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Series 1 2006 · 6 eps

1. 1 Serious Kate tries clown classes after unsuccessfully getting Lee to go to them. You couldn't really call her own attempts a success. To repay Kate Lee goes on a date with Lucy Moss, an a… Oct 6, 2006 29m
2. 2 Death Tim's 94-year-old grandmother dies. Kate accuses Lee of not being in touch with his emotions when he fails to tell her. As penance he sees an expensive psychotherapist, who gets a… Oct 13, 2006 29m
3. 3 Aussie Ruth, an Australian friend of Kate's, comes to stay and Lee is persuaded to pretend to be Tim. Lee gets a job handing out leaflets at a shopping centre, but soon falls foul of a l… Oct 20, 2006 29m
4. 4 Stress Lee starts teaching Kate to drive. His (or her) lack of success seems to stress him out and Kate notices. She persuades him to try some yoga and given his track record he doesn't … Oct 26, 2006 29m
5. 5 Kid Kate and Lee are forced to take in a lodger, a surly 14-year-old boy called Nicky. Lee's attempts to bond with the teenager prove less than successful, while Tim and Nicky discove… Nov 3, 2006 28m
6. 6 Caretaker Lee finally manages to get a job, as a caretaker. But taking up the new post involves moving out of the flat. Kate interviews potential new flatmates including Pete, and Tim sees … Nov 10, 2006 28m

Series 2 2007 · 8 eps

1. 1 Mortgage Tim decides to sell the flat, so Lee sets to work putting off prospective buyers. Sep 7, 2007 29m
2. 2 Gay Lucy persuades Lee to pretend to be gay after she lies to a business acquaintance Guy, who she was told is gay himself, by telling him she lives with a gay flatmate to prove she i… Sep 14, 2007 29m
3. 3 Librarian Lucy and Guy are going out with each other, and Guy has practically moved in. This annoys Lee who thinks Guy is too old for her. Lee soon discovers that Guy owns a lap dancing clu… Sep 21, 2007 28m
4. 4 Baby When Guy's daughter Chloe gets appendicitis, Lee and Tim are left looking after her son Dillon while Guy and Lucy visit her. While in their care, Dillon swallows a subbuteo footba… Sep 28, 2007 29m
5. 5 Art In an effort to appear as intellectual as Lucy's friends, Lee shows off his 'knowledge' of the art world - holding forth on the subject of an unknown artist, who his cleaner Barba… Oct 5, 2007 29m
6. 6 Dating As Lucy and Guy's relationship intensifies, Lee starts to ponder his lack of a girlfriend and, encouraged by Barbara, tries speed dating. Tim is forced to go on a disastrous date … Oct 12, 2007 29m
7. 7 Gangster Guy showers Lucy with expensive gifts and whisks her away for a weekend. Oct 19, 2007 30m
8. 8 Murder at Christmas Lee's plan to spend time alone with Lucy at Christmas is threatened. Dec 21, 2007 29m

Series 3 2009 · 8 eps

1. 1 Pregnant Lee is shocked when Lucy announces that she is pregnant and he wonders if he could accidentally be the baby's father. Jan 30, 2009 29m
2. 2 Winner Lee wins a £1000 after winning an essay writing competition. A journalist shows up to interview Lee but expects him to be disabled after reading his story. Feb 6, 2009 29m
3. 3 Amy Lee and Tim ask a lesbian couple who have moved into the building over for dinner. They are shocked when Lucy discovers a side of herself that she never knew existed. Feb 13, 2009 28m
4. 4 Party Lee and Tim decide to try and throw Lucy a 30th birthday party but they both have different ideas. Lee is not happy when Lucy shows up at the party with a man and decides to try a… Feb 20, 2009 28m
5. 5 Neighbour Lucy isn't happy with the noise a new neighbour is making. She asks both Lee and Tim to talk to him but both are scared too. Tim decides to take up boxing so that he will have mor… Feb 27, 2009 28m
6. 6 Speech Lucy is stressed. She has an important speech to make at a Recruitment Conference and nobody to help her write it. Lee sees an opportunity to impress her and offers his services b… Mar 6, 2009 28m
7. 7 Marriage Lee is shocked when he finds out that Lucy is thinking about getting married to Pavlov so that he will be able to remain in the country. As Lee attempts to get her to change her m… Mar 20, 2009 28m
8. 8 Absent Father Christmas Lee's father turns up at the flat unannounced. This is the man who walked out of the family home when Lee was four, never paid his maintenance and ate Lee's goldfish. Lee wants hi… Dec 23, 2009 29m

