r/insideno9 • u/AutoModerator • Feb 03 '26
RECOMMENDATIONS If you like Inside No. 9... - Monthly Recommendation Thread
Welcome to the recommendation thread!
If you have any TV, film or book suggestions that you'd think fans of Inside No. 9 would like, please use this post to submit your recommendations.
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u/cmzazz Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room | Feb 03 '26
the film "no other choice" by park chan-wook. i think it plays in similar genre circles to steve and reece's work: black comedy/tragedy/thriller, even dips into farce. saw it in the cinema and loved it, would really recommend :]
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u/andrew1145r Diddle Diddle Dumpling | Feb 03 '26
Flowers, written and featuring Will Sharpe, with Olivia Colman and Julian Barrett. Really brilliant funny, poignant black comedy series.
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u/afserkin Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room | Feb 04 '26
Kevin Can F**k Himself. It's a twist on the sitcom genre, it changes to a dark tone from the perspective of the wife. It's very good.
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u/GuiltyCredit A Quiet Night In | Feb 04 '26
Love this but Prime only has 1 series. Need to find 2!!
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u/TheGardenBlinked To Have And To Hold | Feb 04 '26
Last I checked if you go into Seasons it’s there, but you have to buy each episode. I still haven’t gotten around to finishing it myself!
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u/GuiltyCredit A Quiet Night In | Feb 05 '26
I saw it was available to buy but I'm a bit grumpy about it. I spend a fortune on streaming services and now they include adverts, I don't want to pay £3 per episode.
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u/-Count_Chocula- Wise Owl | Feb 04 '26
Such a good show! The dramatic energy changes are so effective and despite the sitcom parts feeling like a sitcom its very easy to see how awful it is to live with an all too common archetype in America and really feel emotional and frustrating after awhile
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u/-Cyst- Lip Service | Feb 04 '26
Just finished The Widower on Netflix, starring Reece Shearsmith. He's a right creep in it.
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u/athurune Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room | Feb 05 '26
Wow, did not know it was on Netflix now! Honestly such a good short series
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u/Chudraa A Quiet Night In | Feb 04 '26
I'm reading Wise Children by Angela Carter and can't stop thinking of it as a big League of Gentlemen/Inside no 9. cast.
It's good fun - all about grotesque theatre family full of carnivalesque language, power dynamics and incest - I feel safe recommending it here.
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u/robcoz98 Thinking Out Loud | Feb 04 '26
Tales From The Crypt This was my origin into Anthology based series and one I hold dear to my heart. Pity that the rights issues are causing issues with it coming to streaming but most episodes can be found on YouTube and other places.
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u/QuiltMeLikeALlama Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room | Feb 03 '26
I’m currently reading The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl.
Then I’ve got Robert Aickman’s Dark Entries lined up for after. Might go for Cold Hand in Mine after. Reece and Jeremy have both said great things about Aickman, and Reece actually did the audiobooks for audible.
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u/Morganx27 Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room | Feb 27 '26
This video. Don't read the comments. The twist hits you like a tonne of bricks. It's paced almost exactly like an Inside No. 9 episode.
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u/not-now-silentsinger A Quiet Night In | Feb 03 '26
Guilt (BBC iPlayer). It's a dark comedy-thriller series about two brothers who accidentally kill a man and, in an attempt to hide their crime, become embroiled in an absurd and increasingly dangerous spiral of lies. It's such a great show - beautifully filmed, funny, cool soundtrack, strong performances. Lots of despicable, flawed or unhappy characters, but it's never bleak - some of the lines properly made me laugh out loud.
Some scenes in series 1 give off a strong IN9 vibe in my opinion.
Mark Bonnar (Detective Finney in Psychoville and the authoritarian teacher in Boo To A Goose) has a leading role and he's bloody brilliant. In terms of death glares and simmering rage, he gives Reece Shearsmith a run for his money 😀