The best episodes of Inside No. 9
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Jason, Lynne and their two teenage daughters try out their local escape room, The Killer's Lair. It's not really the girls' idea of fun, but they love their dad, and he loves following the clues and solving the puzzles. Will they get out before they run out of time?
- 02
A new couple moves into number 9 Mulberry Close, but the sinister sounds coming from within inevitably raise the suspicions of their neighbours.
- 03
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?
- 04
Blake saves a man from leaping to his death from a bridge. Soaked through and in need of a hot drink, the poor guy probably just needs someone to talk to. Blake is a qualified psychotherapist, so that's good. But is it a good idea to bring a complete stranger back to his remote house in the middle of nowhere?
- 05
Felix is pretty certain his wife is up to something with her boss Dmitri, so he decides to hire some help to prove things one way or the other. When professional lip-reader Iris arrives with her powerful binoculars, the couple stake out a hotel bedroom and start to gather their evidence.
- 06
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.
- 07
Pantalone is planning the heist of the century – a tasty twelve mil in rough cut diamonds. But if you're going to hire a bunch of complete clowns to carry out a robbery, and half of them are planning to double-cross the other half, you've not just got a recipe for disaster, you've actually got the ingredients of a Tarantino Commedia dell'Arte.
- 08
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.
- 09
Christine Clarke brings a new man back to her flat from a New Year's Eve party, and immediately her life starts to unravel. Who is the terrifying stranger that keeps appearing in the flat at night?
- 10
Webster, the famous barrister, is not well and not an easy man to look after. His carer Urban knows how to take the rough with the smooth, dishing out the drugs or appealing to the old man's vanity. But on this particular night, something is coming that will test Webster's resolve and legal skills to the very end.
- 11
Gerald owns a beautiful house with lots of beautiful things in it. Beautiful things that are also extremely valuable. The kind of things that might just become the target of an audacious criminal enterprise.
- 12
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.
- 13
An Edwardian chiller, where 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.
- 14
World-famous magician Neville Griffin is extremely protective of his secrets, but student journalist Gabriel is determined to get his interview nonetheless. Griffin actually believes that stealing a magic trick is probably worse than murder. How would he know that, exactly?
- 15
Helen and her teenage son Zach don't really get on, until a random act of kindness brings the mysterious Bob to their front door. He seems to understand their problems and offers to help. But what effect will spending time with this kindly stranger have on their lives?
- 16
Tom is a primary school teacher with ambitious ideas of becoming an author. When he tries to repay a good turn from a late-night caller, he gradually becomes the victim of his own generosity.
- 17
A hoarder's flat, a blood-stained floor and an inescapable curse from beyond the grave. All in an ordinary day's work for council contractors Keith, Nick and Maz.
- 18
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith lead us into another No.9 as their twisted anthology comedy series continues.Nina thinks Professor Squires has all the answers when, actually, neither has a clue what the future holds. They commence a battle of wits to solve a crossword puzzle and reveal the guardian of their fate.Dr Jacob Tyler joins the unravelling of the cryptic clues... but will they solve the riddle of the Sphinx?
- 19
According to the Holmes & Rahe Stress Scale, the three most stressful experiences in life are the death of a spouse, divorce, and imprisonment. Moving house is only 32nd on the list. But anything could happen in the last ten minutes. And the ten minutes before that, in fact. Not to mention the first 10 minutes.
- 20
Chilling comedy. On board the sleeper from Paris to Bourg St Maurice, a motley collection of passengers try to sleep as the train makes its way across France.
- 21
Two witch-finders are summoned by Sir Andrew Pike to the village of Little Happens in order to try a defenceless old woman.
- 22
It's Andy's first day as a volunteer at the Comfort Support Line call centre, which offers the lonely and desperate a chance to talk about their problems. All the CSL counsellors have their own ways of dealing with clients, coping with the emotional stress and killing time between phone calls. But is Andy really prepared for what's to come?
- 23
Dr. Jasper Parkway has booked an overnight stay in a reputedly haunted church on Christmas Eve. However, much to his dismay, he is soon joined by unwanted guests Pierce and Posy, who have even brought their own sleeping bags. Together with the eccentric warden Dick, it doesn't look like Jasper is going to be lonely this Christmas. Even though sherry, biscuits and Yuletide phantoms are on offer, why is Jasper so keen to be left to his own devices?
- 24
It is the day of Rebecca and Jeremy's engagement party, and everyone (well, nearly everyone) has turned up to the old house to wish them well. Except that one of the bedrooms, the one with all the old baggage in it, has been left unlocked...
- 25
Seven disparate characters share their stories with a camera, their fates inevitably, inextricably and unknowingly set for a head-on collision.
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