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Not Going Out
Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.
- Created by:
- Lee Mack
- Cast:
- Lee Mack, Sally Bretton
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- BBC One
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Episode 1
★ 7.0Series 1 Behind the Scenes
2007-10-22 · 30mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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★ 7.0Series 2 Behind the Scenes
2009-02-02 · 30mEpisode overview is not available yet.
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Episode 3
★ 7.0Not Going Right – The Out-Takes
2011-01-14 · 35mOuttakes from Series 1, 2, 3 & 4.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.0The House
2013-12-24 · 44mIn an effort to create the perfect Christmas for Lucy, Lee invites her parents to join the two of them and Daisy in a snug old house in the country which used to belong to his dear dead aunt.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.0Christmas Shopping
2015-12-24 · 44mAn unexpected stranger turns Lee and Lucy's Christmas upside down.
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Episode 6
★ 8.0The True Meaning of Christmas
2017-12-24 · 39mIt's Christmas Eve, and Lee and Lucy face a possible yuletide disaster when they discover the perfect present they have bought for their children has already been gifted to them by their grandparents.
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Episode 7
★ 7.0Ding Dong Merrily on Live
2018-12-20 · 27mDragooned into organising a Christmas variety show to raise money for their children's school, Lee and Lucy find quality acts thin on the ground.
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Episode 8
★ 5.5Halloween Special
2019-10-30 · 38mLee and Lucy take the children out trick or treating for Halloween, but the night soon turns disastrous for Lee when he loses his phone on the porch of a spooky Victorian house. Once he returns to the house to retrieve his phone, Lee discovers that the house is full of secrets that would be far better left undisturbed.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 6.0Driving Home For Christmas
2019-12-24 · 39mWe all know Christmas simply wouldn't be Christmas without a giant inflatable Santa, an aggressive bull in a field and a terrifying truck driver.
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Episode 10
★ 7.5Resolutions
2020-12-30 · 43mWith 40 minutes to go until midnight, a New Year’s Eve party at Lee and Lucy’s house turns sour when family members start making their resolutions.
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Episode 11
★ 7.0Panto
2021-12-23 · 42mA family Christmas party turns sour when Lucy announces that she has got tickets to see Jason Donovan in panto. Lee loathes panto, especially given Jason Donovan was Lucy’s teenage crush. That night, while Lee and Lucy turn their backs on each other in bed, Lee has an unsettling dream in which he is dressed as Buttons and his whole life has turned into a pantomime. Lucy is Cinderella, Toby and Anna are the Ugly Sisters, Geoffrey is Baron Hardup, and Wendy is the Fairy Godmother - and Prince Charming, the handsome suitor who pursues Cinderella and asks for her hand in marriage, is played by Jason Donovan. Can Buttons keep the fairy-tale couple apart?
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Episode 12
Wilfred
2023-12-24 · 40mLee throws everything at creating the perfect family Christmas, agreeing to Lucy's wishes to do something charitable and having "a normal Christmas where nothing goes wrong." This moment of festive spirit sees the couple invite Wilfred, a lonely pensioner from the nearby care home, to join them for Christmas dinner. The only instruction is that Wilfred is not, under any circumstances, allowed to drink alcohol...
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Episode 13
Not Going Out on Location
35mBehind the scenes featurette for Series 3.
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Episode 14
Lee and Tim talk on the set of Series Two
18mExtra on Series One DVD.
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Episode 15
20 Years of Not Going Out
2026-09-23 · 29mLee Mack celebrates 20 years of a modern classic, revealing its origins, its success and how the show is made, with cast interviews, classic clips and behind-the-scenes access.
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Lee Mack
Lee
Sally Bretton
Lucy Adams