Not Going Out
- 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
- Christmas Special repeated tomorrow at 2am on U&Dave
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Series 9, Episode 5 - Pants On Fire
When Lee and Lucy cancel dinner with Toby and Anna at the last moment it opens up a can of worms.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 5th April 2018
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Lee Mack | Lee |
| Sally Bretton | Lucy |
| Hugh Dennis | Toby |
| Abigail Cruttenden | Anna |
| Francesca Newman | Molly |
| Max Pattison | Benji |
| Finley Southby | Charlie |
| Pernilla Holland | Norwegian Television Voice (Voice) |
| David Robert Menkin | Norwegian Television Voice (Voice) |
| Simon Evans | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Paul Kerensa | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Simon Griffiths | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Liam Woodman | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Sarah Morgan | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Nick Wood | Director |
| Jamie Rix | Producer |
| Richard Allen-Turner | Executive Producer |
| Lee Mack | Executive Producer |
| Jon Thoday | Executive Producer |
| Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
| David Finnigan | Line Producer |
| Richard Halladay (as Richard Halladey) | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Leah Archer | Costume Designer |
| Carlene Gearing | Make-up Designer |
| Martin Kempton | Lighting Designer |
| Steve Brown | Composer |
| Alex Hardcastle | Composer |
| Roger Planer | Composer |
| John McBurnie | Composer |
| Gregor Sharp | Commissioning Editor |
Press
A dinner party invite from Anna and Toby threatens to ruin Lucy and Lee's evening slumped in front of Norwegian noir on Netflix. Efforts to avoid an awkward evening culminate in a manufactured row but, unluckily for Lee and Lucy, their friends have shared experience as career quarrellers.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 5th April 2018