Sardines (Inside No. 9)

rdf:langString Sardines (Inside No. 9)

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rdf:langString Steve Pemberton

rdf:langString Reece Shearsmith

rdf:langString Episode poster, designed by Graham Humphreys

rdf:langString Steve Pemberton ' and Reece Shearsmith ' co-wrote and starred in "Sardines"

rdf:langString * Katherine Parkinson as Rebecca * Tim Key as Ian * Luke Pasqualino as Lee * Ophelia Lovibond as Rachel * Anne Reid as Geraldine * Julian Rhind-Tutt as Mark * Anna Chancellor as Elizabeth * Marc Wootton as "Stinky" John * Ben Willbond as Jeremy * Timothy West as Andrew

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rdf:langString Steve Pemberton after winning a BAFTA for Inside No. 9 in 2019 .jpg

rdf:langString We're not going down that road, Geraldine; it's a party, remember?

rdf:langString It's like the backroom of Cinderella's at Wakefield. Has anyone got any poppers or lube?ref|The line is spoken approximately six minutes into the episode, but is misquoted in The Independent as "It's like the backroom of Cinderella's in Wakefield in here, but without any poppers or lube."|group=note

rdf:langString Shearsmith's Stuart, whose lines include the episode's most overt jokes

rdf:langString Rebecca rebukes Geraldine. Allusions to past unhappiness occur frequently in Shearsmith and Pemberton's work.

rdf:langString "Boo"

rdf:langString "Someone make a noise..."

rdf:langString Carl finds Rebecca and Ian in the wardrobe

rdf:langString Mark and Liz share a moment, unaware that Rebecca, Carl, Stuart, Geraldine and Ian are watching from the wardrobe

rdf:langString Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith

rdf:langString "Sardines" is the first episode of the first series of the British black comedy anthology series Inside No. 9. Written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, it premiered on BBC Two and BBC Two HD on 5 February 2014. In the episode, a group of adults play sardines at an engagement party. Rebecca, the bride-to-be, finds a boring man named Ian in a wardrobe; he introduces himself as a colleague of Jeremy, Rebecca's fiancé. The pair are subsequently joined by family, friends and colleagues of Rebecca and Jeremy. As more people enter the room and step into the wardrobe, secrets shared by some of the characters are revealed, with various allusions to incestuous relationships, child sexual abuse, and adultery. The humour is both dark and British, with references to past unhappiness and polite but awkward interactions. The story takes place entirely in the bedroom of a country house, with much of the filming taking place inside the wardrobe. Pemberton and Shearsmith wrote the episode with the intention of evoking a feeling of claustrophobia in viewers. In addition to the writers, the episode starred Katherine Parkinson, Tim Key, Luke Pasqualino, Ophelia Lovibond, Anne Reid, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Anna Chancellor, Marc Wootton, Ben Willbond and Timothy West. The cast and writing were praised by television critics, and the episode was chosen as pick of the day in a number of publications. On its first showing, "Sardines" was watched by 1.1 million viewers, which was 5.6% of the audience.