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 1, Episode 4 repeated at 9:20pm on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 2,002
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TV preview: Not Going Out, BBC1
Has Lee Mack become a time traveller? In the new series of Not Going Out he suddenly has three children, all around primary/infant school age, whereas a year ago he had only just become a father for the first time. Apparently the new series of Not Going Out is set seven years on. But don't expect any hoverboards or meals served in pill form. This is about as traditional and old-fashioned as sitcoms get.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th January 2017Not Going Out Series 8 preview
Same music. Same cast. Same title. Yet there's something noticeably different about the eighth series of Not Going Out.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 7th January 2017Lee Mack returns with a full house
Lee Mack explains why and how they've advanced hit sitcom Not Going Out from having a baby in the last show to three children now.
Sean Marland, What's On TV, 3rd January 2017How Everybody Loves Raymond inspired Not Going Out
Lee Mack has revealed that he's taken inspiration for the new series of Not Going Out from an unexpected source: Everybody Loves Raymond. "His rules were that someone it the writers' room had to say, 'Yeah, that happened to me.' So I decided that was going to be the rule this year."
Chortle, 2nd January 2017BBC orders two more series of Not Going Out
The BBC has ordered two more series of Not Going Out, meaning Lee Mack's show will become one of the country's longest-running sitcoms.
British Comedy Guide, 14th December 2016Not Going Out to return... with three kids
The BBC has confirmed Lee Mack's hit sitcom Not Going Out is to return for an eight series, but with changes. The new run will see Lee and Lucy looking after three young children.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2016Radio Times launches a poll to name the best sitcom since 2000
Radio Times has launched a poll to name the best British TV sitcom broadcast since the year 2000. There are 40 shows in the shortlist.
British Comedy Guide, 19th July 2016Not Going Out to return for Series 8
Lee Mack's hit sitcom Not Going Out is to return for an eighth series.
British Comedy Guide, 24th March 2016Not Going Out could return as a "family sitcom"
Lee Mack's long-running BBC One show could continue in a new guise, reveals star Sally Bretton: "Watch this space"
Ellie Walker-Arnott, Radio Times, 25th February 2016Sally Bretton interview
Sally Bretton, star of the BBC sitcom Not Going Out, likes to fly under the radar of fame - and that includes two names, a guarded private life and a body double.
Harry Wallop, The Telegraph, 21st December 2015