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NOT GOING OUT HAS BEEN RECOMMISSIONED FOR TWO MORE SERIES, FEATURING A HILARIOUS OASIS-THEMED EPISODE 17:30, 19 May 2025Updated 19:43, 19 May 2025 Will Lee Mack’s sitcom Not Going Out live
forever? The long-running BBC hit is set to return and will take a comedy swipe at Oasis as it clocks up more than 100 episodes. First going out in 2006, Lee’s award-winning studio sitcom
has now been recommissioned for two more series, to air in June and in 2026. The UK’s longest running sitcom currently on air, Not Going Out is also the newest member to the centenary club,
after the 100th episode aired during Christmas 2023. Starring Lee as ‘Lee’ and Sally Bretton as his long suffering wife Lucy, the series has followed them from awkward flatmates through to
marriage and three kids. At first Lee was 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 bought the flat he lived in, setting in motion a will-they-won’t-they chain of events. Over the years a long list of stars have
appeared in the show, including Bobby Ball, Miranda Hart, Tim Vine, Katy Wix, Abigail Cruttenden and Hugh Dennis. Series 14 rolls the story on several years, with the couple now empty
nesters and moving house to a new location. With plenty of time to focus on each other, what could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot it turns out. Watch out for more farcical episodes about
their house move, a robotic sex doll, a dilapidated campervan, a freebie hotel stay and becoming extras on a famous TV show. Expected unwanted tension, mistaken identities, strange people,
utter foolishness and Lee usually messing things up. Lee, who writes the show with Daniel Peak, also takes an affectionate swing at Oasis in one episode about Lee trying - and failing - to
snap up tickets to see the band in concert. Noel and Liam Gallagher were famously mocked last year as thousands of their fans battled to get concert tickets to their reunion tour, only to
discover prices had spiked. When Lee and Lucy lose their place in the long online queue, they start to blame each other. Though some might say that Lee is definitely, maybe to blame for this
one… Article continues below Lee says: “I am delighted that the BBC are once again showing such great support for studio sitcoms. It’s a genre I’ve always loved and to be able to be part of
it myself for so many years is both a privilege and an excuse not to have to shop, as I always take the underpants they give me home.” *NOT GOING OUT RETURNS TO BBC1 IN JUNE. JOIN THE
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