Not Going Out delivered in a deadpan manner. This is the comedy style Lee Mack and Tim Vine have used both in stand-up and in "The Sketch Show", to the extent that an occasional one-liner from their solo performances is slipped in. This is mostly one sided with Kate/Lucy typically being the victims of the joke. Sight gags are also frequently used, while gags and witticisms are incorporated into almost every line of script. For the first series, episodes were written by Mack and Andrew Collins, with members of the cast credited for additional material. Because the eight episodes of the second season
Lee Cornes Lee Cornes Lee Cornes is an English television actor and writer born in Hayes in 1951. A stand up comedian since 1980, he was a regular compere at London's Comedy Store throughout the 1980s and won best Stand Up Comedian at the Charrington London Fringe Awards in 1987. Cornes appeared in three series of "Blackadder", in two episodes of "The Young Ones" and as barman 'Dick Head' in the TV show "Bottom". He made an appearance in the first episode of "Filthy, Rich & Catflap" as a binman. Appeared in the "Comic Strip" episode "Slags". Appearances on "Saturday Night Live".