Betty

Betty is a minor character in the BBC sitcom Not Going Out.

Betty is a lonely, elderly woman who resides at a care home near to the apartment of Lee and Lucy.

In the episode Fireworks, Betty wanders into the flat seeming confused - Lee, who opens the door when Betty walks in, is clearly stunned at the way that she entered. Lee, Lucy and Tim trying to work out details of where Betty lives. Betty mentions her son Brian who will give a reward to the people who return Betty to the care home when she disappears. Lee and Tim take Betty around the town with a sign saying 'Do You Know This Woman?' around her neck. They encounter an old friend of Betty on their travels who informs them that she lives in a large house nearby. They take her to the house, where they meet Andy, the owner of what turns out to Lee and Tim to be a care home. Andy tells them that Brian actually lives abroad, and the large reward that Betty mentioned will not be given to them.

Betty has no family and very rarely any visitors, so Lee and Tim decide to invite Betty to their fireworks display on the roof of their apartment block. Lee warms to Betty as the episode goes on, despite her twice severely beating Lee with her walking stick when he scares or puts his arm round her.