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‘Inside No. 9’ Season 7 Gets First Look Image & Cast Confirmation As Filming Begins

by Dave Elliott

‘Inside No. 9’ Season 7 Gets First Look Image & Cast Confirmation As Filming Begins

As filming gets underway on the brand new 7th Season of the wonderful strange Inside No. 9, the BBC has released a “first look” image, and confirmed some of the cast who will be joining Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith in the critically acclaimed and BAFTA-award winning anthology series.

For those who have not yet caught the series, ‘Inside No. 9’ is an anthology of darkly comic twisted tales by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, each one taking place behind a door marked “number 9”. Whether it’s a grand country house where a game of “sardines” leads to some chilling revelations in a wardrobe, or the flat of an apparently happy primary school teacher who becomes the victim of a good deed, these unpredictable tales feature high comedy and horror by turns.

Alongside Pemberton and Shearsmith, the actors headlining series seven are Daniel Mays (‘Line of Duty’, ‘Good Omens’), Jason Isaacs (‘Harry Potter’, ‘The OA’), Sophie Okonedo (‘The Escape Artist’, ‘Britannia’), Jessica Hynes (‘There She Goes’, ‘W1A’), Diane Morgan (‘Mandy’, ‘Motherland’), Daisy Haggard (‘Back To Life’, ‘Breeders’), Annette Badland (‘EastEnders’, ‘Doctor Who’), Siobhan Redmond (‘The Replacement’, ‘Unforgotten’) and Ron Cook (‘Hot Fuzz’, ‘The Salisbury Poisonings’). They have also roped in their old ‘The League of Gentlemen’ co-creator and castmate Mark Gatiss (‘Sherlock’, ‘Dracula’) for an episode.

“We hope you’ll join us and another incredible cast of actors for more surprises that will make your jaws drop and spines tingle,” commented  Pemberton and Shearsmith. “Heads might even roll, and if not heads, definitely eyes.“

Since its launch in 2014, Inside No. 9 has received widespread critical acclaim and has won an enviable étagère of awards, including the comedy prize at the 2016 Rose d’Or, two RTS Awards and two BAFTA TV Craft Awards (including Comedy Writing), South Bank Show and Writers’ Guild awards. In addition to this, Steve Pemberton won the Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme at the 2019 BAFTA TV Awards and the series won Best Scripted Comedy at the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards.

“It’s a joy to be back in the Inside No. 9 saddle,” adds Josh Cole, Head of Comedy, BBC Studios Production. “Reece and Steve are comic masters, and their new scripts are better than ever. Which really is saying something when the last bunch won Best Comedy at the BAFTAs!”

‘Inside No. 9’ is a BBC Studios Comedy Production created and written by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. The Executive Producers are Josh Cole (‘Good Omens’, ‘Sally4Ever’, ‘Crashing’) and Adam Tandy (‘The Thick Of It’, ‘Detectorists’). The Producer is Kim Crowther (‘Midsomer Murders’, ‘The Worst Witch’). The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Gregor Sharp.

Inside No. 9‘ Season 7 will premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in 2022, however, you can catch all previous seasons right now on iPlayer whilst you wait. If you want to keep track of this or any other shows, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when they get a UK premiere date.

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