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
Network
BBC One
Episodes
98
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Overview
Not Going Out has 14 seasons with 98 episodes spanning 2006-2025.
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Year context
Not Going Out first aired 20 years ago in 2006.
CAST (2)
SEASONS (14 seasons, 98 episodes)
SEASON 1Series 1
01
Serious
Kate tries clown classes after unsuccessfully getting Lee to go to them. You couldn't really call her own attempts a success. To repay Kate Lee…
02
Death
Tim's 94-year-old grandmother dies. Kate accuses Lee of not being in touch with his emotions when he fails to tell her. As penance he sees…
03
Aussie
Ruth, an Australian friend of Kate's, comes to stay and Lee is persuaded to pretend to be Tim. Lee gets a job handing out leaflets…
04
Stress
Lee starts teaching Kate to drive. His (or her) lack of success seems to stress him out and Kate notices. She persuades him to try…
05
Kid
Kate and Lee are forced to take in a lodger, a surly 14-year-old boy called Nicky. Lee's attempts to bond with the teenager prove less…
06
Caretaker
Lee finally manages to get a job, as a caretaker. But taking up the new post involves moving out of the flat. Kate interviews potential…
SEASON 2Series 2
01
Mortgage
Tim decides to sell the flat, so Lee sets to work putting off prospective buyers.
02
Gay
Lucy persuades Lee to pretend to be gay after she lies to a business acquaintance Guy, who she was told is gay himself, by telling…
03
Librarian
Lucy and Guy are going out with each other, and Guy has practically moved in. This annoys Lee who thinks Guy is too old for…
04
Baby
When Guy's daughter Chloe gets appendicitis, Lee and Tim are left looking after her son Dillon while Guy and Lucy visit her. While in their…
05
Art
In an effort to appear as intellectual as Lucy's friends, Lee shows off his 'knowledge' of the art world - holding forth on the subject…
06
Dating
As Lucy and Guy's relationship intensifies, Lee starts to ponder his lack of a girlfriend and, encouraged by Barbara, tries speed dating. Tim is forced…
07
Gangster
Guy showers Lucy with expensive gifts and whisks her away for a weekend.
08
Murder at Christmas
Lee's plan to spend time alone with Lucy at Christmas is threatened.
SEASON 3Series 3
01
Pregnant
Lee is shocked when Lucy announces that she is pregnant and he wonders if he could accidentally be the baby's father.
02
Winner
Lee wins a £1000 after winning an essay writing competition. A journalist shows up to interview Lee but expects him to be disabled after reading…
03
Amy
Lee and Tim ask a lesbian couple who have moved into the building over for dinner. They are shocked when Lucy discovers a side of…
04
Party
Lee and Tim decide to try and throw Lucy a 30th birthday party but they both have different ideas. Lee is not happy when Lucy…
05
Neighbour
Lucy isn't happy with the noise a new neighbour is making. She asks both Lee and Tim to talk to him but both are scared…
06
Speech
Lucy is stressed. She has an important speech to make at a Recruitment Conference and nobody to help her write it. Lee sees an opportunity…
07
Marriage
Lee is shocked when he finds out that Lucy is thinking about getting married to Pavlov so that he will be able to remain in…
08
Absent Father Christmas
Lee's father turns up at the flat unannounced. This is the man who walked out of the family home when Lee was four, never paid…
SEASON 4Series 4
01
Drugs
After a night spent out clubbing, Tim returns to the flat wearing the wrong coat, and convinces Lee to help him return it to its…
02
Debbie
Lee's past catches up with him when a young woman appears on his doorstep and asks for a cup of sugar.
03
Movie
Lee promises to stop treating Lucy's flat as if he owns it - but not before he has hired it out to a film director.
04
Dancing
Lucy and Tim are distraught. Their parents' 30 year marriage is at an end and their father has moved out of the family home -…
05
Fireworks
When an old lady wanders into Lucy's flat and makes herself at home on the sofa, Lee doesn't know what to do with her.
06
Life on Mars Bars
Lee dreams of a perfect life with Lucy, but can the reality ever match up?
SEASON 5Series 5
01
Band
When Tim joins a band at work and Lucy falls for the lead guitarist, Lee becomes jealous, and decides that if he can't beat them…
02
Dads
Lee's lazy weekend is wrecked when his scrounging father turns up unexpectedly. Having just come out of hospital he needs somewhere to stay for the…
03
Camping
In a desperate bid to prove his manliness, Lee joins Tim, Daisy and Lucy on a camping weekend in the middle of a dark spooky…
04
Running
To impress Lucy, Lee starts training for a 10 kilometre Fun Run only to injure himself immediately. In an effort to hide the injury from…
05
Examination
Lucy finds herself working on a Government initiative encouraging men to regularly check themselves for lumps. Eager to please Lucy, Lee follows the campaign's advice…
06
Drunk
After Lucy suffers a mild indiscretion whilst drunk and claims to have no memory of the event, she and Lee embark on an experiment with…
SEASON 6Series 6
01
Rabbit
Lucy accidentally runs over a pet rabbit belonging to the daughter of an important client.