Series 4 2011 · 6 eps

1. 1 Drugs After a night spent out clubbing, Tim returns to the flat wearing the wrong coat, and convinces Lee to help him return it to its owner. Jan 6, 2011 29m
2. 2 Debbie Lee's past catches up with him when a young woman appears on his doorstep and asks for a cup of sugar. Jan 13, 2011 29m
3. 3 Movie Lee promises to stop treating Lucy's flat as if he owns it - but not before he has hired it out to a film director. Jan 20, 2011 29m
4. 4 Dancing Lucy and Tim are distraught. Their parents' 30 year marriage is at an end and their father has moved out of the family home - and into Lee's bedroom. Jan 27, 2011 29m
5. 5 Fireworks When an old lady wanders into Lucy's flat and makes herself at home on the sofa, Lee doesn't know what to do with her. Feb 3, 2011 28m
6. 6 Life on Mars Bars Lee dreams of a perfect life with Lucy, but can the reality ever match up? Feb 10, 2011 29m

Series 5 2012 · 6 eps

1. 1 Band When Tim joins a band at work and Lucy falls for the lead guitarist, Lee becomes jealous, and decides that if he can't beat them he should join them. Apr 13, 2012 29m
2. 2 Dads Lee's lazy weekend is wrecked when his scrounging father turns up unexpectedly. Having just come out of hospital he needs somewhere to stay for the weekend. Will Lee take on the d… Apr 20, 2012 29m
3. 3 Camping In a desperate bid to prove his manliness, Lee joins Tim, Daisy and Lucy on a camping weekend in the middle of a dark spooky forest. Apr 27, 2012 29m
4. 4 Running To impress Lucy, Lee starts training for a 10 kilometre Fun Run only to injure himself immediately. In an effort to hide the injury from Lucy, he gets himself a secret sports mass… May 4, 2012 28m
5. 5 Examination Lucy finds herself working on a Government initiative encouraging men to regularly check themselves for lumps. Eager to please Lucy, Lee follows the campaign's advice and discover… May 11, 2012 28m
6. 6 Drunk After Lucy suffers a mild indiscretion whilst drunk and claims to have no memory of the event, she and Lee embark on an experiment with a bottle of home-made potato hooch to prove… May 18, 2012 29m

Series 6 2013 · 8 eps

1. 1 Rabbit Lucy accidentally runs over a pet rabbit belonging to the daughter of an important client. Apr 5, 2013 29m
2. 2 Skiing On a holiday to Eastern Europe, Lee, Daisy and Lucy become stuck on a cable car. Apr 12, 2013 28m
3. 3 Therapy Lee takes advantage of Lucy's new-found skills as a relationship counsellor to patch things up with his father. Apr 19, 2013 30m
4. 4 Conference Lee does what he has to do to stop Lucy from flirting with the male delegates at a three-day annual trade conference in order to get herself work. May 3, 2013 28m
5. 5 Rachel Lee decides that the best way to get Lucy to notice him is to make her jealous. Now all he has to do is find himself a girlfriend. May 10, 2013 30m
6. 6 Play Lee is forced to fight for Lucy's attention when her first love reappears on the scene. May 17, 2013 29m
7. 7 Magic When Lucy's god-daughter is suddenly dumped on her the night before the girl's birthday party, Lucy and Lee have to come up with an appropriate entertainment for fourteen nine-yea… May 24, 2013 29m
8. 8 Boat Lee spends a long weekend on his a boat with Lucy, even though she is terrified of water. May 31, 2013 29m

