Steve Pemberton
Steve Pemberton first came to prominence with his multi-award winning TV series The League of Gentlemen...
alongside Mark Gatiss, Jeremy Dyson and Reece Shearsmith.
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Steve Pemberton first came to prominence with his multi-award winning TV series The League of Gentlemen with Mark Gatiss, Jeremy Dyson and Reece Shearsmith, which they wrote and starred in. As writing partners Reece and Steve went on to create two series of the comedy horror series Psychoville (BBC2). They have since created the BAFTA award winning series Inside no. 9 (BBC2) in which they both write and perform, 59 episodes to date. Aside from his writing work, Steve has numerous acting credits across stage, screen and TV, including The Pillowman at the Duke of York Theatre, Happy Valley (BBC) and The Interrogation of Tony Martin (Channel 4).
Following the huge success of Inside No. 9. Reece and Steve went on to write and release the script books of the series along with an insiders guide.
Television
| Taskmaster Self | Taskmaster - Self | Channel 4 | 2024 |
| The Power of Parker Sandy | The Power of Parker - Sandy | BBC | 2023 |
| Brassic Mr King | Brassic - Mr King | Sky | 2022 |
| Ladhood The Gardener | Ladhood - The Gardener | BBC | 2022 |
| Killing Eve Paul | Killing Eve - Paul | BBC | 2022 |
| Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure Writer | Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure - Writer | Sky Urban Myths | 2020 |
| Good Omens Mr Glozier | Good Omens - Mr Glozier | Amazon | 2019 — 2023 |
| Britannia Emperor Claudius | Britannia - Emperor Claudius | Sky | 2019 |
| The Southbank show Himself | The Southbank show - Himself | Sky Arts | 2019 |
| Worzel Gummidge S1 & 2 Mr Braithwaite | Worzel Gummidge S1 & 2 - Mr Braithwaite | BBC | 2019 — 2021 |
| The Interrogation of Tony Martin Tony Martin | The Interrogation of Tony Martin - Tony Martin | ITV | 2019 |
| Bounty Hunters | Bounty Hunters - | Sky | 2019 |
| Urban Myths: The Sex Pistols Vs. Bill Grundy Bill Grundy | Urban Myths: The Sex Pistols Vs. Bill Grundy - Bill Grundy | Sky | 2018 |
| The League of Gentlemen Anniversary Specials Lead Actor / Co-writer | The League of Gentlemen Anniversary Specials - Lead Actor / Co-writer | BBC | 2018 |
| Midsomer Murders Timothy Benson | Midsomer Murders - Timothy Benson | ITV | 2017 |
| Camping Robin | Camping - Robin | Sky Atlantic | 2016 |
| Lewis Ian Tedman | Lewis - Ian Tedman | ITV | 2015 |
| Professor Branestawm Returns Professor Algebrain | Professor Branestawm Returns - Professor Algebrain | BBC One | 2015 |
| Mapp & Lucia Georgie Pillson | Mapp & Lucia - Georgie Pillson | BBC One | 2014 |
| Happy Valley Kevin Weatherill | Happy Valley - Kevin Weatherill | BBC One | 2014 |
| Inside No 9 (Series 1 - 9) Lead Actor / Co-writer / Co-Director | Inside No 9 (Series 1 - 9) - Lead Actor / Co-writer / Co-Director | BBC TWO | 2013 — 2025 |
| Minder Vlad the Imposter | Minder - Vlad the Imposter | Five | 2009 |
| Whitechapel Edward Buchan | Whitechapel - Edward Buchan | ITV 1 | 2009 |
| Psychoville Writer / Various | Psychoville - Writer / Various | BBC 2 | 2009 |
| Doctor Who Strackman Lux | Doctor Who - Strackman Lux | BBC 1 | 2008 |
| Marple: Murder Is Easy Henry Wake | Marple: Murder Is Easy - Henry Wake | ITV | 2008 |
| Benidorm Mick Garvey | Benidorm - Mick Garvey | ITV | 2007 — 2009 |
| Kingdom Jack Thriplow | Kingdom - Jack Thriplow | ITV | 2007 |
| The Old Curiosity Shop Mr Short | The Old Curiosity Shop - Mr Short | ITV | 2007 |
| The Bad Mother's Handbook Leo Fairbrother | The Bad Mother's Handbook - Leo Fairbrother | ITV | 2007 |
| Hotel Babylon Mr. Daniels | Hotel Babylon - Mr. Daniels | BBC 1 | 2006 |
| Riot at the Rite Critic | Riot at the Rite - Critic | BBC 2 | 2005 |
| Under the Greenwood Tree Mr Shiner | Under the Greenwood Tree - Mr Shiner | BBC | 2005 |
| The Last Detective Edward Netherton | The Last Detective - Edward Netherton | ITV 1 | 2005 |
| Blackpool Adrian Marr | Blackpool - Adrian Marr | BBC | 2004 |
| Shameless Eddie Jackson | Shameless - Eddie Jackson | Channel 4 | 2004 |
| Poirot: Death on the Nile Dr. Bessner | Poirot: Death on the Nile - Dr. Bessner | Granada | 2004 |
