Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith in Inside No. 9 (BBC/Sophie Mutevelian) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Steve Pemberton has said viewers have a “heightened awareness” of the violence in dark anthology series Inside No. 9 because it is framed as a comedy. The actor and writer, who co-created the series with long-standing collaborator Reece Shearsmith, said they had never “overstepped the mark” when it came to gore or tasteless content.