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 in June 2025
- Series 4, Episode 1 repeated tomorrow at 11:15pm on U&Gold
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Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 13th February 2009
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Lee Mack | Lee |
| Sally Bretton | Lucy |
| Tim Vine | Tim |
| Katy Wix | Daisy |
| Miranda Hart | Barbara |
| Melanie Gutteridge | Amy (Lesbian Neighbour) |
| Angela McHale | Lola (Lesbian Bookshop Owner) |
| Alun Cochrane | Barman (Uncredited) |
| Lee Mack | Writer |
| Simon Evans | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Paul Kerensa | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Dave Cohen | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Simon Griffiths | Writer (Additional Material) |
| David Isaac | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Liam Woodman | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Milton Jones | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Darin Henry | Writer |
| Georgia Pritchett | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Nick Wood | Director |
| Jamie Rix | Producer |
| Richard Allen-Turner | Executive Producer |
| Lee Mack | Executive Producer |
| Jon Thoday | Executive Producer |
| Richard Halladay (as Richard Halladey) | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Steve Brown | Composer |
| Alex Hardcastle | Composer |
Video
Not Going Out - Lee and Tim
Press
It should come as no surprise that Tim Vine once held the world record for telling the most jokes in one hour.
This show seems to be aiming for the record for squeezing the most gags into one sitcom. And on a Friday night, after your brain has clocked off for the weekend and all it wants to do is chuckle foolishly for 30 minutes, then bless its smelly old cotton socks for that.
Tonight, as two pretty lesbians move in down the corridor from Lee and Lucy, we ask can you turn a straight girl gay just by kissing her? But also, how many lesbian jokes do you know? ee Mack knows loads and loads of them and they're all here, packed in tighter than elephants in a mini.
Jane Simon, The Mirror, 13th February 2009Over on BBC1 at 9.30pm is the brilliantly funny Not Going Out (I know it's just one daft gag after another, but that's the whole point).
Mike Ward, Daily Star, 13th February 2009