| Legend Ot The Lost Tribe Animation Voice-over: Viking | Legend Ot The Lost Tribe - Animation Voice-over: Viking | BBC1 | 2002 |
| The League of Gentlemen - The Making of Series 3 Presenter on behind-the-scenes documentary | The League of Gentlemen - The Making of Series 3 - Presenter on behind-the-scenes documentary | BBC Choice | 2002 |
| Comic Relief - Red Nose Day 2001 Writer / Performer | Comic Relief - Red Nose Day 2001 - Writer / Performer | BBC1 | 2001 |
| Gormenghast Professor Mule | Gormenghast - Professor Mule | BBC1 | 2000 |
| Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Series 1 Liddel | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Series 1 - Liddel | BBC1 | 2000 |
| Debt Wish Live Writer / Performer | Debt Wish Live - Writer / Performer | BBC1 | 1999 |
| The League of Gentlemen (Series 1 - 3 / Christmas Special) Co-writer | The League of Gentlemen (Series 1 - 3 / Christmas Special) - Co-writer | BBC2 | 1999 — 2002 |
| The League of Gentlemen (Series 1 - 3 / Christmas Special) Writer / Various | The League of Gentlemen (Series 1 - 3 / Christmas Special) - Writer / Various | BBC2 | 1999 — 2002 |
| The League of Gentlemen (Series 1 - 3 / Christmas Special) Writer / Various | The League of Gentlemen (Series 1 - 3 / Christmas Special) - Writer / Various | BBC Worldwide | 1999 — 2003 |
| Lenny Goes To Town Performer | Lenny Goes To Town - Performer | BBC1 | 1998 |
| In the Red Lawrence Boot-Heath | In the Red - Lawrence Boot-Heath | BBC2 | 1997 |
| Mash & Peas Do U.S Performer | Mash & Peas Do U.S - Performer | Channel 4 | 1997 |
| Friday Night Armistice Performer | Friday Night Armistice - Performer | BBC2, | 1996 |
Film
| Mr. Bean's Holiday Vicar | Mr. Bean's Holiday - Vicar | Steve Bendelack | 2007 |
| I Could Never Be Your Woman Censor | I Could Never Be Your Woman - Censor | Amy Heckerling | 2007 |
| Lassie Charles Sturridge | Lassie - Charles Sturridge | Hynes | 2005 |
| Match Point DI Parry | Match Point - DI Parry | Woody Allen | 2005 |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Mr Prosser | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Mr Prosser | Garth Jennings | 2005 |
| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse Co-Writer / Various | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse - Co-Writer / Various | Dir: Steve Bendelack | 2005 |
| Churchill - The Hollywood Years Chester | Churchill - The Hollywood Years - Chester | Peter Richardson | 2004 |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Harry Seacombe | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - Harry Seacombe | Stephen Hopkins | 2003 |
| A Local Show for Local People Writer / Various | A Local Show for Local People - Writer / Various | BBC Worldwide | 2003 |
| Birthday Girl Duty Sargeant | Birthday Girl - Duty Sargeant | Jez Butterworth | 2001 |
| Alice in Russialand Various | Alice in Russialand - Various | Ken Russell | 1995 |
Theatre and Live Performance
| The Pillowman Topolski | The Pillowman - Topolski | Duke of York Theatre | 2023 |
| Death in Paradise Neil Henderson | Death in Paradise - Neil Henderson | BBC | 2020 |
| The League of Gentlemen Live Again! UK Tour Lead Actor/ Co-writer | The League of Gentlemen Live Again! UK Tour - Lead Actor/ Co-writer | UK Tour | 2018 |
| Dead Funny Brian | Dead Funny - Brian | Vaudeville Theatre | 2016 — 2017 |
| Dead Funny Brian | Dead Funny - Brian | Vaudeville Theatre | 2016 |
| The League of Gentlemen are Behind You Writer / Various | The League of Gentlemen are Behind You - Writer / Various | 2006 | |
| ART Marc | ART - Marc | Whitehall Theatre, London | 2002 — 2003 |
| A Local Show For Local People Writer / Various | A Local Show For Local People - Writer / Various | National Tour | 2000 — 2001 |
| Debt Wish Live Writer / Performer | Debt Wish Live - Writer / Performer | Brixton Academy | 1999 |
| The League Of Gentlemen Writer / Various | The League Of Gentlemen - Writer / Various | Edinburgh Pleasance, London Pleasance, Komedia, Brighton, and London's Battersea Arts Centre and Canal Café Theatre | 1995 — 1999 |
| Variety Writer | Variety - Writer | 1991 — 1998 |
Awards
| Best Comedy Programme Nomination | Best Comedy Programme - Nomination | Broadcast Awards | 2024 |
