Not Going Out

1. S01E01Season's bestSeriousOctober 6, 2006 7.5Lee tries to find his serious side by going on a date with an author, while Kate attempts to discover her lighter side at clown school. Kate
2. S01E02DeathOctober 13, 2006 7.5Tim's grandmother dies, bringing him and Kate closer together, much to Lee's concern. He's encouraged to share his thoughts with a therapist
3. S01E03AussieOctober 20, 2006 7.5Ruth, an Australian friend of Kate's, comes to stay and Lee is persuaded to pretend to be Tim. Lee gets a job handing out leaflets at a shop
4. S01E04StressOctober 27, 2006 7.5Lee finds himself increasingly stressed out having volunteered to teach Kate to drive. Following Kate's advice, he decides to try yoga - but
5. S01E05KidNovember 3, 2006 7.5Kate and Lee are forced to take in a lodger –a surly 14-year-old boy Nicky. Lee's attempts to bond with the teenager prove less than success
6. S01E06CaretakerNovember 10, 2006 7.5Lee finally manages to get a job, as a caretaker. But taking up the new post involves moving out of the flat. Kate interviews potential new

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01MortgageSeptember 7, 2007 7.3Lee's former flatmate Kate has moved back to America, so Tim decides to sell the flat. Faced with homelessness, Lee announces he'll buy the
2. S02E02GaySeptember 14, 2007 7.0Tim is worried that he isn't manly enough. Lee is persuaded by Lucy to pretend to be gay in order for her to get closer to a new business ac
3. S02E03LibrarianSeptember 21, 2007 7.0Lee is becoming increasingly riled by Guy's constant presence in the flat, and his distrust of him is fuelled by the discovery that he runs
4. S02E04BabySeptember 28, 2007 7.0Lucy is worried about the age gap between her and Guy, a concern that increases when Guy turns up to meet her with his grandson in tow. A fa
5. S02E05ArtOctober 5, 2007 7.0In an effort to appear as intellectual as Lucy's friends, Lee shows off his 'knowledge' of the art world, holding forth on the subject of an
6. S02E06DatingOctober 12, 2007 7.5As Lucy and Guy's relationship intensifies, Lee starts to ponder his lack of a girlfriend and, encouraged by Barbara, tries speed dating. Ti
7. S02E07GangsterOctober 19, 2007 7.0When Guy showers Lucy with expensive clothes prior to whisking her off for a mystery weekend away, Lee becomes suspicious of Guy. After some
8. S02E08Season's bestMurder at ChristmasDecember 21, 2007 7.7Lee's plan to spend time alone with Lucy at Christmas is threatened by the presence of Tim, Daisy, Tim and Lucy's parents, and even Barbara

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01PregnantJanuary 30, 2009 7.7When Lucy announces that she is pregnant, Lee wonders if the father might accidentally be him. He can't bring himself to tell Lucy how he th
2. S03E02WinnerFebruary 6, 2009 7.0Lee is insufferably smug when he wins a thousand pounds in a writing competition with an essay entitled Disability in the Workplace.Lucy is
3. S03E03AmyFebruary 13, 2009 7.7Over-excited by the appearance of a lesbian couple in their building, Lee and Tim ask them over for dinner, little realising that their adol
4. S03E04PartyFebruary 20, 2009 7.7When Tim and Lee try to organise a party for Lucy's 30th birthday, their ideas of what makes a good party differ widely; Tim likes a few gam
5. S03E05NeighbourFebruary 27, 2009 7.7A new neighbour moves in upstairs, and his constant noise drives Lucy to distraction. She begs Lee and Tim to get him to stop, but neither i
6. S03E06SpeechMarch 6, 2009 7.3Lucy is stressed, as she has to make an important speech at a recruitment conference, and has nobody to help her write it. Sensing an opport
7. S03E07Season's bestMarriageMarch 20, 2009 8.0Lee is horrified when he hears that Lucy is considering marriage to Pavlov, a mechanic from the old Eastern bloc, just so that he can stay i
8. S03E08Absent Father ChristmasDecember 23, 2009 7.3Lee's father turns up at the flat unannounced. This is the man who walked out of the family home when Lee was four, never paid his maintenan

