Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have teased the future of Inside No 9 ahead of its return this week.
The writing duo, who also co-created The League of Gentlemen and Psychoville, spoke to The Independent about the fifth run of their anthology show, which has gained popularity with each series.
The pair said they were ”mindful” about retaining the high quality of episodes and would only keep writing more if they believed they were able to pull it off.
“We want it to be good and don’t want ‘they’ve gone off the boil now’ to be the thing levelled at it,” Shearsmith said, adding: “That’d be a shame. If we think it’s become that, we’ll stop.”
