NOT GOING OUT RETURN DATE CONFIRMED AHEAD OF NEW SERIES ON BBC ONE

Lee Mack’s critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning studio sitcom will return for a new series on Friday 13th June.

The UK’s longest running UK sitcom currently on air, and newest member to the elite group of sitcom centenarians (when the 100th episode aired during the BBC’s 2023 Christmas schedule), will see the story of wise-cracking Lee and long-suffering wife Lucy enter a new chapter. It is also announced today that the BBC have recommissioned the show for a further six episodes (series 15) in 2026.

First going out in 2006, the show introduced us to Lee, a juvenile and lazy slacker drifting from one job to another - a man unburdened by ambition or drive, living off the good graces of his Californian landlady.

That was before Lee’s best friend’s sister Lucy (Sally Bretton) bought the flat he lived in, setting in motion a will-they-won’t-they chain of events that led to the unlikely couple marrying in a highly emotional series seven finale and Lucy having a baby shortly after.

Next in Lee and Lucy’s lives, series eight jumped forward eight years into their marriage and into the midst of a chaotic family life with three children. Series 14 now rolls the story on several years again, with the couple moving away from their suburban ‘empty nest’ and finding plenty of time to focus on each other… what could possibly go wrong? (Spoiler: quite a lot!).

As the show heads into episode 101 and beyond… In HOUSE MOVE Lee and Lucy decide to move house and view the home of their dreams when Lee asks to use the loo, causing unwanted tension with the vendor; in DOLL Lee brings a battered box back from the tip and gets a shock when he opens it in front of Lucy to reveal a sex doll… but doesn’t realise what he’s actually dealing with.

In CAMPERVAN Lee borrows a dilapidated campervan from his cousin to take Lucy away for the weekend. She is not impressed by either the accommodation or the location. Being stuck in the middle of nowhere, they can’t escape the strange woman who knocks at their door…

In OASIS some might say that Lee and Lucy were foolish to have tried to buy tickets to see Oasis in concert, because when they lose their place in the long online queue, they start to blame each other; in DRAGON CASTLE Lee and Lucy are extras on the set of a famous TV mini-series.

Unfortunately, Lee gets ideas above his station and sets his sights on an acting role; and in HOTEL ROOM when Lee uses his collection of free discount vouchers to stay overnight in a mid-range hotel, he makes sure that he takes advantage of all the hotel’s complimentary services.

Not Going Out returns Friday 13th June at 9pm on BBC One.