 " Nana 's Party " is the fifth episode of the second series of the British dark comedy anthology television programme Inside No. 9 . It was first broadcast on 23 April 2015 on BBC Two . Written and directed by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith , the episode starred Claire Skinner as the obsessive @-@ compulsive and aspirational Angela , who is hosting a party for the 79th birthday of her mother Maggie , played by Elsie Kelly . Angela 's husband Jim , played by Pemberton , is keen to play a prank on Pat , Angela 's brother @-@ in @-@ law , who is a practical joker . Pat is played by Shearsmith , while Carol , a recovering alcoholic who is Pat 's wife and Angela 's sister , is played by Lorraine Ashbourne . The episode also features Eve Gordon as Katie , Angela and Jim 's teenage daughter , and Christopher Whitlow as a paramedic seen at the beginning and end of the episode . 
