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Season 8 – Not Going Out

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Following her breakup with boyfriend Tim, Kate, a wholesome Californian now living in England, invites her platonic friend Lee to move into her flat and share expenses, but what starts out as an easygoing relationship soon begins to drift into more complicated emotional waters -- which is complicated further by the fact that Lee happens to be Tim's best friend.

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Carol Midgley The Times (UK) 03/09/2018
2/5
It lacks the edge it once had. It has become vanilla. To be fair, the children were barely in it last night, but when they were, singing that song at the end, it was painful. Go to Full Review
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Ben C @BenC91 Dec 31 So good, Start with this season, it's much more funny with the kids in it. I'll move on to the other seasons soon. This season is great, especially the episode with the Swear words and working out where it came from. Hilarious. See more Jason R @RT07709094 04/20/2024 Series 8 is like a spin off as we jump a years into the future, Lucy and Lee have 3 children and we see them raise their children and obviously comedy moments See more Monty @RT41008864 02/10/2024 About as funny as contracting aids. Canned laughter made it even more unwatchable. I do like lee mack but this series is simply dreadful. See more 03/07/2016 Not Going Out started promisingly. It was clearly a vehicle for Lee Mack and Tim Vine's one-liner stand-up comedy, but it still managed to be passable. Unfortunately, they squeezed the life out of this particular lemon, and there's really nothing left. Every episode is so formulaic, even the jokes collapse under the strain of the clichés. It's down there with Miranda, and maybe even Mrs Brown's Boys. Essentially, every episode involves Lee trying to impress a girl with some scheme or pretence, and inevitably failing. He's a mostly unemployed Northerner who inexplicably manages to live in a large flat in London (I mean, a flat that would be out of the price-range of anyone earning below £30,000 a year). It's been 8 years of this crap, how long is Lee's life going to revolve around pathetically throwing himself at the only eligible female he knows in utter desperation and failing repeatedly? Basically there is NO imagination in the writing, NO attempt to do anything different. Just cliché-ridden drivel. The best thing about this show is the theme tune. This program has outstayed its welcome and needs to go. See more Read all reviews
Not Going Out — Season 8

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 13, 2017 Romance After seven years of marriage Lee and Lucy disagree about the best way to keep the romance alive. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 20, 2017 Babysitting Lucy chooses the wrong babysitter. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 3, 2017 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 journey. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 10, 2017 Hot Tub Lee and Lucy play "Hot Tub Fantasy Date" with Anna and Toby and end up in hot water. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 17, 2017 Charlie Lee is worried that Charlie is getting a reputation at school for being the class clown. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 24, 2017 Marriage Guidance Lee and Lucy try marriage counseling. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 3, 2017 Enough Lee and Lucy consider another child. Details
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Season Info

Director
Nick Wood
Executive Producer
Richard Allen-Turner, Jon Thoday
Screenwriter
Lee Mack, Daniel Peak
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 13, 2017