02
Skiing
On a holiday to Eastern Europe, Lee, Daisy and Lucy become stuck on a cable car.
03
Therapy
Lee takes advantage of Lucy's new-found skills as a relationship counsellor to patch things up with his father.
04
Conference
Lee does what he has to do to stop Lucy from flirting with the male delegates at a three-day annual trade conference in order to…
05
Rachel
Lee decides that the best way to get Lucy to notice him is to make her jealous. Now all he has to do is find…
06
Play
Lee is forced to fight for Lucy's attention when her first love reappears on the scene.
07
Magic
When Lucy's god-daughter is suddenly dumped on her the night before the girl's birthday party, Lucy and Lee have to come up with an appropriate…
08
Boat
Lee spends a long weekend on his a boat with Lucy, even though she is terrified of water.
SEASON 7Series 7
01
Mugging
When Lucy has her handbag stolen from right under Lee's nose, he feels the need to prove his manliness over and over and over again.
02
Christening
Lee's big mouth has got him and Lucy invited to a christening party thrown by new neighbours Toby and Anna, and now they have no…
03
Donor
When Lucy decides it is time to have a baby, she is surprised to find the whole family taking a personal interest in the conception.
04
Anna
Lucy aspires to be friends with her posh new neighbours Toby and Anna, but she hasn't reckoned on Lee dragging her back down to earth.
05
Pointless
In an attempt to impress Lucy with his intellectual prowess, Lee joins Daisy as a contestant on the TV quiz show Pointless.
06
Alcohol
Frank's drinking becomes a problem and forces Lee and Lucy to reassess the living arrangements in the flat.
07
Surprise
No matter what happens, Lucy's surprise party for her parents' anniversary must remain a secret or it won't be a surprise. So why she tells…
08
Plane
Flying off on a summer holiday, Lucy and Daisy endure the worst flight of their lives when Lee gets a bad case of the jitters…
09
Lucy
Lee spends time in the bar with Toby worrying that the woman of his dreams is drifting further away.
10
Christmas Special
The will-they-won't-they tension reaches new highs in this epic series finale for Christmas that sees Lucy and Lee in previously uncharted emotional waters.
11
The Out-takes
Lee Mack, Sally Bretton and Katy Wix introduce a compilation of out-takes from across the various series.
SEASON 8Series 8
01
Romance
After eight years of marriage, Lee and Lucy disagree over how to keep the romance alive.
02
Babysitting
Lucy causes offence by choosing the wrong babysitter.
03
Car
Lee's hopes for a stress-free ferry trip to France with Lucy and the children are dashed when they don't leave enough time for the car…
04
Hot Tub
Lee and Lucy play hot tub fantasy date with Anna and Toby, causing them to end up in hot water.
05
Charlie
Lee is worried that Charlie is getting a reputation at school for being the class clown.
06
Marriage Guidance
If Lee and Lucy's marriage wasn't in trouble before they go to marriage counselling, it is by the time they leave.
07
Enough
Are Lee and Lucy ready for another child?
SEASON 9Series 9
01
Home Improvements
Lucy's father reluctantly allows Lee to help Lucy clear up the builder's mess in their new kitchen extension.
02
Escape Room
As a surprise for Lee's birthday, Lucy invites the whole family to join them in an escape room.
03
Stolen
A missing toy keyring causes a rift between Lee and Lucy and best friends, Toby and Anna.
04
Pets
To teach the children to be more responsible Lee and Lucy get a family pet.
05
Pants on Fire
Lee and Lucy open up a can of worms when they cancel dinner with Toby and Anna at the last moment.
06
Lollipop Man
Lee and Lucy object to the school lollipop man handing out lollipops to the kids.
07
Bust Up
Encouraged by Anna, Lucy considers whether a breast augmentation is for her.
SEASON 10Series 10
01
Parachute
A sponsored parachute jump raises not just money for Toby's hospital but questions about Lee's courage as well.
02
Holiday Share
Can Lee and Lucy’s friendship with Toby and Anna survive a long weekend in a damp cottage in the New Forest?
03
Facts of Life
Lee is outraged that the twins have started sex education at school and resolves to teach them everything he knows about the facts of life…
04
Schooling
When Charlie’s school gets a bad Ofsted rating, Lee and Lucy start looking around for alternative schools. Despite Frank's protests, Geoffrey and Wendy offer to…
05
Memory
Lee decides to gatecrash Lucy's favourite television show and watch it with her. Lucy is not best pleased, especially when Lee can't remember the name…
06
Whodunnit?
