Not Going Out

Video: Susanna Reid flummoxed by Lee Mack gag

Lee Mack's approaching the end of a 120-date tour, but as well as that he's returning to our screens in the New Year in the BBC One sitcom Not Going Out for which he wrote the script while on tour.

Lee discussed the tour with BBC Breakfast and described the best heckle, which needed some explaining to Susanna...

Between going out and not going out

It will come as no surprise to learn that I have been hard at work on the fourth series of BBC1 sitcom Not Going Out, which we hope will air before the end of the year...

The joker in Lee Mack

When the BBC scrapped his sitcom Not Going Out, the comedian resolved to get out more by going on tour. Then the Beeb changed its mind.

Lee Mack: Bobby Ball is my comedy father

Lee says: "The first thing I can remember as a sort of performance was doing Bobby Ball impressions in the playground at school."

Held over from the end of the last series, back at the start of the year, this festively themed episode of Lee Mack's likeably daft sitcom (we demand more, by the way) features Bobby Ball as Lee's estranged dad. Although this man walked out on his family when his son was only four, Lucy (Sally Bretton) thinks her flatmate should forgive and forget.

No laughing matter

High costs, tight budgets and a demand for fast results are making it more difficult to get - and keep - good comedies on television. Avalon's Not Going Out recently got the chop midway through series three despite strong audience appreciation and climbing ratings.

Fans rally to save BBC comedy Not Going Out

A dedicated group of fans has pulled together a 1,500 strong petition in a bid to save axed BBC One comedy Not Going Out.

Not Going Out fans call for show's return

Insiders at the BBC also expressed their surprise at the comedy commissioning team's decision not to bring the series back. One BBC producer, who did not want to be named, told The Stage: "I am just devastated by that decision. The last series was so assured. I don't understand the rationale. It's just a really good show."

No longer going out

Apparently this was in the News Of The World yesterday, so it's incumbent upon me to confirm it: BBC1 have indeed cancelled the award-winning sitcom Not Going Out.

BBC axes Not Going Out

The BBC has axed studio sitcom Not Going Out after three series. The Avalon-produced series, co-created by its star Lee Mack and writer/broadcaster Andrew Collins, was part of BBC1's Friday night line-up.