When is the Not Going Out Christmas special on TV?

With the show's 11th series expected to arrive in 2021, Not Going Out's upcoming special will be the perfect Christmas present to tide you over until then.

Here's everything you need to know about the Not Going Out Christmas special.

When is the Not Going Out Christmas special on TV?

Not Going Out's 30-minute Christmas special is set to air on Wednesday 30th December at 9pm on BBC One.

What will happen in the Not Going Out Christmas special?

This year's upcoming Christmas special will see Lee (Lee Mack) and Lucy (Sally Bretton) host New Year's Eve for both sides of the family, from Lee's feckless father Frank (Bobby Ball) to Lucy's uptight dad Geoffrey (Geoffrey Whitehead) and her mother Wendy (Deborah Grant), while friends Toby (Hugh Dennis) and his uptight wife Anna (Abigail Cruttenden) also join the celebrations.

"When parlour games are suspended in favour of a no-holds-barred round of New Year's Resolutions, the fireworks might be in the house when friendly suggestions on how to improve individual behaviour are received with not a lot of festive spirit," the BBC teases. "Will it be a Happy New Year for Lee and Lucy in suburbia?"

Not Going Out Christmas special cast

Would I Lie To You's Lee Mack will be returning to star as Lee in the long-running sitcom's special, as will Death in Paradise's Sally Bretton (Lucy) and the late Bobby Ball, who passed away in October and makes one of his last on-screen appearances as Lee's father Frank in the episode.

The rest of the cast features Bergerac's Deborah Grant (Wendy), Still Open All Hours' Geoffrey Whitehead (Geoffrey), Outnumbered's Hugh Dennis (Toby) and Benidorm's Abigail Cruttenden (Anna).