Inside No. 9 (2014)

Comedy · Crime · Drama

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (24,192 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 -0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 9
Language: EN
Type: TV series

Rating trend: this show's seasons do not settle into one shape. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well.

Browse shows by rating shape → Open in Rising Shows app → View on IMDb

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 9 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.57 avg 6 episodes 7.9 → 6.8 29 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sardines	7.9	3,729
2	A Quiet Night In	8.7	4,320
3	Tom & Gerri	8.2	3,410
4	Last Gasp	6.9	2,774
5	The Understudy	6.9	2,571
6	The Harrowing	6.8	2,663

Season 2 (2015)

7.85 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 7.0 29 min avg

Bad finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	La Couchette	8.0	2,935
2	The 12 Days of Christine	9.1	4,834
3	The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge	7.3	2,406
4	Cold Comfort	8.4	2,873
5	Nana's Party	7.3	2,319
6	Seance Time	7.0	2,122

Season 3 (2016)

7.75 avg 6 episodes 7.6 → 7.4 29 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Devil of Christmas	7.6	2,490
2	The Bill	8.2	2,585
3	The Riddle of the Sphinx	8.5	2,767
4	Empty Orchestra	7.0	2,176
5	Diddle Diddle Dumpling	7.8	2,278
6	Private View	7.4	2,021

Season 4 (2018)

7.90 avg 6 episodes 8.1 → 7.7 29 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Zanzibar	8.1	2,658
2	Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room	8.4	2,684
3	Once Removed	8.5	2,478
4	To Have and to Hold	8.0	2,143
5	And the Winner Is...	6.7	1,893
6	Tempting Fate	7.7	1,888

Season 5 (2018)

7.57 avg 7 episodes 7.9 → 7.7 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Dead Line	7.9	1,833
1	The Referee's A W***er	7.2	1,886
2	Death Be Not Proud	7.5	1,864
3	Love's Great Adventure	7.1	1,769
4	Misdirection	8.4	1,985
5	Thinking Out Loud	7.2	1,642
6	The Stakeout	7.7	1,609

Season 6 (2021)

7.22 avg 6 episodes 6.6 → 6.3 30 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wuthering Heist	6.6	1,792
2	Simon Says	7.6	1,510
3	Lip Service	8.3	1,683
4	Hurry Up and Wait	7.1	1,376
5	How Do You Plead?	7.4	1,330
6	Last Night of the Proms	6.3	1,376

Season 7 (2022)

7.35 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 8.0 30 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Merrily, Merrily	7.2	1,443
2	Mr. King	7.3	1,367
3	Nine Lives Kat	6.5	1,190
4	Kid/Nap	7.4	1,179
5	A Random Act of Kindness	7.7	1,225
6	Wise Owl	8.0	1,288

Season 8 (2022)

7.33 avg 6 episodes 7.3 → 7.9 29 min avg

Big finale

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Bones of St Nicholas	7.3	1,213
2	Mother's Ruin	7.0	1,074
3	Paraskevidekatriaphobia	7.4	1,097
4	Love is a Stranger	7.2	1,070
5	3 by 3	7.2	1,248
6	The Last Weekend	7.9	1,056

Season 9 (2024)

7.87 avg 6 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 29 min avg

Rebound

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Boo To A Goose	7.9	1,322
2	The Trolley Problem	7.6	1,057
3	Mulberry Close	8.2	1,137
4	Ctrl Alt Esc	8.1	1,099
5	The Curse of the Ninth	7.2	885
6	Plodding On	8.2	1,031