Not Going Out Not Going Out Not Going Out is a British television sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006, currently starring Lee Mack, Sally Bretton, Finley Southby, Max Pattison and Francesca Newman. The series has previously starred Megan Dodds, Miranda Hart, Tim Vine and Katy Wix. The recurring cast currently includes Geoffrey Whitehead, Deborah Grant, Bobby Ball, Hugh Dennis and Abigail Cruttenden. Mack and Andrew Collins were the initial writers for the show, with Paul Kerensa, Simon Evans and Daniel Peak joining the writing staff in later series. Mack is the last remaining actor from the original cast, and the
Russell Mack direct one film for them, "Lonely Wives", before signing with Universal Pictures. Over the next three years, Mack would direct six films for Universal, including the film version of the Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman play "Once in a Lifetime" in 1932. In 1934 he returned to RKO, where he wrote, directed, and produced "The Meanest Gal in Town". Although he was slated to direct several films between 1933 and 1935, his final screen credit was for "The Band Plays On" in 1934 for MGM. In 1942, Mack returned to the East Coast, where he and his second wife,