6.3/1094 votesLoading...#1 - Coffin
Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 7/14/2023
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 that afternoon. Now all he needs to do is keep Lucy in the dark as to his exact location and work out how to escape.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1092 votesLoading...#2 - Friend
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2022
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 of starting with Keith.
Director: N/A
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6.8/10117 votesLoading...#3 - Play
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2013
Lee is forced to fight for Lucy's attention when her first love reappears on the scene.
Director: N/A
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6.9/1098 votesLoading...#4 - Jury
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2022
Lee does jury service and joins eleven other jurors to debate whether the accused is guilty or not. A simple enough task - until Lee decides to put the other jurors on trial.
Director: N/A
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7.1/10203 votesLoading...#5 - Serious
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2006
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 goes on a date with Lucy Moss, an author whose book, about her turbulent life, was published by Kate's company. It's a less than happy event, as Lee proves less than great at being serious. With Lee out of the way Tim tries to make things up with Kate.
Director: Alex Hardcastle, Nick Wood
Writer: Andrew Collins, Lee Mack
7.1/10102 votesLoading...#6 - Carol
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2021
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 exactly what is wrong with her.
Director: N/A
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7.2/10127 votesLoading...#7 - Skiing
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2013
On a holiday to Eastern Europe, Lee, Daisy and Lucy become stuck on a cable car.
Director: N/A
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7.2/10102 votesLoading...#8 - Charlie
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2017
Lee is worried that Charlie is getting a reputation at school for being the class clown.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10147 votesLoading...#9 - Caretaker
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2006
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 new flatmates including Pete, and Tim sees an opportunity to get back together with Kate. Lee's new boss proves to be a hard taskmaster. So, will Lee stick at the job or throw in the towel and move back in with Kate?
Director: Alex Hardcastle, Nick Wood
Writer: Andrew Collins, Lee Mack
7.3/10113 votesLoading...#10 - Therapy
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2013
Lee takes advantage of Lucy's new-found skills as a relationship counsellor to patch things up with his father.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10119 votesLoading...#11 - Rachel
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2013
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 himself a girlfriend.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10105 votesLoading...#12 - Alcohol
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2014
Frank's drinking becomes a problem and forces Lee and Lucy to reassess the living arrangements in the flat.
Director: N/A
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7.3/1099 votesLoading...#13 - Old Acquaintance
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2021
When Lee joins Facebook for the first time and makes contact with an ex-girlfriend from twenty years ago, Lucy is less than pleased.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1074 votesLoading...#14 - Day Out
Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 7/7/2023
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 with the new head teacher, Miss Anstis. Now all he has to do is think of an excuse to justify Mollie's absence. What could be simpler than a trip to the dentist?
Director: N/A
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7.3/1069 votesLoading...#15 - Beep
Season 13 Episode 6 - Aired 7/28/2023
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 marriage. But Lee is obsessed with a beeping noise in the house that he can’t find, and the food is soon forgotten.
Director: N/A
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7.4/10169 votesLoading...#16 - Death
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2006
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 an expensive psychotherapist, who gets a bit too close to the truth. Tim, flirts with Kate, less than successfully, while she comforts him at his grandmother's funeral.
Director: Alex Hardcastle, Nick Wood
Writer: Andrew Collins, Lee Mack
7.4/10145 votesLoading...#17 - Amy
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/13/2009
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 herself that she never knew existed.
Director: Nick Wood
Writer: Darin Henry, Lee Mack
7.4/10114 votesLoading...#18 - Magic
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/2013
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 entertainment for fourteen nine-year-olds.
Director: N/A
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7.4/10142 votesLoading...#19 - Romance
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2017
After eight years of marriage, Lee and Lucy disagree over how to keep the romance alive.
Director: N/A
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7.4/10129 votesLoading...#20 - Car
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2017
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10114 votesLoading...#21 - Memory
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/2019
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 of the leading actor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1099 votesLoading...#22 - War
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2021
A family visit to the World War Two war graves in Normandy unearths a piece of family history that is best left buried.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1093 votesLoading...#23 - Painting
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/2022
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 unique tribute in oils. How can Lee and Lucy break the news that they don’t necessarily like the likeness?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1084 votesLoading...#24 - Front Window
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2022
Recovering from knee surgery, Lee sits by the window day after day, spying on his neighbours through a pair of binoculars.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1070 votesLoading...#25 - Football
Season 13 Episode 7 - Aired 8/4/2023
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 competitive dad that all other parents want to avoid. Undaunted by the disapproval of Toby, who coaches the team, Lee sets about rigging the vote for the player of the year.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Not Going Out
Every episode of Not Going Out ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of 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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Worst Episodes Summary
"Coffin" is the worst rated episode of "Not Going Out". It scored 6.3/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/14/2023. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Friend".