Overview
- The BBC sitcom Not Going Out has returned with a new 15th season and is being celebrated with a standalone 20th‑anniversary documentary.
- New episodes and the anniversary material are available to stream on BBC iPlayer, making the series’ latest run accessible to viewers online.
- Creator and star Lee Mack said he would avoid a few lines from early episodes today and described several discarded ideas, including cutting to the audience laughing on screen.
- The series survived a near‑cancellation in 2009 after a fan petition secured its renewal, a turn that helped it grow into one of Britain’s longest‑running sitcoms.
- The publicity around the return highlights how producers and performers are re-evaluating older comedy as social tastes change and as sitcom formats evolve.