Not Going Out
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| Created by | Lee Mack |
| Written by |
Lee Mack Andrew Collins Daniel Peak Sarah Morgan |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 8 (+2 Specials) |
| No. of episodes | 60 (list of episodes) |
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Teddington Studios (Series 1–3, 6–7) BBC Television Centre (Series 4–5) Wimbledon (2015 Special) Elstree Studios (Series 8–) |
| Running time | 30 minutes 45 minutes (2013, 2014 & 2015 Specials) |
| Production company(s) | Avalon Television Arlo Productions (Series 5–) |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 6 October 2006 – present |
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| Related shows | The Sketch Show |
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Not Going Out is a British television sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006, currently starring Lee Mack, Sally Bretton, Finley Southby, Max Pattison and Francesca Newman. The series has previously starred Megan Dodds, Miranda Hart, Tim Vine and Katy Wix.
The recurring cast currently includes Geoffrey Whitehead, Deborah Grant, Bobby Ball, Hugh Dennis and Abigail Cruttenden. Mack and Andrew Collins were the initial writers for the show, with Paul Kerensa, Simon Evans and Daniel Peak joining the writing staff in later series. Mack is the last remaining actor from the original cast, and the only actor to appear in every episode.
The show was cancelled by the BBC in 2009, whilst the third series was still airing, but the decision was later reversed due to a combination of strong DVD sales and an online petition. This led to the show receiving a renewal for a fourth series which aired from 6 January 2011. A fifth series began airing on 13 April 2012 and ended on 18 May 2012. A sixth series began airing on 5 April 2013 and ended on 31 May 2013, with a Christmas special following later that year.
A seventh series comprising ten episodes began airing on 17 October 2014 and ended with a Christmas special on 24 December. A further Christmas special was aired on 24 December 2015. On 24 August 2016, it was confirmed that Not Going Out will return for an eighth series, which began airing on 13 January 2017.
On 14 December 2016, it was announced that the show had been re-commissioned for a ninth and tenth series.
The series focuses on Lee Mack who plays a fictional version of himself; an unambitious man in his late thirties living as a lodger in a flat in London Docklands. Originally from Chorley, in Lancashire (which is approximately 20 miles from Southport, where Lee Mack originates in real life), Lee is a negligent, unmotivated layabout – frequently between jobs, he spends most of his days on his sofa watching television, or down at the local pub with his best friend, Tim Adams (Tim Vine), an accountant who owns the flat in which Lee is a lodger. He is also noted for his cheeky wit, and having a very troubled relationship with his father, with whom he shares many traits, and who openly mentions that Lee was unplanned, and resulted in the end of his marriage.
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