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 had to be written and filmed in a short space of time, Avalon Television brought in Nick Stacey, Paul Kerensa and Simon Evans to join the writing team. Mack, Collins and Stacey concentrated on writing the main body of the episodes whilst Kerensa and Evans were involved in storylining, rewriting and 'gagging up' the episodes. The third series saw the writing team expanded, with Darin Henry, Daniel Peak and Simon Dean contributing to the main episodes (all co-written with Mack); the "gag writing" team was also expanded, from two members to as many as eight, not counting the main writers,