Series 7 2014 · 11 eps

1. 1 Mugging When Lucy has her handbag stolen from right under Lee's nose, he feels the need to prove his manliness over and over and over again. Oct 17, 2014 28m
2. 2 Christening Lee's big mouth has got him and Lucy invited to a christening party thrown by new neighbours Toby and Anna, and now they have no time to find the perfect present for the baby who … Oct 24, 2014 29m
3. 3 Donor When Lucy decides it is time to have a baby, she is surprised to find the whole family taking a personal interest in the conception. Oct 31, 2014 29m
4. 4 Anna Lucy aspires to be friends with her posh new neighbours Toby and Anna, but she hasn't reckoned on Lee dragging her back down to earth. Nov 7, 2014 30m
5. 5 Pointless In an attempt to impress Lucy with his intellectual prowess, Lee joins Daisy as a contestant on the TV quiz show Pointless. Nov 21, 2014 30m
6. 6 Alcohol Frank's drinking becomes a problem and forces Lee and Lucy to reassess the living arrangements in the flat. Nov 28, 2014 28m
7. 7 Surprise No matter what happens, Lucy's surprise party for her parents' anniversary must remain a secret or it won't be a surprise. So why she tells Lee about it is anyone's guess. Dec 5, 2014 30m
8. 8 Plane Flying off on a summer holiday, Lucy and Daisy endure the worst flight of their lives when Lee gets a bad case of the jitters on the plane. Dec 12, 2014 28m
9. 9 Lucy Lee spends time in the bar with Toby worrying that the woman of his dreams is drifting further away. Dec 19, 2014 30m
10. 10 Christmas Special The will-they-won't-they tension reaches new highs in this epic series finale for Christmas that sees Lucy and Lee in previously uncharted emotional waters. Dec 24, 2014 43m
11. 11 The Out-takes Lee Mack, Sally Bretton and Katy Wix introduce a compilation of out-takes from across the various series. Dec 27, 2014 29m

Series 8 2017 · 7 eps

1. 1 Romance After eight years of marriage, Lee and Lucy disagree over how to keep the romance alive. Jan 13, 2017 28m
2. 2 Babysitting Lucy causes offence by choosing the wrong babysitter. Jan 20, 2017 29m
3. 3 Car Lee's hopes for a stress-free ferry trip to France with Lucy and the children are dashed when they don't leave enough time for the car journey. Feb 3, 2017 28m
4. 4 Hot Tub Lee and Lucy play hot tub fantasy date with Anna and Toby, causing them to end up in hot water. Feb 10, 2017 28m
5. 5 Charlie Lee is worried that Charlie is getting a reputation at school for being the class clown. Feb 17, 2017 30m
6. 6 Marriage Guidance If Lee and Lucy's marriage wasn't in trouble before they go to marriage counselling, it is by the time they leave. Feb 24, 2017 28m
7. 7 Enough Are Lee and Lucy ready for another child? Mar 3, 2017 29m

Series 9 2018 · 7 eps

1. 1 Home Improvements Lucy's father reluctantly allows Lee to help Lucy clear up the builder's mess in their new kitchen extension. Mar 8, 2018 27m
2. 2 Escape Room As a surprise for Lee's birthday, Lucy invites the whole family to join them in an escape room. Mar 15, 2018 29m
3. 3 Stolen A missing toy keyring causes a rift between Lee and Lucy and best friends, Toby and Anna. Mar 22, 2018 28m
4. 4 Pets To teach the children to be more responsible Lee and Lucy get a family pet. Mar 29, 2018 28m
5. 5 Pants on Fire Lee and Lucy open up a can of worms when they cancel dinner with Toby and Anna at the last moment. Apr 5, 2018 29m
6. 6 Lollipop Man Lee and Lucy object to the school lollipop man handing out lollipops to the kids. Apr 12, 2018 27m
7. 7 Bust Up Encouraged by Anna, Lucy considers whether a breast augmentation is for her. Apr 19, 2018 29m

