I’m not sure what it says about the state of television that Lee Mack’s enduring sitcom Not Going Out has refreshed itself for a 14th series by aping techniques more usually seen in prestige drama.

Yep, bizarrely, the BBC dropped the show in 2009 after its third run, despite the fact that Lee Mack's comedy was pulling in millions of viewers and had clearly found its feet. Mack's then co-writer ...

One of the BBC's longest-running sitcoms, Not Going Out, is back on screens – and not for the first time. The "fantastically funny" and hugely popular comedy aired its finale in 2014, following up ...