Not Going Out to impress Lucy continue well into the fifth series, when they both think they accidentally sleep together after drinking potato hooch. In the sixth series, after Tim Vine quit the series, Tim was written out of the show. In the opening dialogue of the series, it is explained that he has been given a work placement in Germany. Daisy continues her friendship with Lucy and Lee, and her naivety often gets them in trouble. With Tim's absence, Lee often finds himself listening to suggestions from Daisy on how to impress Lucy, and they include acting as a test subject for
Not Going Out on a single episode with Milton Jones amongst the additional writers of the show. In the original pilot of the series, which has not been aired, the part of Kate was played by Catherine Tate. However, due to the success of "The Catherine Tate Show", her character was re-written for the American actress Megan Dodds. The theme song is performed by Frank Sinatra impersonator Stephen Triffitt. The flat in which Lee and Kate/Lucy lived from 2006 to 2015 is No. 17. In a DVD commentary for the first series, it was mentioned that "Number 17" was originally considered as a