Inside No 9 has entire episode shot through 'doorbell camera' in latest twist

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton shot an entire 'Inside No. 9' episode through a "doorbell camera".

The long running BBC dark comedy anthology series is returning on Wednesday (08.05.24) for its ninth and final series, and the duo - who created, wrote and starred in the show - have still managed to find creative and unique ways to tell their stories.

Steve told the BBC: "I'm really fond of 'Mulberry Close', which we wrote early on.

"We had a concept of just shooting an episode through a fixed doorbell camera and the writing of it was really fun and exciting and the filming of it was great, because you didn't have to do lots of takes.

"It was almost like doing little mini plays, each scene was just one take. And I think it’s got all the elements that are perfect 'No.9'."

For Steve, those elements including having the right collection of actors, some humour, tension, and a good twist.

He added: "It's really funny, it's got a great cast, it doesn't go the way you think it's going to go, it's got a different way of filming to the normal television that you see and that means that viewers will constantly be on edge.

"So yeah, that's certainly one of my favourites."

Meanwhile, Reece - who Steve has also worked with on 'League of Gentlemen' and 'Psychoville' in the past - loved getting to go back in time for another episode in this final run.

He said: "I liked doing - because we haven't done very many of them in 'No.9' - the period episode called 'The Curse of The Ninth'.

"It’s just nice to dress up in not tracksuit bottoms, and the sort of quite mundane clothes that we normally find ourselves wearing.

"It feels like you're elevating the whole experience of filming when you're in a country house and it’s all very lavish. So that was fun to do."