Neighbour (episode)

Neighbour is the fifth episode of the Series 3 of Not Going Out and originally aired on 27 February, 2009.

Synopsis
A new neighbour moves in upstairs, and his constant noise drives Lucy (Sally Bretton) to distraction. She begs Lee (Lee Mack) and Tim (Tim Vine) to get him to stop, but neither is man enough.

Tim takes being branded a coward to heart, and rushes off to join a boxing gym. Lee, meanwhile, tries to impress Lucy by confronting the man in his own flat, where he finds himself staring into the eyes of a cold killer.

Plot
Lucy is struggling to write an important presentation due to the new neighbour's obsession with The Proclaimers. He is playing their music on full volume, loud enough to be heard throughout the building. Lee reluctantly goes upstairs to ask the neighbour to turn it down a little, but is traumatised after his first conversation with the neighbour. The neighbour turns the music back on once Lee has returned to his flat, and Lucy decides to leave a note telling him how annoying he is. Lee then buys flowers to pose as a sympathy gift from the neighbour about the music, despite the fact that the neighbour hasn't even read the note yet. Lee then goes with Tim to get the note back from under the neighbour's door using a toothbrush attached to a wire coat hanger. While manoeuvring the coat hanger, the toothbrush comes off, which actually has Lee's name on it to distinguish it from Lucy's. On the advice of Barbara (Miranda Hart), Lee calls out a locksmith, who smashes the door to the neighbour's flat. To explain the door being smashed down, Lee and Tim pretend to burgle the flat, but forget to pick up Lee's toothbrush which they had needed to get into the flat for initially. They then 'burgle' their own flat to make it look as inconspicuous as possible, but the neighbour isn't that thick and cottons on very quickly, and threatens Lee with emasculation. Tim, on steroids from the boxing gym, knocks out the neighbour during the altercation with Lee, and he then proceeds to knock Lee out as well.

Main cast

 * Lee Mack as Lee
 * Tim Vine as Tim Adams
 * Sally Bretton as Lucy Adams
 * Miranda Hart as Barbara

Guest stars

 * Andy Linden as Neighbour
 * Adam Longworth as Locksmith

Crew

 * Director - Nick Wood
 * Producer - Jamie Rix
 * Writer - Lee Mack
 * Writer - Simon Dean