yesterday's 'Bernie Clifton's dressing room' was nearly as good.

[Rolmill]

fhg, I'm never sure whether there is a scoring system at play here, and if so what is the potential maximum number of s - did I score 3 out of 5 for the first comment, but a measly 1 out of 5 for the second?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

fhg, I'm never sure whether there is a scoring system at play here, and if so what is the potential maximum number of s - did I score 3 out of 5 for the first comment, but a measly 1 out of 5 for the second?

[teamsaint]

fhg, I'm never sure whether there is a scoring system at play here, and if so what is the potential maximum number of s - did I score 3 out of 5 for the first comment, but a measly 1 out of 5 for the second?

( I make that B- in old marking)

[eighthobstruction]

( I make that B- in old marking)

....surely under the new Gove markfest it's a 6....

[LMcD]

I've just watched 'The Riddle Of The Sphinx' - another outstanding episode. I WAS going to start on my newly-arrived book of Times Crosswords ... now I'm not so sure.

[LMcD]

'To Have And To Hold' - another excellent episode, featuring the wonderful Nicola Walker.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

'To Have And To Hold' - another excellent episode, featuring the wonderful Nicola Walker.

She is, isn't she!

And it was ... though I thought the last couple of episodes have merely been "excellent" compared with the extraordinary superlatives of the first two.

[ardcarp]

Well, thanks you guys for posting up this most refreshing series. Where have I been all this time? Just watched Zanzibar. Brilliant. What series are we on now..is it 6 ?

[Bryn]

Well, thanks you guys for posting up this most refreshing series. Where have I been all this time? Just watched Zanzibar. Brilliant. What series are we on now..is it 6 ?

Series 4, story 4.