Inside No. 9 (2014 – 2024)

2014 • 9 seasons • Comedy, Mystery • TV-MA

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Episode 5 — The Understudy

Name: Episode 5 — The Understudy
Released: 2014-03-05
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton

Season 1 • Inside No. 9

Released: 2014-03-05 • Comedy/Mystery/Crime/Sci-Fi & Fantasy/Drama

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Tony Warner's performance as Macbeth is the toast of London's West End. It would be very bad luck indeed if he was suddenly indisposed in some way. Except for Jim, his ever-hopeful understudy, of course.

Episodes

Episode 1
Sardines
2014-02-05

Episode 2
A Quiet Night In
2014-02-12

Episode 3
Tom & Gerri
2014-02-19

Episode 4
Last Gasp
2014-02-26

Episode 5
The Understudy
2014-03-05

Episode 6
The Harrowing
2014-03-12

Information

Creator	Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
Episode air date	05.03.2014
Episode runtime	30 min
Episode rating	6.80
Genres	Comedy / Mystery / Crime / Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Drama
TMDB series rating	8.0
IMDb series rating	8.5
Series status	Ended
Age rating	17+
Country	GB