Not Going Out
Not Going Out
TV-14 | 06 October 2006 (USA)
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  • Reviews
    PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
    AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
    Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
    Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
    Elliotb-butler18 Not Going Out is a brilliant BBC comedy show that centres around Lee (Lee Mack), a slacker who lives in a London apartment with his lodger Lucy ( Sally Bretton) who is also his best friend Tim's (Tim Vine) sister. This will be a comedy classic years into the future as it is one of BBC many hilarious comedies. As soon as i watched repeats on Dave i bought the box set as i thought it was hilarious. Tim Vine And Lee Mack play hilarious characters, although since Tim Vine has left it has been less funny but still 100% enjoyable. Katy Wix and Miranda Hart also play hilarious characters as the cleaner and Tim's dimwitted girlfriend. Not Going Out is another brilliant comedy from the BBC and i hope there are more to come.
    Zach Kingsbury This show is very, very funny! I like the idea of having 2 of the main characters as their real-life names (Lee Mack And Tim Vine) and these work very well together.The reason i love Not Going Out is because its cleverly written and well put together as a series. I think Miranda Hart is very good as Barbara and when Lucy first appeared in the show i thought it would get even better, and it didn't disappoint one bit! This show provides clever story lines, painfully funny scenes and great acting- for this i give the show 10/10 Trust me you will be hooked the first time you see this and if there is ever a night it isn't on, you will want it on.
    Gary Talbot Not Going out is hilarious, the only sit-com that makes me laugh out loud every time I see it. Lee Mack and Time Vine should have been put together years ago.The best scenes are when Lee Mack and Tim Vine are in the pub. They are given a chance to be at their comedy best.I also like Miranda Hart and Sally Bretton, they sometimes have better lines than Lee and Tim.I was in the studio audience for a show in series 3 (yet to be screened at the time of writing.) It's great seeing all the bits that never make it to the screen. You can only see that if you go to a recording. Everybody should go to see a TV show recorded, the tickets are free and it is just as entertaining as the theatre or cinema.
    holly1979 When I saw the write-up for 'Not Going Out', I was dubious - Friday evening on BBC1 isn't usually fertile ground for good comedy. I actually watched it almost by accident, but it turned out to be a happy accident, because 'Not Going Out' is an underrated gem.Lee Mack ("always cheeky, never blue") is perfect and strangely charming as unambitious slacker, Lee, and Tim 'The Joke Machine-Gun' Vine is also excellent as his accountant best friend. Their friendship is really well-observed, even if they do spend much of the time trading in jokes and insults. Up against a pair of stand-up comedians, Megan Dodds has a tough job, but more than holds her own playing Lee's landlady (and Tim's ex-girlfriend) Kate. Dodds and Mack have a natural chemistry, and make you believe quite easily that an ultra-healthy Californian publisher could fall for an unemployed northern dosser. (It's interesting that comedian Catherine Tate was in the original pilot as Kate - somehow, I can't imagine it working so well without Megan Dodds. She and Mack play off each other so well.) At times 'Not Going Out' seems like it's a framework for a bunch of stand-up jokes (and Mack does recycle some one-liners from his BBC radio show), but as the series goes on the story lines are getting better and the characters more engaging. It has genuine laugh-out-loud moments that stay with you for the next few days, and it's just refreshing to watch a comedy that doesn't mind being daft and isn't attempting to be political or subversive.'Not Going Out' deserves a second series, because I know that Lee Mack and Andrew Collins have a lot more gags left in the tank - and I think the fall-out arising from a Lee/Kate romance could be pretty explosive, not to mention amusing!