S3.E3

The Riddle of the Sphinx

Episode aired Feb 28, 2017
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31m

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Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, and Alexandra Roach in Inside No. 9 (2014)

Comedy Crime Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

A professor at the University of Cambridge attempts to teach a student how to solve a cryptic crossword.A professor at the University of Cambridge attempts to teach a student how to solve a cryptic crossword.A professor at the University of Cambridge attempts to teach a student how to solve a cryptic crossword.

Director
- Guillem Morales
Writers
- Steve Pemberton
- Reece Shearsmith
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8.5/10

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Director
- Guillem Morales
Writers
- Steve Pemberton
- Reece Shearsmith
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The crossword that appears in the episode featured in The Guardian newspaper and all the questions were written by Steve Pemberton himself.

Connections
References Hi-de-Hi! (1980)

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6/10

It is okay.. ending is good

The shows starts out with a person getting in the Professor's house.

It is the killing plot, but the main focus of the show is cross word puzzles. In my opinion, it is moving too fast, and too much.

Although it is trying to make some sense of every single riddle, i think not many audiences can catch that quickly.

However, the show does give some twist ending.

The show basically deals with some inner hatred, revenge to a point, yet it is not so obvious until the end.

You will enjoy it if like puzzles. To me, it was moving too fast, but the twist is really at the end.

It is a good show though.