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Not Going Out

★ 7.6 9K votes 2006–present 15 seasons · 114 episodes Returning Series BBC One
SitcomClassic comedy rhythm, multi-camera or single.This show: 9/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 7/10Comfort rewatchThe kind of show people return to endlessly.This show: 7/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Lee MackSally BrettonHugh DennisKaty WixTim VineAbigail Cruttenden
Written by
Lee Mack
Starring
Lee MackSally BrettonHugh DennisKaty WixTim VineAbigail Cruttenden
Written by
Lee Mack
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
075150225300

Not Going Out Episode Ratings Heatmap

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S87.77.58.07.58.27.27.77.67.5
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About

"A joke-a-minute sitcom that refuses to grow up"

A long-running British sitcom built around Lee, a work-shy, wisecracking man who never quite grows up, and the friends and family who put up with him. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, it moves at a rapid clip, packing in puns, wordplay and quickfire one-liners rather than serialized plot. The feel is warm, silly and unpretentious, closer to a stand-up set stitched into sitcom scenes than a modern character drama. It leans entirely on the cast's comic timing and the sheer density of jokes per minute rather than story ambition.

Watch it for

the relentless rate of one-liners and wordplay delivered with sharp comic timing.

Maybe skip if

you dislike traditional multi-camera studio sitcoms with a live audience laugh track.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Series 12006
7.41K62h 46m
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Series 22007
7.81K83h 44m
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Series 32009
7.91K83h 40m
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Series 42011
8.097662h 48m
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Series 52012
8.11K72h 53m
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Series 62013
7.51K94h 30m
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Series 72014
8.12K126h 12m
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Series 82017
7.71K82h 59m
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Series 92018
8.01K82h 46m
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Series 102019
7.61K94h
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Series 112021
7.495073h 39m
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Series 122022
7.469962h 20m
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Series 132023
7.3934839m
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Series 142025
7.3738629m
Lee and Lucy find their lives as frenetic and complicated as ever.
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Season 15
6.84336

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Lee Mack Lee
Sally Bretton Lucy
Hugh Dennis Toby, Captain Morris
Katy Wix Daisy
Tim Vine Tim
Abigail Cruttenden Anna
Deborah Grant Wendy
Geoffrey Whitehead Geoffrey
Francesca Newman Mollie
Bobby Ball Frank

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