| Royal Television Society, Winner of 'Comedy Performance - Male' for Inside No.9 Writer / Creator / Director / Role of Adrian | Royal Television Society, Winner of 'Comedy Performance - Male' for Inside No.9 - Writer / Creator / Director / Role of Adrian | 2019 | |
| South Bank Show Award Winner | South Bank Show Award - Winner | Best Comedy (The League of Gentlemen - Series 3) | 2003 |
| Olivier Award Nominee | Olivier Award - Nominee | Best Entertainment (A Local Show for Local People) | 2002 |
| NME Award Winner | NME Award - Winner | Best Television Programme (The League Of Gentlemen - Series 2) | 2001 |
| BAFTA Award Winner | BAFTA Award - Winner | Best Comedy (The League Of Gentlemen - Series 1) | 2000 |
| RTS Awards Winner | RTS Awards - Winner | Best Entertainment (The League Of Gentleman - Series 1) | 1999 |
| Perrier Award Winner | Perrier Award - Winner | The League Of Gentlemen | 1997 |
| Sony Silver Award Winner | Sony Silver Award - Winner | (On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen) | 1997 |
Books
| Inside No. 9: The Scripts Series 1-3 Author | Inside No. 9: The Scripts Series 1-3 - Author | Hodder | 2020 |
| The League of Gentlemen Scripts And That Fourth Estate, | The League of Gentlemen Scripts And That - Fourth Estate, | 2003 | |
| International Film Guide Assistant Editor | International Film Guide - Assistant Editor | 1991 — 1998 |
Radio
| On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen Writer / Various | On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen - Writer / Various | Radio 4 | 1997 |
News
The 2025 BAFTA Television Award nominations are here! 27th March 2025 The 2025 BAFTA Television Award nominations are here, seeing 6 nominations between the brilliant talent at PBJ Management: BAFTA Entertainment Award: Babs Wiltshire for Would I Lie To You? BAFTA Male Performance In A Comedy Award: Phil Dunning for Smoggie Queens BAFTA Craft Emerging Talent Award: Fiction: Phil Dunning for Smoggie Queens and Lucia Keskin for Things You Should Have Done BAFTA Craft Writer Award: Comedy: Phil Dunning for Smoggie Queens and Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton for Inside No |
PBJ talent take over the British Comedy Guild's 2024 Comedy Awards nominations 30th January 2025 PBJ clients can be spotted throughout the 2024 British Comedy Awards nominations list |
Shortlist has been announced for the Comedy Awards 2023 10th January 2024 We are very excited to share our wonderful clients who have been shortlisted for the Comedy |
Multiple PBJ nominees for National Comedy Awards 12th October 2021 2021 will bring the first National Comedy Awards, hosted by Channel 4 as part of this year's Stand Up To Cancer programming |
Inside No. 9 renewed for two new seasons 16th March 2020 Following on from an extremely successful fifth series, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's 'Inside No |
Chortle Awards 2018 - Nominations in! 8th February 2018 The list of nominees for the 2018 Chortle Awards, which celebrate the best in live and broadcast comedy, has just been released - and we are so thrilled to see so many clients on the list |
British Comedy Guide Awards 2017 29th January 2018 The British Comedy Guide (comedy |
Writers’ Guild Award Winners 2018 16th January 2018 The winners of the 2018 Writers’ Guild Awards were announced this evening (Monday 15 January 2018) at a ceremony at the Royal College of Physicians in London, in front of an audience from a broad range of creative industries |
A brand new series of 'Inside No.9' starts tonight! 3rd January 2018 A brand new series of Inside No |
14th September 2016 Inside No 9 has won Best Comedy at the 2016 Rose d'Or Awards, huge congratulations to Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith |
Watson & Oliver, Steve Pemberton and Fernando all nominated for TV Choice Awards 23rd May 2012 This year's TV Choice Award nominees have been announced |
Psychoville wins at the British Comedy Awards 14th December 2009 Congratulations to Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton - Psychoville won the award for: 'Best New British Television Comedy' at the British Comedy Awards |
Podcasts
 Inside Inside No. 9 is a companion series to the anthology of darkly comic twisted tales.  | |