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
- Series 3, Christmas Special repeated Tuesday at 11:50pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 1,054
Press clippings
National Television Awards 2024 shortlist revealed
Brassic, The Gentlemen, Ghosts, Mrs. Brown's Boys and Not Going Out are shortlisted in the Comedy category in the 2024 National Television Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 20th August 2024Not Going Out to return for Series 14
The BBC has confirmed Lee Mack will return for a fourteenth series of Not Going Out.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2024The 30 best British sitcoms to watch now
Our critics sift through the TV streaming platforms and choose which shows will keep you chuckling.
Daily Mail, 24th April 2024Lee Mack takes year off from Not Going Out
The hit BBC series' future is in doubt, although Lee confirmed discussions about bringing it back are happening. "If we do bring it back, we're looking at early 2025."
Alex Doyle, The Sun, 15th April 2024Lee Mack's Taskmaster task too far
Lee Mack has revealed that his stint on Taskmaster put a crimp on his relationship with his wife.
British Comedy Guide, 25th February 2024Ghosts was the most-watched TV comedy of 2023
Ghosts, Michael McIntyre's Big Show, Have I Got News For You, Blankety Blank and Mrs Brown's Boys were the most-watched British comedies on TV in 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 10th January 2024Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024Lee Mack: middle-class snobs are killing sitcoms
As Not Going Out celebrates its 100th episode, its star hits out at TV bosses and the newspaper critics of a beloved British tradition.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 24th December 2023Not Going Out, 100th episode review
A hundred episodes is quite some achievement for any UK sitcom. But it also means Lee Mack's remarkably long-lived Not Going Out has come to feel like part of the furniture rather than appointment-to-view TV.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th December 2023Not Going Out, 100th episode review
The second longest-running British TV sitcom is starting to feel repetitive - but it's still a pleasant farce.
Rachael Healy, i Newspaper, 24th December 2023