Series 10 2019 · 7 eps

1. 1 Parachute A sponsored parachute jump raises not just money for Toby's hospital but questions about Lee's courage as well. Apr 15, 2019 29m
2. 2 Holiday Share Can Lee and Lucy’s friendship with Toby and Anna survive a long weekend in a damp cottage in the New Forest? Apr 22, 2019 28m
3. 3 Facts of Life Lee is outraged that the twins have started sex education at school and resolves to teach them everything he knows about the facts of life before Miss Anstis corrupts them. Apr 29, 2019 28m
4. 4 Schooling When Charlie’s school gets a bad Ofsted rating, Lee and Lucy start looking around for alternative schools. Despite Frank's protests, Geoffrey and Wendy offer to pay to send Charli… May 6, 2019 28m
5. 5 Memory Lee decides to gatecrash Lucy's favourite television show and watch it with her. Lucy is not best pleased, especially when Lee can't remember the name of the leading actor. May 13, 2019 27m
6. 6 Whodunnit? Unable to convince Lucy that he didn’t smash her precious antique vase - an heirloom that belonged to her grandmother - Lee summons the family to a meeting to flush out the culpri… May 20, 2019 28m
7. 7 Builder Lucy takes the kids away to her parents while Lee stays in the house to oversee the building work in their kitchen. Unfortunately, the builder Lee has employed to do the job has a… May 27, 2019 28m

Series 11 2021 · 5 eps

1. 1 Small Package Social niceties are stretched to snapping point when Lee and Lucy take in a package for their neighbour and inadvertently discover that it contains an embarrassing object that Lee… Jan 8, 2021 28m
2. 2 Pub Quiz To celebrate their anniversary, Lee and Lucy plan a friendly night of quizzing with Toby and Anna in their local pub, but the evening is derailed when neither couple can bear to l… Jan 15, 2021 27m
3. 3 Carol When Lee's feckless dad, Frank, announces his engagement, Lee cannot believe that any woman would want to marry him and sets out to find out exactly what is wrong with her. Jan 22, 2021 28m
4. 4 Old Acquaintance When Lee joins Facebook for the first time and makes contact with an ex-girlfriend from twenty years ago, Lucy is less than pleased. Jan 29, 2021 29m
5. 5 War A family visit to the World War Two war graves in Normandy unearths a piece of family history that is best left buried. Feb 5, 2021 28m

Series 12 2022 · 6 eps

1. 1 Painting It’s been over a year since Frank’s passing and the always lovely Wendy, rediscovering a long lost love for painting, decides to create a very unique tribute in oils. How can Lee … Mar 25, 2022 28m
2. 2 Text When Lee accidentally sends a rude text about Anna to Lucy, he makes the stupid mistake of sending it to Anna herself. Lee and Lucy now face the impossible task of stealing Anna's… Apr 1, 2022 29m
3. 3 Friend When Lee promises Lucy that he will make more of an effort to be friendly with other parents in the playground, he makes the mistake of starting with Keith. Apr 8, 2022 30m
4. 4 Front Window Recovering from knee surgery, Lee sits by the window day after day, spying on his neighbours through a pair of binoculars. Apr 15, 2022 28m
5. 5 Jury Lee does jury service and joins eleven other jurors to debate whether the accused is guilty or not. A simple enough task - until Lee decides to put the other jurors on trial. Apr 22, 2022 30m
6. 6 Tent Lee organises a family camping trip into the back of beyond, where they soon discover that no one can hear them scream. Apr 29, 2022 29m

Series 13 2023 · 7 eps

1. 1 Italian Lessons When Lee and Lucy are asked to cover for Anna on more than one occasion, so that she can go out at night and have secret Italian lessons, they suspect the worst – that she is havi… Jun 23, 2023 29m
2. 2 Hospital Lee's lifestyle catches up on him and he is forced to wait on a hospital ward for routine surgery on his gallbladder until his blood pressure comes down. But visits from the paren… Jun 30, 2023 29m
3. 3 Day Out To take advantage of three free tickets to Adventure Canyon Theme Park, Lee takes Mollie out of school for a day and gets into trouble with the new head teacher, Miss Anstis. Now … Jul 7, 2023 28m
4. 4 Coffin Lee wakes up inside a coffin and can't remember how he got there, until a phone call from Lucy reminds him what he’d been doing that afternoon. Now all he needs to do is keep Lucy… Jul 14, 2023 26m
5. 5 Train It’s Lucy's birthday. To celebrate, Geoffrey and Wendy take Lee, Lucy, Toby and Anna for a trip on a vintage steam train. But Lee's decision to play Poirot when a stranger turns u… Jul 21, 2023 29m
6. 6 Beep Lucy has cooked a special meal so that she and Lee can spend an evening in without distractions to talk about the state of their marriage. But Lee is obsessed with a beeping noise… Jul 28, 2023 28m
7. 7 Football When Lee goes to watch Benji playing football for a local under-13 team, he is unable to restrain himself on the touchline and becomes the competitive dad that all other parents w… Aug 4, 2023 29m

