{"id":52578,"date":"2024-06-03T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2050390"},"modified":"2024-06-03T23:24:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:24:27","slug":"inside-no-9-duo-on-ending-the-series-i-think-weve-made-our-mark","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/inside-no-9-duo-on-ending-the-series-i-think-weve-made-our-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside No. 9 duo on ending the series: \u201cI think we\u2019ve made our mark\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

“We’re both very, very proud of it.” <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 03 June 2024 at 20:00 PM<\/p>

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Going into the ninth season of Inside No. 9<\/a> has been a bittersweet time for fans as it\u2019s the final instalment in the hit comedy series.<\/p>\n

Speaking in this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith reflected on their years of working together and explained why it\u2019s a good time to bow out.<\/p>\n

Pemberton said: \u201cOne of the joys of working with another person is you don\u2019t feel alone and that takes the pressure off both of us. I think Reece is a more glass-half-empty person than me. For example, he feels that Inside No. 9 has never quite had the acclaim that other shows get, it hasn\u2019t had that global recognition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spend a lot of time talking him down \u2013 and up \u2013 from those feelings, because Inside No. 9 has had such an amazing reaction, such acclaim! It\u2019s won many awards, including BAFTAs for direction, performance, for show, for writing \u2013 you can\u2019t get much better. And it is respected throughout the industry. We\u2019re both very, very proud of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I do have a concern about the show ending, it\u2019s to do with feeling creatively wrung out \u2013 it\u2019s not the fear that no one will want to work with us, or that no one will remember us. I think we\u2019ve made our mark.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Similarly, Shearsmith said of working with Pemberton: \u201cWorking together structures our lives and it feels like we\u2019ve done it for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found an episode of Omnibus on Morecambe and Wise the other day in which they talked about what they\u2019d achieved. Eric says the fear of it all going away is always there; that you\u2019ve gone so far, but at any point, you\u2019re going to be exposed as being a fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat really resonated with me. I do pinch myself that it hasn\u2019t gone away and the little man hasn\u2019t rung up to say I have to give it all back.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cSteve is a very funny person and has very funny instincts; he makes me laugh a lot and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve endured.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full interview with Shearsmith and Pemberton in this week\u2019s Radio Times magazine , out on Tuesday 4th June \u2013 subscribe here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The anthology series has spanned multiple genres over the years, having first aired back in 2014 and going on to feature a raft of acting talent<\/a>, mind-bending plots and some extremely twisty \u2013 and twisted \u2013 endings.<\/p>\n

And ending on the ninth season is certainly not a coincidence, as Pemberton and Shearsmith discussed previously<\/a> in Radio Times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n