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Not Going Out. Series 12. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Breton, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Tony Gardner, Colin McFarlane, Samantha Spiro, Joselyn Jee Esien, Katie Redford, Jolyon Coy, Gwyneth Powell, Joe Wilkinson, Stephanie Langton, Anil Desai, Max Pattison, Francesca Newman, Finley Southby, Max Willis, Rich Keeble.

It may be a huge claim, but few have scaled such a height in British television comedy that they can be compared so favourably to the legendary, and beloved Tony Hancock.

Not Going Out (Christmas Special 2021).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Breton, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley.

The trick is to so all you can to stay fresh whilst never betraying the core values of what made you popular in the first place; if you can master that then the world of entertainment and art is at your beckoned call.

Not Going Out (Series 11), Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Bretton, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden, Bobby Ball, Geoffrey Whitehead, Deborah Grant, Susie Blake, Tony Gardner, Jennifer Tollady, Rob Witcomb, Lloyd Griffith, Victoria Grove, Katy Cavanagh, William Andrews, Francesca Newman.

Comedy in times of hardship and national suffering is a difficult ship to steer, to navigate through the pressures of expectation and hope, of continuance, of that overused word of normality, is to arguably place to much a burden on the mind of the writer and the cast that have the added responsibility of their own lives to contend with, let alone an audience in dire need of a laugh.