Series 14 2025 · 6 eps

1. 1 House Move Lee and Lucy are moving house and viewing a property that Lucy loves when, embarrassingly, Lee needs the loo. Before he can use it however, a second buyer turns up to take a look … Jun 13, 2025 26m
2. 2 Doll Lee brings a battered box back from the tip and gets a shock when he opens it in front of Lucy. Jun 20, 2025 28m
3. 3 Campervan Lee has borrowed an old campervan to take Lucy away for the weekend. She is not impressed and wishes she was back at home when a strange woman knocks at their door... Jun 27, 2025 28m
4. 4 Oasis Some might say that Lee and Lucy were foolish to try to buy tickets to see Oasis in concert, because when they lose their place in the queue, they start to blame each other. Jul 4, 2025 28m
5. 5 Dragon Castle Lee and Lucy look to a career in the movies when they play background elves on the set of a popular mini-TV series, Dragon Castle. Their aspirations to become leading actors, howe… Jul 12, 2025 27m
6. 6 Hotel Room When Lee uses his collection of free discount vouchers to stay overnight in a mid-range hotel, he makes sure that he takes advantage of all the hotel’s complimentary services. Jul 18, 2025 27m

Specials 2007 · 14 eps

1. 1 Series 1 Behind the Scenes Oct 22, 2007 30m
2. 2 Series 2 Behind the Scenes Feb 2, 2009 30m
3. 3 Not Going Right – The Out-Takes Outtakes from Series 1, 2, 3 & 4. Jan 14, 2011 35m
4. 4 The House In an effort to create the perfect Christmas for Lucy, Lee invites her parents to join the two of them and Daisy in a snug old house in the country which used to belong to his dea… Dec 24, 2013 44m
5. 5 Christmas Shopping An unexpected stranger turns Lee and Lucy's Christmas upside down. Dec 24, 2015 44m
6. 6 The True Meaning of Christmas It's Christmas Eve, and Lee and Lucy face a possible yuletide disaster when they discover the perfect present they have bought for their children has already been gifted to them b… Dec 24, 2017 39m
7. 7 Ding Dong Merrily on Live Dragooned into organising a Christmas variety show to raise money for their children's school, Lee and Lucy find quality acts thin on the ground. Dec 20, 2018 27m
8. 8 Halloween Special Lee and Lucy take the children out trick or treating for Halloween, but the night soon turns disastrous for Lee when he loses his phone on the porch of a spooky Victorian house. O… Oct 30, 2019 38m
9. 9 Driving Home For Christmas We all know Christmas simply wouldn't be Christmas without a giant inflatable Santa, an aggressive bull in a field and a terrifying truck driver. Dec 24, 2019 39m
10. 10 Resolutions With 40 minutes to go until midnight, a New Year’s Eve party at Lee and Lucy’s house turns sour when family members start making their resolutions. Dec 30, 2020 43m
11. 11 Panto A family Christmas party turns sour when Lucy announces that she has got tickets to see Jason Donovan in panto. Lee loathes panto, especially given Jason Donovan was Lucy’s teenag… Dec 23, 2021 42m
12. 12 Wilfred Lee throws everything at creating the perfect family Christmas, agreeing to Lucy's wishes to do something charitable and having "a normal Christmas where nothing goes wrong." This… Dec 24, 2023 40m
13. 13 Not Going Out on Location Behind the scenes featurette for Series 3. 35m
14. 14 Lee and Tim talk on the set of Series Two Extra on Series One DVD. 18m