Steve Pemberton

TV tonight: Diane Morgan crashes The League of Gentlemen cast reunion

Deadpan one-liners cut the tension in the new series of Inside No 9. Plus: tone-deaf singers take to the stage. Here’s what to watch this evening

Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue, Phil Harrison and Alexi Duggins

20, Apr, 2022 @5:20 AM

Inside No 9: An Evening with Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith review – small talk, big laughs

The comedy writers behind one of the BBC’s most successful series perform an entertaining, behind-the-scenes double act

Brian Logan

09, Dec, 2021 @5:24 PM

Mark Gatiss: ‘I’m currently very, very ashamed of being English’

The former League of Gentlemen star on his love of low-budget British spinechillers, his loathing of Brexit and a slew of projects opening this winter

Claire Armitstead

31, Oct, 2021 @12:00 PM

From Ken Loach to Big Brother: the twisted minds behind Inside No 9 on their influences

As a new series of the dark comedy begins, creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith reveal what inspired eight classic instalments

Jack Seale

24, Apr, 2021 @7:00 AM

The 50 best TV shows of 2020: 50-1

Michaela Coel’s smart, subversive and taboo-breaking drama gave us absolutely unbeatable television – plus more of the year’s best

18, Dec, 2020 @8:09 AM

TV tonight: Miriam Margolyes goes on the road on her Big Fat Adventure

The typically frank actor confronts attitudes to her body and the growing body positivity movement. Plus: investigating disability discrimination. Here’s what to watch this evening

Ammar Kalia, Graeme Virtue, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett

09, Mar, 2020 @6:19 AM

Shock horrors! How Inside No 9 makes the mundane unmissable

Now on its fifth series, the magic of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s comedy anthology remains its ability to turn even the most banal of scenarios into disturbingly thrilling TV

Rachel Aroesti

03, Feb, 2020 @1:56 PM

Britannia season two review – the Roman romp so radical it must be revered

Jez Butterworth’s trippy retelling of the Romans deserves a laurel wreath for having the cheek to even exist. Make mine a mouthful of hallucinogenic bark!

Jack Seale

07, Nov, 2019 @10:01 PM

After Bodyguard, Inside No 9 and Killing Eve, why are our TV writers still underrated?

Melvyn Bragg explains how a desire to debunk cultural snobbery led him to devote his new series of The South Bank Show to creators of small-screen drama

Melvyn Bragg

13, Jul, 2019 @12:00 PM

The Interrogation of Tony Martin review: a chilling portrait of self-righteousness

Martin, who shot dead an intruder in his home in 1999, was a less-than-ideal champion for armed householders everywhere, as this drama showed

Tim Dowling

18, Nov, 2018 @10:00 PM

Inside No 9: the 10 best episodes so far

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s horrifying anthology series returns on Sunday with a live Halloween special. Here are the finest moments from the first four seasons

Rachel Aroesti

24, Oct, 2018 @10:28 AM

The League of Gentlemen review – a brilliantly twisted return to the stage

Exhilarating new material joins favourite vintage sketches as Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton bring their chilling creations to life again on tour

Brian Logan

26, Aug, 2018 @4:46 PM