Not Going Out - Series 1-5 [DVD]

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Lucy persuades Lee to pretend to be gay after she lies to a business acquaintance, Guy ( Simon Dutton), a man in his early fifties whom she was told is gay, by telling him she lives with a gay lodger to prove she is not homophobic. However, Guy soon starts to get suspicious and tests Lee's sexual orientation by taking him to a gay bar. Later, Guy overhears Lee saying to Tim, who had started to think Lee was gay, that he is not gay. When Lucy then explains to Guy what happened, he reveals he is not gay and he and Lucy kiss. Paul Millar (22 April 2012). " 'Have I Got News For You' still ahead of 'Piers Morgan's Life Stories' ". Digital Spy. The thirteenth series began airing weekly from 23 June 2023, with all episodes available on iPlayer hours before the first episode aired. When Lucy enrols at night school on a training course in counselling, Lee takes advantage of her new-found skill to try to patch things up with his father Frank. This brings up childhood issues and Frank says that Lee caused his parents to separate. Additional material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Georgia Pritchett, Dave Cohen, Milton Jones, Simon Griffiths, David Isaac & Liam Woodman

Additional material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Dave Cohen, Oliver Dennis, Simon Griffiths, David Isaac & Liam Woodman A fourth series of six episodes was filmed from late September to early November 2010. Miranda Hart did not return as Barbara, as filming of the second series of her own sitcom Miranda was also taking place. [11] The series began airing on 6 January 2011. [2] The series sees Lee and Tim thrown into a drugs deal after Tim accidentally takes someone else's coat in a nightclub, Lee and Tim discovering that either one of them could have a long-lost daughter, Lee accidentally agreeing to let a porn film be shot in his and Lucy's flat, Lee having to organise a fireworks display and return an elderly woman to her son, and Tim and Lucy's parents' rough patch in their 40-year marriage. The series finishes with a near death experience for Lee, who later organises a date with Lucy. When Guy's daughter Chloe (Cressida Whyte) gets appendicitis, Lee and Tim are left looking after her baby son Dillon while Guy and Lucy visit her. While in their care, Dillon swallows a Subbuteo football and Lee and Tim have problems locating it and try to think of ways to get it out of his body. Using a laxative of coconut milk, they wait to see if the football goes through his system but find nothing. Due to Dillon's surplus waste, they figure that coconut could potentially be harmful to him and go to see Chloe at the hospital. Lee, impersonating a doctor, asks her about Dillon. However, it later turns out Dillon did not swallow it after all but a figurine instead. Lucy spends her day worrying about the age gap between her and Guy, especially when the nurse assumes he is her father. Lee, Lucy and Daisy are on a skiing holiday in Eastern Europe. Lucy's arms are in plaster, having been broken in an accident with a luggage carousel. On a cable car, Daisy accidentally jams the mechanism with a ski whilst trying to get rid of a bird, and Lee accidentally jams it further with the other ski whilst trying to dislodge the first one. At this point, a heavily pregnant woman on board ( Pooky Quesnel) goes into labour. Lee and Daisy successfully calm her down, but this speeds up the labour. As Lucy is unable to move her arms and the woman does not trust Daisy, it is up to Lee to deliver the baby. He eventually manages to deliver it, but she then reveals she is expecting triplets. Fortunately, help arrives before Lee has to deliver the other babies.

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Additional material: Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Liam Woodman, David Isaac, Dave Cohen, Simon Griffiths Guide, British Comedy. "Not Going Out Series 3 - Absent Father Christmas - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. When Lucy hears a rumour that Charlie's school may be downrated on its upcoming Ofsted report, she begins to think of new schools to send him to. Anna raises the possibility of private schooling, but Lee and Lucy are not fully convinced... until Lucy's parents offer to pay the fees. However, when the school turns out to be a Christian faith school, the nonreligious Lee and Lucy need to arrange for Charlie to be Christened very soon. The headmistress of the faith school, who is also a reverend, offers to perform the Christening, but on the day refuses to, after overhearing Lucy say that they are only having it done as a means to get Charlie into the school. At home, Lucy finds out that Charlie's school has been uprated, negating the need to find Charlie a place in a better school. Guide, British Comedy. "Not Going Out Series 8, Episode 6 - Marriage Guidance - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide.

In series 9, two episodes were classically farcical: in Stolen, Lee and Lucy, having broken into their best friends' house, are forced to hide under their bed when their friends return unexpectedly early – and head straight for the bedroom; in Pants on Fire, lies build upon lies, and embarrassment soars to a crescendo. In the episodes - Pets and Lollipop Man, they deal with common parents' dilemmas, and in Home Improvements and Escape Room they interact more with their parents – with, naturally, disastrous consequences. In Bust Up, Lucy contemplates having breast augmentation.After being pressured by Frank, Lee gets drunk on the night before his and Lucy's wedding, and both him and Frank end up in a jail cell. With no other options, they are forced to ring Geoffrey, but it turns out that they were not arrested for their drunken misdemeanours, but for the family ring that Geoffrey had given Lee being originally stolen by his father many years earlier. Geoffrey joins them in the cell, and is reluctant to come clean as he fears bringing shame on his family. Will the three of them make it to the church on time for Lee and Lucy's wedding day? Paul Millar (28 April 2012). " 'Piers Morgan's Life Stories' closes in on 'Have I Got News For You' ". Digital Spy. Lee is the only main character in this episode. This is the only episode Lucy is absent from since her first appearance in Series 2, Episode 1. The whole episode takes place at the courthouse. Anna, Toby and the children are also absent from this episode. Jocelyn Jee Esien reprises her role as the police community support officer from the previous episode, as a juror. The show was cancelled by the BBC in 2009, whilst the third series was still airing, but the decision was later reversed due to a combination of strong DVD sales and an online petition. This led to the show receiving a renewal for a fourth series which aired from 6 January 2011. [2]