Filming underway on new series of Inside No. 9

We are delighted to be handing over the keys to six new No. 9's, we hope they will amuse, shock, horrify and surprise...but not necessarily in that order.

Where else would you find Alice Lowe (Sightseers); Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey); Claire Skinner (Outnumbered); David Warner (Wallander); Jack Whitehall (Bad Education); Jane Horrocks (Trollied); Jim Howick (Horrible Histories); Julie Hesmondhalgh (Cucumber); Mark Benton (Waterloo Road); Michele Dotrice (Big School); Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones); Sheridan Smith (Mrs Biggs, Cilla) and Tom Riley (Da Vinci’s Demons) all queuing up to experience the unexpected twists and turns that await all those who dare enter No. 9.

Each individual story in the series will once again be set in a different location with completely new characters. From a sleeper car on a French train to a séance in a grand Victorian villa, and from a 17th century village to a volunteer call centre, this is an anthology of tales of the genuinely unexpected, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre.

Steve and Reece are also making their joint directorial debut on two episodes in the new series. They say: "We are delighted to be handing over the keys to six new No. 9's, we hope they will amuse, shock, horrify and surprise...but not necessarily in that order. Once again we have enjoyed working with some of the best comic talent in the country. Now we are getting old, it's nice not to have to play all the parts."

Inside No. 9 will return to BBC Two later this year.

Inside No. 9 is a BBC in-house production written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, executive produced by Jon Plowman (Absolutely Fabulous, W1A) and produced by Adam Tandy (The Thick Of It, Detectorists).

The directors are Dan Zeff (Siblings), Guillem Morales (Julia’s Eyes) and Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.

Inside No. 9 won two major international awards at the 2014 BANFF Rockies.

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