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A new series of Inside Number 9 is on.
I've been lucky enough to watch it on iPlayer (my cleaning has regifted me internet access at home). I may have to stop doing this, we'll see what the damage is when my phone bill comes through!

I haven't learned to love it like the first series yet. But then I was living with the 'rents. I'd watch it on transmission and then again with Mum on Sky+. And often again after that. This time round I only watch each episode once.

That said, it's still innovative, well written and well acted.
And I loved the slight self-indulgence of The Trial of Elizabeth Gagde. They drew heavily on The Draughtsman's Contract, Blood on Satan's Claw and The Witchfinder (film). All classic horror staples from the '70s. They relished the language, and got David Warner in as a sidekick. And some very fruity references too!

And like Edgar Wright, their writing brings them the cream of British actors. Michele Dotrice in 12 Days of Christine, Jack Whitehall in La Couchette, Jane Horrocks in Cold Comfort. And those are only the ones I remember off the top of my head.