Lee Mack
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Lee Mack replaces unwell Bob Mortimer on Gone Fishing
Lee Mack stepped in to replace an unwell Bob Mortimer on the upcoming episode of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, following Mortimer's hospitalisation. However, Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse are currently preparing to shoot their fourth Christmas Special for the hit BBC Two angling series.
British Comedy Guide, 28th September 2023Twitter user @Alex05923602 suggests Lee Mack might get cancelled
Her comment, from an account with just 106 followers, was treated as news by Mail Online, The Sun, Metro, the Daily Express, Yorkshire Live, Birmingham Live, Chronicle Live, the Daily Mirror, SportBible and Lad Bible - and has caused 'Lee Mack' to trend on X. GB News stated as fact that 'he's fallen into the firing line of the wokies'.
Chortle, 7th September 2023Lee Mack unsure of Not Going Out future: "We're having chats"
"We're doing the 100th episode this Christmas, so we are deciding, shall we say, and so are the BBC. We're having chats, so we'll see. One hundred is a lovely round number though, isn't it? I can absolutely confirm I won't be doing 200!"
Lidia Molina-Whyte, Radio Times, 7th September 2023Lee Mack hits back at NTAs viewers who took offence to Jill Scott joke
The comedy star has suggested his sense of humour works best in person and doesn't translate to the screen after many TV fans slammed him online over a questionable quip.
Seamus Duff, The Mirror, 6th September 2023Lee Mack lied to fellow comedy star to keep Inside No. 9 episode secret
The Would I Lie To You? favourite put all that experience of telling fibs to good use.
Christian Tobin and Katelyn Mensah, Radio Times, 5th September 2023So You Think You're Funny? 2023 announces 10 finalists
Ten finalists, instead of the usual nine, have been announced for the 2023 So You Think You're Funny? new act stand-up contest.
British Comedy Guide, 16th August 2023The Unfriend to return to the West End with Lee Mack
Steven Moffat's comedy The Unfriend will make its West End return this winter, with Lee Mack, Sarah Alexander and Frances Barber.
What's On Stage, 13th July 2023Not Going Out review
Lee Mack's gag machine farce is still a neatly crafted blast from the past.
Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 24th June 2023Not Going Out becomes Britain's third longest running TV sitcom
Not Going Out now sits third in the list of British TV sitcoms ordered by the number of series to their name. Only Last Of The Summer Wine and ChuckleVision have run for more series.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd June 2023In praise of Lee Mack
I've always liked Lee Mack, but in the last couple of years something weird has happened. I think I've started to love Lee Mack.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd June 2023