The 12 Days of Christine, TV review: Sheridan Smith stars in one of the best pieces of television for years". To the consternation of the waitress ( Ellie White), each of the four men attempts to pay the total bill. was televised, broadcaster and journalist Mark Lawson suggested that, among anthology series, the programme possessed "the potential to be remembered as a singular achievement". The plotlines make use of twists and surprises of various sorts, [20] [21] though in some cases the surprise is the lack of twist.

The stories are linked primarily by the fact that each has an element of the story linked to the number 9, be that a mansion, a dressing room or even a shoe, size 9.The guests play the parlour game sardines, in which one person hides and the other players have to join them in their hiding place once they are found. I have now again after reading about each episode watched each one with a different understanding, and insight.

He also adapted and starred in Mapp and Lucia, the widely acclaimed BBC mini-series, from the novels of E F Benson. As an actor, Pemberton's recent credits include Killing Eve, Britannia, Good Omens, The Interrogation of Tony Martin and Happy Valley. According to journalist and broadcaster Mark Lawson, this is because anthologies can fail to motivate viewers to stay with a series, and, further, new sets and casts must be paid for each episode, meaning that a six-part anthology series will generally be more expensive than a six-part series in a more standard format. The house is filled with paintings depicting Hell, and kept below freezing for Hector and Tabitha's severely disabled brother, Andras (Sean Buckley), who is staying in his bedroom upstairs. Each 30-minute episode is a self-contained story with new characters and a new setting, almost all starring Pemberton or Shearsmith (usually both).He has also starred in numerous other TV comedies, including Car Share alongside Peter Kay, Mid Morning Matters with Steve Coogan, Catterick with Reeves and Mortimer and Spaced with Simon Pegg. Andy (Pemberton) starts work at the Comfort Support Line, a crisis support line with manager George (Shearsmith), the gossipy Liz ( Jane Horrocks) and the officious Joanne ( Nikki Amuka-Bird). Series three began with a Christmas special in December 2016, followed by five more episodes starting February 2017. from an episode of Psychoville, a previous project, which was filmed in a single room – this in turn was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Rope.