Stress

Stress is the fourth episode of Series 1 of Not Going Out and originally aired on 27 October 2006.

Synopsis
Lee finds himself increasingly stressed out having volunteered to teach Kate to drive. Following Kate's advice, he decides to try yoga - but his technique leaves a lot to be desired. A trip to a local acupuncturist is no more successful, so he resorts to more extreme measures. Meanwhile a drive in the countryside has a dramatic and disastrous conclusion.

Plot
Lee is helping Kate to learn to drive revealing his high stress levels. Kate refuses to let him help her until he does something about his stress. After yoga and acupuncture fail to help Lee sees a doctor and starts taking prescription medicine to deal with his stress. Tim instead helps Kate practice. The three of them go on a trip, during Kate and Tim get into a fight resulting in an accident. Despite all this Kate gets her license.

Main cast

 * Lee Mack as Lee
 * Tim Vine as Tim
 * Megan Dodds as Kate

Guest stars

 * Miranda Hart as the acupuncturist

Trivia

 * Miranda Hart later appears as the main character Barbara in series two and series three.
 * The Acupuncturist's office was the same set as the therapist's in Death.

Filming locations

 * The scene where Kate reverse parks Tim's car was filmed on Church Street, Twickenham. The shop where Lee and the acupuncturist are seen fighting was actually a millinery, rather than an acupuncturists.