Lee Mack Hancock. However, it proved to be the show's final series. In 2007 he appeared on "TV Heaven, Telly Hell". His first sitcom "Not Going Out" for BBC One with Tim Vine (in which he plays Lee, the central character) premiered on 6 October 2006. The show has since returned for eight more series, the most recent airing in 2018. The show has won a Rose d'Or and RTS Award. Since 2007, Mack has been a team captain on the BBC One comedy panel show "Would I Lie to You?". He has also been guest host on "Have I Got News
Not Going Out December 2016, it was announced that the show had been re-commissioned for a ninth and tenth series. Series 9 began on 8 March 2018. A live Christmas-based episode will be broadcast on BBC One on 21 December 2018. The series focuses on Lee Mack, who plays a fictional version of himself: an unambitious man in his late thirties living as a lodger in a flat in the London Docklands. Originally from Chorley, Lancashire (which is approximately 20 miles from Southport, Mack's real-life birthplace), Lee is a negligent, unmotivated layabout. Frequently between jobs, he spends most of his days on his