History Series / NotGoingOut

* JerkassHasAPoint: Lucy frequently gives Lee grief about how he acts towards and treats his father, and she's probably right to. But in Lee's defense, his dad has treated him with even less consideration and care for most of his whole life.

* LoserProtagonist

* BottleEpisode: There have been five bottle episodes so far - "Skiing" was set entirely in a cable car, "Plane", in which Lee thinks there is a terrorist attack whilst on the titular plane, "Lucy" was set entirely in the bar, "Escape Room" was set entirely in an escape room and "Parachute" was set entirely on board a plane right before the entire main cast take part in a charity parachute jump.

''Not Going Out'' is a pun-heavy British sitcom starring Creator/LeeMack that first ran from 2006 to 2015 and then from 2017 to the present.

* GrandFinale: The 2014 ChristmasSpecial was set up to provide an endpoint to the show, with shedloads of flashbacks, [[spoiler: the return of Tim]], and [[spoiler: a very conclusive ending to the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lee and Lucy]]. The show ended up coming back with a significant ReTool.

After a brief hiatus, the show returned with a significant {{Retool}} and an eight-year jump forward in time to focus on Lee and Lucy as a married couple with three children and the addition of Lee's dad, Frank, and Lucy's parents, Geoffrey and Wendy, as major supporting characters alongside Toby and Anna.

After a brief cancellation, the show returned with a significant {{Retool}} and an eight-year jump forward in time to focus on Lee and Lucy as a married couple with three children and the addition of Lee's dad, Frank, and Lucy's parents, Geoffrey and Wendy, as major supporting characters alongside Toby and Anna.

After a brief cancellation, the show returned with a significant {{Retool}} focusing on Lee and Lucy as a married couple with three children and the addition of Lee's dad, Frank, and Lucy's parents, Geoffrey and Wendy, as major supporting characters alongside Toby and Anna.

''Not Going Out'' is a pun-heavy British sitcom starring Creator/LeeMack that first ran from 2006 to 2015 (with a gap in 2014) and then from 2017 to the present.

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Pun-heavy British sitcom starring Creator/LeeMack and Creator/TimVine as best friends [[TheDanza Lee and Tim]]. Lee lives with landlord Kate, Tim's ex-girlfriend; Kate moves back to America in the second series and is replaced by Tim's sister Lucy. Other supporting characters include Lee's cleaner Barbara, played by Creator/MirandaHart (in series 2 and 3), Tim's girlfriend Daisy, played by Katy Wix (from series 2 onwards), and Lucy's boyfriend Guy (in series 2 only). Tim Vine left after series 5, leaving the main cast for series 6 as just Lee, Lucy and Daisy; the seventh series introduced Toby, played by Hugh Dennis, as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Tim. Both Katy Wix and Miranda Hart were springboarded from exposure in this show to series of their own.

The 2017 series is a {{Retool}} of the entire format; the action has advanced by several years and Lee and Lucy are not only married, they have young children. Daisy is no longer part of the show, but Toby and Lee and Lucy's parents have a more active role.

* PutOnABus:[[spoiler:Kate leaves after Series 1 and Tim after Series 5. Although at least he returns for the wedding.]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:[[spoiler:[Barbara after Series 3(Due to the filming of Miranda Hart's sitcom) and Daisy between Series 7 and 8.]]

* PutOnABus: Kate, Barbara and Tim. [[spoiler:Although at least he returns for the wedding.]]

* PungeonMaster: Lee more than anyone else.

* CreepyClown: In "Camping," Lee, Tim, Lucy, and Daisy get stranded and find themselves surrounded by a growing group of individuals wearing clown masks. [[spoiler:Turns out, the group are at a popular dogging site and they're surrounded by [=DirtyOldMan dirty old men=] looking for a show.]]

* MonsterClown: From ''Camping''

* OutOfFocus: Lee and Lucy's children are regulars in the first post-{{Retool}} series, then steadily appear less and less, which was [[RealLifeWritesThePlot likely informed]] by the fact that any scenes with them could not be filmed in front of a live audience and had to be pre-recorded. In the 2021 series (filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was likely also a factor) they are entirely absent apart from two appearances by Molly and some offscreen cameos from the other two done as voiceovers in one episode, although they remain in the opening titles.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The recurring plot element involves Lee blundering into trouble and making things worse for himself in the end when his attempts to cover things up fall apart.

* ContinuityCavalcade: [[spoiler: [[LipstickLesbian Amy]] (Series 3 Episode 3), [[CoolOldLady Betty]] (Series 5 Episode 5), [[DaddyDNATest Debbie]] (Series 4 Episode 2), [[MayDecemberRomance Guy]] (Series 2), [[SmallNameBigEgo Stretch]] (Series 5 Episode 1), Paul (Series 6 Episode 1), the psychotic upstairs neighbour (Series 3 Episode 7), and of course Tim]] all appear at [[spoiler: Lee and Lucy's wedding]] in the 2014 Christmas Special along with flashbacks to their most memorable scenes.

* GrandFinale: While it remains to be seen if more episodes are forthcoming, the 2014 Christmas Special definitely feels like this with shedloads of flashbacks, [[spoiler: the return of Tim]], and [[spoiler: a very conclusive ending to the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lee and Lucy]].

Pun-heavy British sitcom starring Creator/LeeMack and Creator/TimVine as best friends [[TheDanza Lee and Tim]]. Lee lives with landlord Kate, Tim's ex-girlfriend; Kate moves back to America in the second series and is replaced by Tim's sister Lucy. Other supporting characters include Lee's cleaner Barbara, played by Series/{{Miranda}} Hart (in series 2 and 3), Tim's girlfriend Daisy, played by Katy Wix (from series 2 onwards), and Lucy's boyfriend Guy (in series 2 only). Tim Vine left after series 5, leaving the main cast for series 6 as just Lee, Lucy and Daisy; the seventh series introduced Toby, played by Hugh Dennis, as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Tim. Both Katy Wix and Miranda Hart were springboarded from exposure in this show to series of their own.

Pun-heavy British sitcom starring Creator/LeeMack and Creator/TimVine as best friends [[TheDanza Lee and Tim]]. Lee lives with landlord Kate, Tim's ex-girlfriend; Kate moves back to America in the second series and is replaced by Tim's sister Lucy. Other supporting characters include Lee's cleaner Barbara, played by Series/{{Miranda}} Hart (in series 2 and 3), Tim's girlfriend Daisy, played by Katy Wix (from series 2 onwards), and Lucy's boyfriend Guy (in series 2 only). Tim Vine left after series 5, leaving the main cast for series 6 as just Lee, Lucy and Daisy; the seventh series introduced Toby, played by Hugh Dennis, as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Tim. Both [[EarWorm Katy Wix]] and Miranda Hart were springboarded from exposure in this show to series of their own.

** The last ten minutes of the 2014 Christmas Special are pretty much nothing but flashbacks to SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, and SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments.