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"Séance Time" is the sixth and final episode of the second series of British dark comedy anthology television programme ''Inside No. 9''. It was first broadcast on 29 April 2015 on BBC Two. The episode was written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, and directed by Dan Zeff. It stars Pemberton, Shearsmith, Alison Steadman, Alice Lowe, Sophie McShera, Dan Starkey, Cariad Lloyd and Caden-Ellis Wall. The episode begins with Tina (McShera) arriving at a Victorian villa for a séance. Hives (Shearsmith) sits her at a table and then escorts the ominous, shrouded Madam Talbot (Steadman) into the room. Like "The Harrowing", the final episode of the first series of ''Inside No. 9'', "Séance Time" is somewhat more horrific than is typical for the programme, though humour remains. The episode explores from both the norms horror films and the unpleasantness of actors and the television industry. Critics responded positively to "Séance Time", praising the horror—several considered the episode genuinely frightening—the humour and the writing. Steadman's performance was praised, with critics considering her character a highlight of the episode. ==Production== The second series of ''Inside No. 9'' was written in 2014, and then filmed from the end of 2014 into early 2015. According to Pemberton, the idea for "Séance Time" began with the "trigger" of a séance, and the plot grew out of this. Shearsmith said that the pair had always wanted to do a séance-inspired story, but had never been able to find a new angle from which to approach the theme. "Séance Time", he thought, "felt a bit different" to how séances had previously been portrayed. Shearsmith had previously taken part in a séance with The League of Gentlemen in a putatively haunted house. He had heard tapping and seen movement on a ouija board, and believed he had experienced something supernatural until Mark Gatiss confessed that he was responsible.〔 As each episode of ''Inside No. 9'' features new characters, the writers were able to attract actors who might have been unwilling to commit to an entire series. "Séance Time" starred Shearsmith as "Hives"/Terry, Sophie McShera as Tina, Alison Steadman as "Madam Talbot"/Anne, Dan Starkey as "Blue Demon Dwarf", Cariad Lloyd as Gemma, Alice Lowe as Amanda, Pemberton as Pete and Caden-Ellis Wall as William.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Seance Time )〕 One journalist commented on the appropriateness of Steadman's casting, given the influence of ''Abigail's Party''—in which she starred—on "Nana's Party", the previous week's episode.〔 Steadman was happy to be working with Pemberton and Shearsmith, whom she considered excellent writers, as they are "off the wall". Shearsmith said that he and Pemberton sometimes aim to produce episodes with genuinely scary scenes, comparing "Séance Time" to "The Harrowing", the final episode of the first series, which was also particularly horrific. He said that the writers and crew had similar aims in terms of atmosphere in "Séance Time" as they had in "The Harrowing".〔 For Steadman, the writing meant that both the audience and the character of Tina are fooled together.〔 Thematically, Shearsmith felt that the episode served to tie together a number of ideas with which he had been "obsessed" for years, including horror, ghosts and magic.〔 However, humour remained in the script; Lloyd looked forward to performing a particular joke involving blue paint. On its first showing on BBC Two, "Séance Time" was moved from its usual slot on a Thursday evening; it was instead shown at 10pm on Wednesday 29 April at 10pm in most of the UK, and at 11.20pm in Northern Ireland.〔 Freelance journalist Dan Owen suggested that this, combined with their refusal to release the series on Blu-ray, suggested that the BBC had little faith in ''Inside No. 9''. He nonetheless called for a third series,〔 a request echoed by other commentators.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Séance Time」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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