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Not 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

Not Going Out, BBC1, review

Twelve series in, the comic timing is still spot on and the cast have great chemistry but the script just isn't funny as it should be.

Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 25th March 2022

Review: Not Going Out

Well I guess if one sitcom title sums up 2020 it's this one. And they've given us a sort of socially distanced lockdown episode to see out the old year and see in the new (albeit a day early) with the entire cast including Bobby Ball all in one room throughout the special.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th December 2020

Not Going Out Christmas special review

Old-school festive chuckles, with the late Bobby Ball as cheeky as ever.

Catherine Pearson, Radio Times, 30th December 2020

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 2019

BBC 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 2019

Jump 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 2019

Review - 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 2019

TV 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 2018

Not 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

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