Quote: Aaron @ April 9 2013, 5:50 PM BSTThis is certainly not a series I would describe as even nearing "hyper-reality", and that is the sole such mistake I have noticed out of all 35 (and a half) episodes broadcast to date. Poor acting, yes, and a single example of sloppy direction, but I shan't be condemning the series on that one isolated incident.
I do not recognise any woodenness in Mack either. He is not an actor and yes it shows on occasion, but his performance has never jarred nor caused me to question the programme. It may indeed be far more notably out of place were he to appear in a Rising Damp or a Steptoe And Son, but for Not Going Out it works just fine.
Thank you for your serious reply. I will certainly watch the next few episodes of the series and then make up my mind again. As I said, I was enjoying it on the whole...and maybe, who knows, it'll become one of my "modern" faves. But I certainly won't give up on my DVDs of classic sitcoms.