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01DrugsJanuary 6, 2011 7.0After a night spent out clubbing, Tim returns to the flat wearing the wrong coat, and convinces Lee to help him return it to its owner.
2. S04E02DebbieJanuary 13, 2011 7.3Lee's past catches up with him when a young woman appears on his doorstep and asks for a cup of sugar.
3. S04E03MovieJanuary 20, 2011 7.7Lee promises to stop treating Lucy's flat as if he owns it - but not before he has hired it out to a film director.
4. S04E04DancingJanuary 27, 2011 7.5Lucy and Tim are distraught. Their parents' thirty-year marriage is at an end, and their father has moved out of the family home... And into
5. S04E05Season's bestFireworksFebruary 3, 2011 8.0When an old lady wanders into Lucy's flat and makes herself at home on the sofa, Lee doesn't know what to do with her.
6. S04E06Life on Mars BarsFebruary 10, 2011 8.0Lee dreams of a perfect life with Lucy, but can the reality ever match up?

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01BandApril 13, 2012 7.5When Tim joins a band at work and Lucy falls for the lead guitarist, Lee becomes jealous, and decides that if he cannot beat them he should
2. S05E02DadsApril 20, 2012 8.0Lee's lazy weekend is wrecked when his scrounging father turns up unexpectedly. Having just come out of hospital, he needs somewhere to stay
3. S05E03CampingApril 27, 2012 7.5In a desperate bid to prove his manliness, Lee joins Tim, Daisy and Lucy on a camping weekend in the middle of a dark, spooky forest.
4. S05E04RunningMay 4, 2012 8.0To impress Lucy, Lee starts training for a 10 kilometre fun run, only to injure himself immediately. In an effort to hide the injury from Lu
5. S05E05ExaminationMay 11, 2012 8.0Lucy finds herself working on a government initiative encouraging men to regularly check themselves for lumps. Eager to please Lucy, Lee fol
6. S05E06Season's bestDrunkMay 18, 2012 8.5After Lucy suffers a mild indiscretion whilst drunk and claims to have no memory of the event, she and Lee embark on an experiment with a bo

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01Season's bestRabbitApril 5, 2013 8.0When Lucy accidentally runs over a pet rabbit belonging to the daughter of an important client, she needs Lee and Daisy to help cover her tr
2. S06E02SkiingApril 12, 2013 8.0On a skiing trip to Eastern Europe, Lee, Lucy and Daisy get stuck in a cable car.
3. S06E03TherapyApril 19, 2013 8.0Lee takes advantage of Lucy's new-found skills as a relationship counsellor to patch things up with his father.
4. S06E04ConferenceMay 3, 2013 8.0Lee does what he has to do to stop Lucy from flirting with the male delegates at a three-day annual trade conference in order to get herself
5. S06E05RachelMay 10, 2013 8.0Lee decides that the best way to get Lucy to notice him is to make her jealous. Now all he has to do is find himself a girlfriend.
6. S06E06PlayMay 17, 2013 8.0When Lucy's first love reappears on the scene and wants Lucy to star in a romantic play that he has written especially for her, Lee is force
7. S06E07MagicMay 24, 2013 8.0When Lucy's god-daughter is suddenly dumped on her the night before the girl's birthday party, Lucy and Lee have to come up with an appropri
8. S06E08BoatMay 31, 2013 8.0Lee spends a long weekend on his dad's new boat with Lucy, even though she is terrified of water.

