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Not Going Out (2006)

Comedy

Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.

IMDb rating
7.6 (8,883 votes)
Episode average
7.7 ↑ +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons
15
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 15 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

7.43 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 28 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 249 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 200 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 194 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 184 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 177 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 171 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Serious7.2249
2Death7.4200
3Aussie7.4194
4Stress7.6184
5Kid7.6177
6Caretaker7.4171

Season 2 (2007)

7.75 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 28 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 192 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 186 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 166 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 168 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 163 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 158 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 162 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 164 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Mortgage7.7192
2Gay8.0186
3The Librarian7.6166
4Baby7.9168
5Art7.6163
6Dating7.8158
7Gangster7.6162
8Murder at Christmas7.8164

Season 3 (2009)

7.86 avg 8 episodes 8.3 → 8.0 28 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 181 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 200 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 172 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 156 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 169 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 155 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 150 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 164 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pregnant8.3181
2Winner8.6200
3Amy7.4172
4Party7.5156
5Neighbour7.8169
6Speech7.7155
7Marriage7.6150
8Absent Father Christmas8.0164

Season 4 (2011)

7.97 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 7.9 28 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 166 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 175 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 161 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 147 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 162 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 158 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Drugs8.0166
2Debbie8.0175
3Movie7.8161
4Dancing8.0147
5Fireworks8.1162
6Life on Mars Bars7.9158

Season 5 (2012)

8.12 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 8.7 28 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 167 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 147 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 205 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 159 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 162 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 187 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Band8.0167
2Dads7.6147
3Camping8.6205
4Running7.8159
5Examination8.0162
6Drunk8.7187

Season 6 (2013)

7.47 avg 9 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 172 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 159 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 138 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 148 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 149 votesEp 6: 6.8 · 144 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 139 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 147 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 154 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rabbit7.7172
2Skiing7.2159
3Therapy7.3138
4Conference7.6148
5Rachel7.4149
6Play6.8144
7Magic7.4139
8Boat7.7147
9The House8.1154

Season 7 (2014)

8.07 avg 12 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 31 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 155 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 146 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 147 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 139 votesEp 5: 8.9 · 208 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 129 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 143 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 140 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 171 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 182 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 45 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 162 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Mugging7.7155
2Christening8.0146
3Donor8.2147
4Anna7.8139
5Pointless8.9208
6Alcohol7.2129
7Surprise8.2143
8Plane7.6140
9Lucy8.5171
10Wedding8.7182
11The Outtakes8.345
12Christmas Shopping7.8162

Season 8 (2017)

7.68 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 7.6 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 164 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 155 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 154 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 130 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 123 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 120 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 109 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 122 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Romance7.5164
2Babysitting8.0155
3Car7.5154
4Hot Tub8.2130
5Charlie7.3123
6Marriage Guidance7.7120
7Enough7.6109
8The True Meaning of Christmas7.6122

Season 9 (2018)

7.92 avg 8 episodes 8.0 → 8.4 28 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 137 votesEp 2: 8.9 · 204 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 134 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 115 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 118 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 118 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 116 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 140 votes
Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Home Improvements8.0137
2Escape Room8.9204
3Stolen8.4134
4Pets7.3115
5Pants on Fire7.7118
6Lollipop Man7.3118
7Bust Up7.4116
8Ding Dong Merrily on Live8.4140

Season 10 (2019)

7.64 avg 9 episodes 8.0 → 7.7 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 164 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 140 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 130 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 127 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 138 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 144 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 114 votesEp 8: 6.5 · 133 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 127 votes
Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Parachute8.0164
2Holiday Share7.7140
3Facts of Life7.9130
4Schooling7.4127
5Memory7.4138
6Whodunnit?8.2144
7Builder8.0114
8Halloween6.5133
9Driving Home for Christmas7.7127

Season 11 (2020)

7.39 avg 7 episodes 7.7 → 6.3 31 min avg

Ep 0: 7.7 · 157 votesEp 1: 8.1 · 157 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 135 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 122 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 119 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 121 votesEp 6: 6.3 · 134 votes
Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Resolutions7.7157
1Small Package8.1157
2Pub Quiz7.5135
3Carol7.3122
4Old Acquaintance7.2119
5War7.6121
6Panto6.3134

Season 12 (2022)

7.42 avg 6 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 28 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 118 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 121 votesEp 3: 6.8 · 117 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 111 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 125 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 102 votes
Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Painting7.3118
2Text8.3121
3Friend6.8117
4Front Window7.3111
5Jury7.1125
6Tent7.7102

Season 13 (2023)

7.31 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 7.5 39 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 128 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 112 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 108 votesEp 4: 6.4 · 130 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 111 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 100 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 103 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 126 votes
Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Italian Lessons7.7128
2Hospital7.4112
3Day Out7.3108
4Coffin6.4130
5Train7.6111
6Beep7.3100
7Football7.3103
8Wilfred7.5126

Season 14 (2025)

7.17 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 29 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 147 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 148 votesEp 3: 6.8 · 100 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 92 votesEp 5: 6.1 · 105 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 108 votes
Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1House Move7.4147
2Doll7.7148
3Campervan6.8100
4Oasis7.492
5Dragon Castle6.1105
6Hotel Room7.6108

Season 15 (2026)

7.43 avg 6 episodes 5.0 → 8.4

Ep 1: 5.0 · 72 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 36 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 26 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 20 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 19 votes
Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Twentieth5.072
2Anna and Toby7.736
3Superfan7.326
4Filthy Rich8.420
5Dream Catcher7.819
6Banksy8.419

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