‘Not Going Out’, Lee Mack’s multi-award-winning show and the longest running sitcom on air, will reach a milestone 100 episodes with its Christmas Special this month.
Brace for yuletide suburban chaos courtesy of Lee (Lee Mack) and Lucy (Sally Bretton) as Lee 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…
Given best friends Toby (Hugh Dennis) and uptight Anna (Abigail Cruttenden) are on hand, as well as Lucy’s lovely mum Wendy (Deborah Grant) with curmudgeonly dad Geoffrey (Geoffrey Whitehead), surely Lee can ensure this Christmas runs to plan?
Not Going Out is produced by Avalon for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. It was commissioned by Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy at the BBC. The Executive Producers for Avalon are Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, Lee Mack and Jon Thoday and the Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Gregor Sharp.
The exact time and date hasn’t been confirmed at the time of writing this article but we’ll add those details once available.