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01Season's bestMuggingOctober 17, 2014 8.0When Lucy has her handbag stolen from right under Lee's nose, he feels the need to prove his manliness over and over and over again.
2. S07E02ChristeningOctober 24, 2014 8.0Lee's big mouth has got him and Lucy invited to a christening party thrown by new neighbours Toby and Anna, and now they have no time to fin
3. S07E03DonorOctober 31, 2014 8.0When Lucy decides it is time to have a baby, she is surprised to find the whole family taking a personal interest in the conception.
4. S07E04AnnaNovember 7, 2014 8.0Lucy aspires to be friends with her posh new neighbours Toby and Anna, but she hasn't reckoned on Lee dragging her back down to earth.
5. S07E05PointlessNovember 21, 2014—In an attempt to impress Lucy with his intellectual prowess, Lee joins Daisy as a contestant on the TV quiz show Pointless.
6. S07E06AlcoholNovember 28, 2014 8.0Frank's drinking becomes a problem and forces Lee and Lucy to reassess the living arrangements in the flat.
7. S07E07SurpriseDecember 5, 2014 8.0No matter what happens, Lucy's surprise party for her parents' anniversary must remain a secret or it won't be a surprise. So why she tells
8. S07E08PlaneDecember 12, 2014 7.5Flying off on a summer holiday, Lucy and Daisy endure the worst flight of their lives when Lee gets a bad case of the jitters on the plane.
9. S07E09LucyDecember 19, 2014 8.0Lee spends time in the bar with Toby worrying that the woman of his dreams is drifting further away.
10. S07E10Christmas SpecialDecember 24, 2014—The will-they-won't-they tension reaches new highs in this epic series finale for Christmas that sees Lucy and Lee in previously uncharted e
11. S07E11The OuttakesDecember 27, 2014 7.0A compilation of outtakes from over the series of the popular situation comedy, featuring all the bits you were never meant to see...

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01Season's bestRomanceJanuary 13, 2017 8.0After seven years of marriage, Lee and Lucy disagree about the best way to keep the romance alive.
2. S08E02BabysittingJanuary 20, 2017 8.0Lucy causes offence by choosing the wrong babysitter.
3. S08E03CarFebruary 3, 2017 7.5Lee's hopes for a stress-free ferry trip to France with Lucy and the children are dashed when they don't leave enough time for the car journ
4. S08E04Hot TubFebruary 10, 2017—Lee and Lucy play hot tub fantasy date with Anna and Toby, causing them to end up in hot water.
5. S08E05CharlieFebruary 17, 2017—Lee is worried that Charlie is getting a reputation at school for being the class clown.
6. S08E06Marriage GuidanceFebruary 24, 2017—How will Lee and Lucy's marriage fare after marriage counselling?
7. S08E07EnoughMarch 3, 2017—Are Lee and Lucy ready for another child?

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01Home ImprovementsMarch 8, 2018—Lucy's father reluctantly allows Lee to help Lucy clear up the builder's mess in their new kitchen extension.
2. S09E02Escape RoomMarch 15, 2018—As a surprise for Lee's Birthday Lucy invites the whole family to join them in an Escape Room.
3. S09E03StolenMarch 22, 2018—A missing toy keyring causes a rift between Lee and Lucy and best friends, Toby and Anna.
4. S09E04PetsMarch 29, 2018—To teach the children to be more responsible Lee and Lucy get a family pet.
5. S09E05Pants on FireApril 5, 2018—When Lee and Lucy cancel dinner with Toby and Anna at the last moment it opens up a can of worms.
6. S09E06Lollipop ManApril 12, 2018—Lee and Lucy object to the school lollipop man handing out lollipops to the kids.
7. S09E07Bust UpApril 19, 2018—Encouraged by Anna, Lucy considers whether a breast augmentation is for her.

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

1. S10E01ParachuteApril 15, 2019—Toby organises a sponsored parachute jump to raise money for a Children's Ward in his hospital. Supportively, Lee, Lucy, Anna and the grandp
2. S10E02Holiday ShareApril 22, 2019—Can Lee and Lucy's friendship with Toby and Anna survive a long weekend in a damp cottage in the New Forest?
3. S10E03Facts of LifeApril 29, 2019—Lee is outraged that the twins have started sex education at school and resolves to teach them everything he knows about the facts of life b
4. S10E04SchoolingMay 6, 2019—When Charlie's school gets a bad Ofsted rating, Geoffrey and Wendy offer to pay to send Charlie to Private School, which presents Lee and Lu
5. S10E05MemoryMay 13, 2019—Lee decides to gatecrash Lucy's favourite television programme and watch it with her. Lucy is not best pleased, especially when Lee can't re
6. S10E06Whodunnit?May 20, 2019—Unable to convince Lucy that he didn't smash Lucy's precious heirloom, a blue and white antique vase that belonged to her grandmother, Lee s
7. S10E07BuilderMay 27, 2019—Lucy takes the kids away to her parents while Lee stays in the house to oversee the building work in their kitchen. Unfortunately, the build

