Not Going Out Series 13 episode guide

TV sitcom
BBC One
2006 - 2023
100 episodes (13 series)

Fast-paced, gag-packed studio sitcom starring Lee Mack and Sally Bretton. Also features Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden, Geoffrey Whitehead, Deborah Grant, Bobby Ball and more.

Due to return for Series 14
Series 2, Episode 2 repeated at 9:40pm on U&Gold

Like this

Overview
Cast & Crew
About
Episodes
Characters
Interviews
Videos
Press
Shop
Forums
Trivia
Quotes
See Also

Series menu

Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5
Series 6
Series 7
Out-takes
Christmas Shopping
Series 8
Series 9
Series 10
Resolutions
Series 11
Panto
Series 12
Series 13
Series 14

Series 13

Not Going Out. Image shows left to right: Anna (Abigail Cruttenden), Lee (Lee Mack), Lucy (Sally Bretton)

1. Italian Lessons

Friday 23^rd June 2023

When Lee and Lucy are asked to cover for Anna on more than one occasion, so that she can go out at night and have secret Italian Lessons they suspect the worst, that she is having an affair. Lee decides that it is up to him to tell Toby that his marriage is in jeopardy and sets about finding the evidence.

Not Going Out. Image shows left to right: Lee (Lee Mack), Lucy (Sally Bretton)

2. Hospital

Friday 30^th June 2023

Lee's lifestyle catches up on him and he is forced to wait on a hospital ward for routine surgery on his gallbladder until his blood pressure comes down. But visits from the parents in law and Anna and Toby, who arrive to ask him a question he doesn't want to hear, ensure that his stress levels remain dangerously high.

Not Going Out. Image shows left to right: Molly (Francesca Newman), Lucy (Sally Bretton), Lee (Lee Mack)

3. Day Out

Friday 7^th July 2023

To take advantage of three free tickets to Adventure Canyon Theme Park Lee takes Mollie out of school for a day and gets into trouble with new head teacher, Miss Anstis. Now all he has to do is think of an excuse to justify Mollie's absence and what could be simpler than a trip to the dentist?

4. Coffin

Friday 14^th July 2023

Lee wakes up inside a coffin and can't remember how he got there, until a phone call from Lucy reminds him what he'd been doing that afternoon. Now all he needs to do is keep Lucy in the dark as to his exact location and work out how to escape.

Not Going Out. Image shows left to right: Lucy (Sally Bretton), Lee (Lee Mack), Martin (Chris McCausland), Wendy (Deborah Grant), Toby (Hugh Dennis)

5. Train

Friday 21^st July 2023

It is Lucy's birthday. To celebrate, Geoffrey and Wendy take Lee, Lucy, Toby and Anna for a trip on a vintage steam train. But Lee decides to play Poirot when a stranger turns up unannounced in their carriage and Lucy's special day is ruined.

Not Going Out. Image shows left to right: Lucy (Sally Bretton), Lee (Lee Mack). Credit: Avalon Television

6. Beep

Friday 28^th July 2023

Lucy has cooked a special meal so that she and Lee can spend an evening in without distractions, talking about the state of their marriage. But Lee is obsessed with a beeping noise in the house that he can't find and the food is soon forgotten.

Not Going Out. Image shows left to right: Lee (Lee Mack), Benji (Max Pattison). Credit: Avalon Television

7. Football

Friday 4^th August 2023

When Lee goes to watch Benji playing football for a local Under 13 team, he is unable to restrain himself on the touchline and becomes the competitive dad that all the other parents avoid. Undaunted by the disapproval of Toby, who coaches the team, Lee sets about rigging the vote for the Player of the Year.

Not Going Out. Image shows left to right: Toby (Hugh Dennis), Anna (Abigail Cruttenden), Molly (Francesca Newman), Lee (Lee Mack), Benji (Max Pattison), Lucy (Sally Bretton), Wendy (Deborah Grant), Charlie (Finley Southby), Geoffrey (Geoffrey Whitehead)

Christmas Special: Wilfred

Sunday 24^th December 2023

Lee throws everything at creating the perfect family Christmas, agreeing to Lucy's wishes to do something charitable and having "a normal Christmas where nothing goes wrong." This moment of festive spirit sees the couple invite Wilfred, a lonely pensioner from the nearby care home, to join them for Christmas dinner. The only instruction is that Wilfred is not, under any circumstances, allowed to drink alcohol...

Catch-up

BBC iPlayer

Share this page

Overview
Cast & Crew
About
Episodes
Characters
Interviews
Videos
Press
Shop
Forums
Trivia
Quotes
See Also

Series menu

Series 13

Catch-up

Share this page

Subscribe to our newsletters