Inside No 9 S8 E1 The Bones of St Nicholas 

BTW the hare is by the door to the left in the room where Pierce and Posy hear the phone call

Reece’s ‘Beach…ghost’ line gave me the biggest laugh-best gag in the show!

I absolutely loved this episode as well and it is one of those episodes which just gets better and better the more I think about it Also, Reece’s beer prayer lives rent free in my head

I absolutely bloody loved this episode. "Don't Look Now" is one of my favourite films and I loved the way they handled that premonition theme, and I kept on thinking about the episode days after I watched it (then again, nothing new about No. 9)

I love a straight played, atmospheric ghost story. This hit the mark. Argh, the choking part was horrifying in context!

I know I've said this on numerous videos in the past will undoubtedly say it more in later videos, but how are there not more traction and views with here. Weelin's videos are brilliant. Thoroughly more credit deserved.

As someone who works in a pub I should really get round to learning the barmen prayer Reece said

GOOD NEWS! Season 8 continues on April 27th at 10PM

I really liked it as a ghost story and it's actually reignited an old love I have for them (reading and writing) since I watched the episode :) I just wish the director had held back a bit with the flashbacks at the end, it lacked the subtlety of the script and performances. I know many other fans are like me and love to savour all the little details and let the episode take up space in our heads for a while after it ends- I felt a bit robbed of that in this case, I think. However that long drawn out death scene was something else! It was so brutal that I remember hoping no one who's had a loved one die by hanging was watching. I think it's definitely set the tone for series 8 and I am so looking forward to it!

What with Simon Callow having appeared in not one but two adaptations of A Christmas Carol, as well as playing Charles Dickens himself in no less than 3 different productions (one of which was a Doctor Who episode written by Mark Gatiss), I was genuinely expecting this episode to be a modern retelling of Dickens’ iconic Christmas tale. Just before watching the episode, I was thinking about what lines would need to be changed to suit a 21st century setting and it occurred to me that they could have Steve’s character say “ Are there no prisons? Are there no Restart courses?” As it turned out, I inadvertently predicted that one of Steve’s earlier characters would be referenced, since this is now the second time that he’s been hung (sorry, hanged.) As a massive Whovian, I also couldn’t help noticing that with Simon Callow’s aforementioned role as Charles Dickens in “The Unquiet Dead”, Shobna Gulati’s role as Yaz’s mum from “Arachnids In The UK”, and the No.9 boys roles as Strackman Lux from “Silence In The Library” and Rasmussen from “Sleep No More”, this is the first No.9 episode where the entire cast has also appeared in Doctor Who, as well as being the third in which the entire guest cast shares an acting credit with either Steve or Reece, after “Riddle Of The Sphinx” and “Bernie Clifton’s Dressing Room

Thanks so much for your review! Listening to your vids has become part of my "watching a new No. 9" routine. Thanks especially for the AD/BC recommendation! I laughed so much! I don't know how I've missed it before now, seeing as it is everything that I love!

Fantastic episode didn’t see that one coming, loved Reece in this one! Happy new year all the best for 2023 🎉

I thought this episode was a welcome surprise for us inside no 9 fans and the episode didn't disappoint. I like hearing the telling of stories in film and tv and both Pemberton and Callows performances added so much atmosphere and dimensions Also Posy and Pierce were fantastic it was hard to find them annoying because of the secret tragedy of losing a child. The whole thing felt like a homage to Don't look now and I look forward to posting my own review soon happy new year all

I can't help feel that "Don't Look Now" was in some way an inspiration for this episode. Am I the only one that fancies champing now? Good episode.

I didn’t love this one as much as Devil of Christmas, but I do love a good ghost story around the holidays!

Something that my doctor who fan brain found kinda funny is that Simon Callow once played Charles Dickens in an episode, where he faces off against ghosts 😂 coincidence… I THINK probably. Anyway, I adored this episode with a wonderfully creepy atmosphere. Also want to wish you a happy new year, all the best :)

Happy Hogmany from North Lanarkshire Lin🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I thought this was a strong episode. It had that beautiful ‘And here’s the reveal’ few seconds of flashbacks that IN9 does do well (brilliantly demonstrated in Misdirection). The scene with the couple softly talking in the pews really added to the emotion of the story. It added a human story to what could have been a throwaway comedy couple.

Loved this episode - I love horror and am not usually unnerved by Inside No 9 episodes but the atmosphere of this one (the idea of staying alone in a church at night is profoundly terrifying to me) really got to me.

