Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith reveal why it is the 'right time' to end Inside No. 9

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith think it is the "right time" to end 'Inside No. 9' .

The double act has starred in the black comedy anthology show since 2014 but both of them have "no doubt" that the ninth series is the best time to draw things to a close even though it will be "hard" to film the last episode.

Steve told the Daily Mirror's Love TV Magazine: "We're not treating it too differently to any of the series really - it's always manic! People keep asking us how we feel, but we're just focusing on making this. I think filming the last episode will be hard. We feel really lucky to have got to nine. We don't have any doubts that it's the right time to leave it while people are still enjoying it and finding it surprising. The moment a show becomes predictable, it's dead for us."

The former 'Benidorm' actor, 56, even revealed that they thought an episode about the supposed 'Curse of the Ninth' would be "thematically good" for this series, but is just hopeful that neither he nor his co-star actually succumb to it.

He said: "We've been talking about one episode called 'The Curse Of The Ninth' for a long time - it's about a superstition in classical music that once you've composed your ninth symphony, you're going to die. We thought it was good thematically to save this one for the ninth series - hopefully we won't drop dead next week!"

Meanwhile, Reece admitted that neither of them knew they would end up doing the show for a decade and have incorporated a a "lifetime of ideas" into the series over the years.

He said: "We didn't know we'd be doing it for 10 years."

Every series was a surprise to us. We've done so many different things - a lifetime of ideas. We just wish it was Inside No 2, then we'd have been done years ago!"