Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's acclaimed anthology series 'Inside No. 9' will take a break after its ninth season. The show scored a double-renewal from the BBC after another successful run – taking it through to season 9 in 2024 – but that could be the end of the line for the ambitious series, according to the latest comments by Pemberton. "We feel it is a good time to pause 'Inside No. 9' after we finish filming season 9 next year", he told The Sun.
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The Radio Times hasn't been part of the BBC since 2011, they are currently owned by a German media company, and their reporting is taken from other sources. I was highlighting two things, that the article from Radio Times is based on a quote from a third-party source, The Sun, and that the TVmaze policy for news asks for original primary sources.
In this case the original source would be The Sun and the quote only mentions they are taking a break from producing new episodes. Steve Pemberton has said that the show hasn't been axed https://twitter.com/SP1nightonly/status/1604055447803142145 so a pause in production doesn't fall under the events permitted for news.
UK broadcasters mostly don't confirm shows ending but BBC News usually mentions it for successful shows, if not through a press release. If the show's ending was announced by Steve Pemberton or Reece Shearsmith then that statement could be used from its original source.
About Radio Times and the RadioTimes.com team: "Radio Times is a weekly TV and entertainment magazine first published in 1923. It was the world's first broadcast listings magazine and was owned and published by the BBC until 2011". Its credibility should not be in doubt. Besides, Radio Times doesn't claim anything. It reproduces a direct quote from an interview given by one of the creators of the show.
UK channels tend to announce renewals but they rarely issue press releases about cancellations or endings of shows. The decision on ending 'Inside No. 9' doesn't come from the BBC, it comes from the creators of the show. So, we may never get a press release by the BBC about this one, not even in 2024.
Sadly Radio Times aren’t a primary source for news so we’ll have to wait until 2024 to see if the BBC confirms it :)