Inside No 9: Dead Line analysis

Inside No 9’s live Hallowe’en special was… interesting, to say the least! This deep dive analysis of “Dead Line” includes a brief history of this television event, a scene by scene breakdown and an attempt to separate fact from fiction.

Did something go wrong with the broadcast? Was this really a live show? Is there any truth behind the rumours about Granada Studios? I’ll attempt to answer all these questions and more in this video.

Music credits: “Why Don’t You Start From the Beginning” by Thomas O’Boyle.
From the album “Samhain”, available now: https://thomasoboyle.bandcamp.com/alb...

Chapters

00:00 Intro
01:17 Part 1: The Set Up
04:59 Part 2: The Ghosts in the Machine
12:57 Deadline: Fact and Ficton
15:03 Archive Clip 1: The Man in the Stocks
16:17 Archive Clip 2: Most Haunted
17:43 Archive Clip 3: The Man in Black
19:28 Archive Clip 4: The Death of Alan Starr
21:49 Archive Clip 5: The Granada Fire
23:02 Archive Clip 6: Do You Believe in Ghosts?
24:28 Archive Clip 7: Back to A Quiet Night In
25:57 The end

Links:

BFI interview with the cast and crew of “Dead Line”
   • The cast and crew of Inside No 9: Dea...  
Backstage video with Inside No 9’s composer Christian Henson
   • Scoring A Live TV Show In REALTIME + ...  
Higgypop’s article on the real life incidents that inspired “Dead Line”
https://www.higgypop.com/news/inside-...
The Sun article on the Granada hauntings, published two days before broadcast
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz...

A fantastic piece on Ghostwatch, one of the inspirations behind “Dead Line”
   • The BBC's Most Controversial TV Show ...  


Archive clips:

Bobby Davro’s accident
   • In the stocks - Bobby Davro's facepla...  
Most Haunted: Coronation Street (full episode)
   • Видео  
The exorcist at Granada Studios
   • Видео  
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s interview on The One Show:   • Inside No 9 LIVE Dead Line interview ...