Thanks again Lin, and happy new year! I couldn't see that it had been mentioned in other comments but the hare was viewable when Reece and Shobna enter the side room after hearing the phone ring, and it's just to the left of the door (just checked Iplayer now and it's at 24.05)

Nice recount and review. Love a classic horror tale with a Xmas vibe. The ending stretched the delicate suspension of disbelief that such tales rely on a bit too much for me. ...but I had a blast anyway and it was a great yarn. Have a safe and happy new year with your lovely new doggo 😊 💕

Lovely review. It was a real good Christmas treat. Have a great 2023 and looking forward to the rest of your series 8 reviews. And awesome someone else watches the Peep show Xmas/NYE and Fr Ted specials too every year too

Happy New Year 🎆 May it be wonderful 😊

The pain I feel that I can’t watch this yet is extraordinary. I don’t live in the UK so I missed it. But I’m looking forward to being able to watch that and the great analysis you provide.

The pickled children story is a real old St Nicholas story. Of course it took place in Anatolia (Turkey) rather than the Home Counties. I suspect that Dick's story is meant to suggest that St Nick was using the Doctor to recover his missing jaw.

Just in time before the year ends. Advance happy new year. ❤️

Absolutely loved this episode, but not the ending. The end of the story itself was fine but I hate how the show doesn't trust the audience to "get it" and shows us all the flashbacks etc and spells it out. It's not the first time they have done this and it's a bit much.

6 minutes 20 seconds … outrageously short 😂😂 but great never the less, not a wasted second. Loved this episode, Christmas & ghost stories how can it go wrong. (pssst there’s a rumour doing the rounds that Weelin hasn’t seen Don’t Look Now .. pass it on 😂😂)

Love this channel. Thanks for YouTubing 🤗

this spooked me a bit too much when i first watched it, so i didn't pay enough attention to it. i get a bit TOO affected by tension and rising anxiety. i need to rewatch it though! i enjoyed the ending.

And we are back !

I love how for a supernatural horror narrative, the premonitions don’t feel actively malicious in nature. Rather we see how the vagueness that comes from this is what likely causes tragedy. In the bad doctor’s case, his single minded greed blinded what was in all likelihood meant to be a Christmas Miracle.

Happy new year, WeeLin!

Good for you taking on a rescue dog - I've had 2 dogs in the past, both from the Dogs Trust. Btw, another random comment, it made me laugh a bit that the subtitles interpreted hogmanay as 'hug money'. I guess it doesn't understand Scots! lol. It was a good episode of IN9 though. It was yet another (most are) episode where I had to rewind and re-watch it after I first saw it, when broadcast live. I struggle to recognise the clues about what'll happen in the end, while watching it for the first time but I agree it was certainly atmospheric. I also heard the hare was in the phone booth room but I didn't spot it myself, I just read that elsewhere. I think you've already been told that though

I enjoyed this, did you watch The Ghost Story for Christmas Count Magnus on BBC 2? It's similar a bit but we'll worth a look on the Iplayer.

I predicted the end of this one, good episode. Looking forward to the rest of series 8, when it's on. Only watched once though. Thanks for your review. Happy New Year 😁. It ends after series 9 sadly.

Happy New Year Lin! All the best ☺️

27th April series 8 begins 😁

I thought this episode was really interesting!! Definitely not the direction I thought it was going in though... I honestly thought Steve's character was going to resurrect his dead mother buried in the graveyard 😅 • I thought the initial comment about the wife was a lie and that his mother was truly buried there. • He didn't care that Dick charged him the two-person rate --- maybe because he'd be leaving with a 2nd person in the morning! • The St. Nick story with bringing people back from the dead. • I think Dick also says, in his ghost story, that there were dark footprints, I thought that could be from someone who had just been dug up from the graveyard because of all the fresh, dark dirt!

Reece on his love for Don’t Look Now (The Bones of St Nicholas) and fear of dwarves (Seance Time): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pf2pwWzmNAs.html

You should do a review on The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse/Live Shows. I always like hearing people opinions on them

Hey Weelin, techincal question but what microphone do you use for recording?

i have a request Derren Brown: Seance (Channel 4, 2004) and paul Daniels - live at Halloween 1987 bbc1

Great video as always, lass. Quick question, would you be up for doing reviews of each episode of the first four series? I honestly can't get enough and it'd be great to see your thoughts on each individual episode (appreciate it'd be lots of work though!) X

I assumed Parkway's wife and mother really did die, but couldn't decide if (i) He murdered them. or (ii) He thought he could use the jawbone to bring them back to life.

So this episode is Christmas special and it also as the first episode of season 8?

This episode was good, however the devil of christmas is far better in terms of festive episodes

Well I bloody loved it! Imo It more then made made up for the disappointing Gatiss tale. :)

this spooked me a bit too much when i first watched it, so i didn't pay enough attention to it. i get a bit TOO affected by tension and rising anxiety. i need to rewatch it though! i enjoyed the ending.