Inside No 9 - Series 2 - DVD review

BBC, 2015

In an age when television series are celebrated for their long arcs, Inside No 9 makes for a refreshing change of pace. Each half-hour episode is a neatly self-contained story and, like a 21st-century update of Tales of the Unexpected, each has a kink or two in its tail.

In this welcome second helping, endlessly inventive writer/performers Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville) range across a wide array of styles, from a claustrophobic chiller set in a call centre to a Pythonesque pastiche of a medieval witch trial.

High-calibre guest stars, including Alison Steadman, Jane Horrocks and David Warner, contribute to great ensemble work.

The dominant tone is black comedy but there are unexpected lurches; you never know when a trap door will open, plunging you into ghoulish horror or lingering pathos.

© The Financial Times Limited 2015. All rights reserved.
FT and Financial Times are trademarks of the Financial Times Ltd.
Not to be redistributed, copied or modified in any way.
Euro2day.gr is solely responsible for providing this translation and the Financial Times Limited does not accept any liability for the accuracy or quality of the translation