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TV review: Inside No 9

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith lead an all-star cast
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    Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith lead an all-star cast

Half an hour in a wardrobe was time well spent in a typically bizarre comedy from Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith

Inside No 9
BBC Two
★★★★☆

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It has been a long march for The League of Gentlemen’s Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith since their original (very original) TV series in 1999. With each subsequent venture they have scrambled farther over the top. Inside No 9, a series of one-off plays each taking place at a different address starting with 9, represents a retreat to firmer ground. Last night’s debut was much less fantastical than their last series Psychoville, free of prosthetics and cross-dressing. It dealt, as per, with incest and abuse, but in

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