{"id":50521,"date":"2024-04-30T18:18:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2033807"},"modified":"2024-04-30T19:11:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:11:38","slug":"inside-no-9-creators-ending-the-show-is-sad-but-a-massive-relief","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/inside-no-9-creators-ending-the-show-is-sad-but-a-massive-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside No. 9 creators: \u2018Ending the show is sad but a massive relief\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The series has presented a formidable writing challenge. <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 30 April 2024 at 16:18 PM<\/p>

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Inside No. 9 creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have reflected on the end of their genre-hopping anthology, admitting a sense of \u201crelief\u201d that the challenging project is winding down.<\/p>\n

Each episode of the series tasks the creators with penning a self-contained 30-minute story confined to a single location and usually packing a twist ending \u2013 a tough exercise indeed.<\/p>\n

Last year, Pemberton admitted that it had become \u201ctricky\u201d to find new ways of surprising Inside No. 9<\/a> viewers, but the duo are confident that they\u2019ve managed to turn around one more set of top quality episodes.<\/p>\n

Speaking in the latest issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>\u00a0about leaving the show behind,\u00a0Pemberton said: \u201cI don\u2019t think we regret deciding to finish. Numerically, it\u2019s our little in-joke \u2013 nine series of Inside No 9.<\/p>

\u201cIt could easily have stopped after five series, but we were determined to get to that landmark.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shearsmith continued: \u201cWhen the last episode is only available on iPlayer, then it really will feel like it\u2019s concluded. There will be a sadness to it, but also massive relief that we\u2019ve got to the end without compromising on the high bar we set ourselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done 55 different stories now, and to have not repeated ourselves or started to wane feels like an achievement. We\u2019re very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Steve\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, creators of Inside No. 9.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/James Stack<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Guest stars for Inside No. 9 season 9 include Eddie Marsan (The Winter King<\/a>), Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley<\/a>), Katherine Kelly (Mr Bates vs The Post Office<\/a>), Susan Wokoma (Chewing Gum) and Charlie Cooper (This Country).<\/p>\n

The first episode of the final season will follow events on an underground train carriage that breaks down in a tunnel, but later entries remain tightly under wraps \u2013 including that mysterious last episode.<\/p>\n

At a screening last year, Pemberton said: \u201cWe\u2019re writing series 9 at the moment and, of course, it\u2019s hard because we have done so many ways of telling a story. And so many ways of turning a story on its head, and we don\u2019t want to repeat those.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just want to give the audience the biggest surprises and enjoyable half-hour stories. That\u2019s the thing that\u2019s tricky, because by the time we finish we\u2019ll have done 55 [episodes].\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Millie\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Radio Times<\/span><\/figcaption> Immediate Media<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Inside No. 9 returns to BBC Two and iPlayer at 10pm on Wednesday 8th May 2024. Check out more of our Comedy<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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