Season 10 ranked & reviewed

1. S11E01Small PackageJanuary 8, 2021—Social niceties are stretched to snapping point when Lee and Lucy take in a package for their neighbour and inadvertently discover that it c
2. S11E02Pub QuizJanuary 15, 2021 8.0To celebrate their anniversary, Lee and Lucy plan a friendly night of quizzing with Toby and Anna in their local pub, but the evening is der
3. S11E03CarolJanuary 22, 2021—When Lee's feckless dad, Frank, announces that he's engaged to be married, Lee cannot believe that any woman would want to marry him. There
4. S11E04Old AcquaintanceJanuary 29, 2021—When Lee joins Facebook for the first time and is contacted by an ex-girlfriend from 20 years ago, Lucy is annoyed that she cares so much. H
5. S11E05WarFebruary 5, 2021 8.0The family visit to the war graves in Normandy gets off to a bad start, and Lucy discovers that her grandfather, Wendy's father, was not the

Season 11 ranked & reviewed

1. S12E01PaintingMarch 25, 2022—Wendy paints a portrait of Lee's late father, Frank, and gives it to Lee and Lucy as a present. She is expecting them to love it, but that w
2. S12E02TextApril 1, 2022—When Lee accidentally sends a rude text about Anna to Lucy, he makes the stupid mistake of sending it to Anna herself. Lee and Lucy now face
3. S12E03FriendApril 8, 2022—Lee makes no effort to talk to other parents in the playground, and Lucy is worried that he is becoming isolated and friendless. She fires h
4. S12E04Front WindowApril 15, 2022—Confined to a wheelchair, his right leg encased in plaster after knee surgery, Lee has too much time on his hands, which he uses to watch th
5. S12E05JuryApril 22, 2022—Lee does jury service and joins eleven other jurors to debate whether the accused is guilty or not. A simple enough task - until Lee decides
6. S12E06TentApril 29, 2022—Lee organises a family camping trip in an attempt to bring the generations together. But even though he has remembered to bring his guitar f

Season 12 ranked & reviewed

1. S13E01Italian LessonsJune 23, 2023—When Lee and Lucy are asked to cover for Anna on more than one occasion, so that she can go out at night and have secret Italian lessons, th
2. S13E02HospitalJune 23, 2023—Lee's lifestyle catches up on him and he is forced to wait on a hospital ward for routine surgery on his gallbladder until his blood pressur
3. S13E03Day OutJune 23, 2023—To take advantage of three free tickets to Adventure Canyon Theme Park Lee takes Mollie out of school for a day and gets into trouble from t
4. S13E04CoffinJune 23, 2023—Lee wakes up inside a coffin and can't remember how he got there, until a phone call from Lucy reminds him what he'd been doing that afterno
5. S13E05TrainJune 23, 2023—It is Lucy's birthday. To celebrate, Geoffrey and Wendy take Lee, Lucy, Toby and Anna for a trip on a vintage steam train. But Lee decides t
6. S13E06BeepJune 23, 2023—Lucy has cooked a special meal so that she and Lee can spend an evening in without distractions, talking about the state of their marriage.
7. S13E07FootballJune 23, 2023—When Lee goes to watch Benji playing football for a local Under 13 team, he is unable to restrain himself on the touchline and becomes the c

Season 13 ranked & reviewed

1. S14E01House MoveJune 13, 2025—Lee and Lucy decide to move house and view the home of their dreams. When Lee asks to use the loo, he causes unwanted tension with the vendo
2. S14E02DollJune 13, 2025—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 wh
3. S14E03CampervanJune 13, 2025—Lee borrows a dilapidated campervan from his cousin to take Lucy away for the weekend. She is not impressed by either the accommodation or t
4. S14E04OasisJune 13, 2025—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 th
5. S14E05Dragon CastleJune 13, 2025—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 act
6. S14E06Hotel RoomJune 13, 2025—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

Season 14 ranked & reviewed