Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton return with the third episode of Inside No. 9‘s seventh season tomorrow night (Wednesday 11th May) – with Sophie Okonedo this time appearing as the main guest star.
RadioTimes.com can exclusively reveal a first look-clip from the episode, which sees Okonedo’s exasperated detective Kat bicker with characters played by Shearsmith and Pemberton.
“Where’s it gone?” she asks Pemberton at the beginning of the clip, and when he simply responds with “What?” she clarifies: “The entire investigation.”
“I’ve still got the notes, I just didn’t think it was good to put it up on the wall,” he answers, much to Cat’s dismay.
“You have no right to tell me how to run this case, no right at all – do you hear me?,” she says. “I was this close to making a breakthrough.”
At this point Shearsmith’s character Barney enters the room and things only get more tense from there. The clip ends with Kat yelling: “Just shut up Barney!”
We’ll have to wait and see how this all fits into the episode on Wednesday night…
You can watch the preview clip in full below:
A synopsis for the episode – which is titled Nine Lives Kat – reads: “Detective Inspector Katrina, a divorcee and single mum, is determined to crack the case of a missing boy, while also contending with her own personal problems, such as her drinking habits, her love life and her inner demons.”
Okonedo is one of several guest stars to feature in the anthology series this season, with Pemberton and Shearsmith’s former League of Gentlemen colleague Mark Gatiss having starred in the first episode and the likes of Daniel Mays (Line of Duty), Jason Isaacs (The OA), Jessica Hynes (Spaced), and Daisy Haggard (Back to Life) set to appear in future instalments.
Inside No. 9 continues Wednesday 11th May at 10pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Check out more of our Comedy coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what’s on tonight.
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