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
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Not Going Out: Halloween Special review
Despite the growing popularity of trick or treat, special Halloween episodes of British sitcoms are still relatively rare.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th October 2019TV preview: Not Going Out Halloween Special, BBC One
Is Lee Mack trying to muscle in on Inside No 9 territory? This Halloween edition of the enduring light-hearted domestic sitcom has scarier ambitions than usual. It is even scheduled later than it usually goes out. Although don't worry too much about the kids having nightmares. I'm sure they watch nastier stuff on their phones in bed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th October 2019BBC orders three more series of Not Going Out
Lee Mack has revealed that the BBC has ordered three more series of his sitcom Not Going Out. The recommission makes the show one of British comedy's longest-running sitcoms.
British Comedy Guide, 7th June 2019Jump the Shark: Not Going Out
Not Going Out's heroes went from cat-fight chemistry to child-saddled losers.
Henry Yates, The Guardian, 27th May 2019Review - Not Going Out: zinger after zinger
Ten series in, the jokes are still rapid and the wit still biting in Lee Mack's winning sitcom.
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 22nd April 2019A new series begins with Lee, family and friends waiting to make a sponsored parachute jump to raise money for a children's hospital ward. But, as it turns out, one parachute is missing - who will provide the best excuse to stay behind? A little comic masterpiece of cowardice that is worthy of Hancock's Half Hour.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 15th April 2019Not Going Out: series 10 review
It's in a different phase of its life but it's still much the same.
Jacob Gibbs, On The Box, 15th April 2019Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 shortlist
The shortlisted TV and radio shows for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 have been announced. 60 programmes are now in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title.
British Comedy Guide, 21st January 2019TV review: Not Going Out Live, BBC One
Let's be honest, you watched the live edition of Not Going Out hoping that the scenery would fall on Lee Mack didn't you?
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd December 2018Not Going Out live episode review
A live version of Not Going Out was never going to be as inventive as Inside No 9 doing the same - real-time tweets, big plot twists and all. But true to form, it's was safely, but not excitingly, funny.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd December 2018