Unable to convince Lucy that he didn’t smash her precious antique vase - an heirloom that belonged to her grandmother - Lee summons the family…
07
Builder
Lucy takes the kids away to her parents while Lee stays in the house to oversee the building work in their kitchen. Unfortunately, the builder…
SEASON 11Series 11
01
Small Package
Social niceties are stretched to snapping point when Lee and Lucy take in a package for their neighbour and inadvertently discover that it contains an…
02
Pub Quiz
To celebrate their anniversary, Lee and Lucy plan a friendly night of quizzing with Toby and Anna in their local pub, but the evening is…
03
Carol
When Lee's feckless dad, Frank, announces his engagement, Lee cannot believe that any woman would want to marry him and sets out to find out…
04
Old Acquaintance
When Lee joins Facebook for the first time and makes contact with an ex-girlfriend from twenty years ago, Lucy is less than pleased.
05
War
A family visit to the World War Two war graves in Normandy unearths a piece of family history that is best left buried.
SEASON 12Series 12
01
Painting
It’s been over a year since Frank’s passing and the always lovely Wendy, rediscovering a long lost love for painting, decides to create a very…
02
Text
When Lee accidentally sends a rude text about Anna to Lucy, he makes the stupid mistake of sending it to Anna herself. Lee and Lucy…
03
Friend
When Lee promises Lucy that he will make more of an effort to be friendly with other parents in the playground, he makes the mistake…
04
Front Window
Recovering from knee surgery, Lee sits by the window day after day, spying on his neighbours through a pair of binoculars.
05
Jury
Lee does jury service and joins eleven other jurors to debate whether the accused is guilty or not. A simple enough task - until Lee…
06
Tent
Lee organises a family camping trip into the back of beyond, where they soon discover that no one can hear them scream.
SEASON 13Series 13
01
Italian Lessons
When Lee and Lucy are asked to cover for Anna on more than one occasion, so that she can go out at night and have…
02
Hospital
Lee's lifestyle catches up on him and he is forced to wait on a hospital ward for routine surgery on his gallbladder until his blood…
03
Day Out
To take advantage of three free tickets to Adventure Canyon Theme Park, Lee takes Mollie out of school for a day and gets into trouble…
04
Coffin
Lee wakes up inside a coffin and can't remember how he got there, until a phone call from Lucy reminds him what he’d been doing…
05
Train
It’s Lucy's birthday. To celebrate, Geoffrey and Wendy take Lee, Lucy, Toby and Anna for a trip on a vintage steam train. But Lee's decision…
06
Beep
Lucy has cooked a special meal so that she and Lee can spend an evening in without distractions to talk about the state of their…
07
Football
When Lee goes to watch Benji playing football for a local under-13 team, he is unable to restrain himself on the touchline and becomes the…
SEASON 14Series 14
01
House Move
Lee and Lucy are moving house and viewing a property that Lucy loves when, embarrassingly, Lee needs the loo. Before he can use it however,…
02
Doll
Lee brings a battered box back from the tip and gets a shock when he opens it in front of Lucy.
03
Campervan
Lee has borrowed an old campervan to take Lucy away for the weekend. She is not impressed and wishes she was back at home when…
04
Oasis
Some might say that Lee and Lucy were foolish to try to buy tickets to see Oasis in concert, because when they lose their place…
05
Dragon Castle
Lee and Lucy look to a career in the movies when they play background elves on the set of a popular mini-TV series, Dragon Castle.…
06
Hotel Room
When Lee uses his collection of free discount vouchers to stay overnight in a mid-range hotel, he makes sure that he takes advantage of all…
SERIES INFO
14
Seasons
98
Episodes
30 min/ep
Per Episode
Returning Series
Status
CREW
Creator
Lee Mack
NETWORKS (1)
BBC One
DETAILS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Not Going Out about?
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.
Where can I watch Not Going Out?
Not Going Out is available on BritBox, Pluto TV, BBC iPlayer, Channel 4, UKTV Play. Availability varies by region.
How many seasons does Not Going Out have?
Not Going Out has 14 seasons with 98 episodes total.
Who created Not Going Out?
Not Going Out was created by Lee Mack.
Who stars in Not Going Out?
The cast of Not Going Out includes Lee Mack, Sally Bretton.
What is the rating of Not Going Out?
Not Going Out has a rating of 7.4 out of 10 based on 75 votes on TMDB.
Is Not Going Out still running?
Not Going Out is currently active with a status of "Returning Series."
GENRES (1)
Comedy
