Not Going Out (TV Series) Stress (2006) User Reviews

Never teach a friend to learn to drive.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 11 January 2016]

Lee's helping Kate learn to drive, it's causing a lot of stress, she;s not the greatest pupil, crashing his car into a parked vehicle and hitting a Labrador. Kate tells Lee his lifestyle is the cause of his stress, that his diet is part of the problem, the rest is lack of exercise, she makes him do yoga, when that fails she sends him to acupuncture. When all fails Lee starts on the tranquilisers, they have a heavy effect on him.

Great to see Miranda Hart make her first appearance on the show, she'd become an awesome addition to the show with her particular brand of humour, albeit as a different character, it wouldn't be long before Barbara was causing mayhem.

Slick comedy between Mack and Hart, no wonder she was brought back into the show. Fine performances from all the cast.

This was funny!! 8/10

Stress

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 24 September 2019]

Miranda Hart make an appearance as an acupuncturist that Lee goes to see as he is stressed out. Miranda must have impressed the producers as she would later join the cast as a different character.

Kate is learning to drive and Lee is teaching her. To say Kate is a bad driver is an understatement, she nearly ran over a guide dog.

Lee is feeling ratty. Kate wants him to improve his diet, do some yoga and later he confides to Tim that he is on tranquilisers.

Another good episode. There is a lot of good interplay between the main cast. Lee using Kate as a table for his drink as she does yoga. Tim testing Lee to see if he is stressed and stealing his pint.

The bad learner driver is a staple of sitcoms and Not Going Out does it well.