Driving Home for Christmas

Driving Home for Christmas was the seventh Christmas special of Not Going Out. It originally aired on 24 December 2019.

Synopsis
When Lee and Lucy embark on some last-minute Christmas shopping, they get more than they bargained for.

Plot
Charlie, Benji and Molly all want an inflatable Santa Claus for the garden, and Lee and Lucy manage to order the last available Santa from the local toy shop. They head out to collect the Santa and arrange for Wendy and Geoffrey to babysit. Whilst Lee and Lucy are distracted by the clothing department, Lucy discovers her handbag has been stolen. Lee finds the thief dashing away in his vehicle and they follow him to a country lay-by, where they get out of the car to move closer to his vehicle. Lee makes the mistake of leaving the key in the car, and the thief makes a getaway in their car. An encounter with a ferocious bull, which leaves Lee covered in cowpat, the absence of a single mobile phone to contact home, and a helpful truck driver offering them a trip to the toy shop brings them to a mysterious town miles from home - the toy shop that the truck driver was heading to was not the one near to the house. Their day can only get worse as they hide in the back of his truck after a falling out on the journey between Lucy and the driver - their destination turns out to be the other side of the Channel, as they discover that they are on a departing ferry. Lee and Lucy leap into the sea and swim ashore, and finally return home on Christmas Day - wet, muddy, grubby, knackered and with all their clothes and coats ripped. However, they did bring home Santa - only for the kids to admit that they bought the wrong one. Luckily, Frank managed to purchase the Santa of the children's dreams anyway.

Main cast

 * Lee Mack as Lee
 * Sally Bretton as Lucy
 * Geoffrey Whitehead as Geoffrey
 * Deborah Grant as Wendy
 * Bobby Ball as Frank
 * Finley Southby as Charlie
 * Max Pattison as Benji
 * Francesca Newman as Molly

Secondary cast

 * Danny Hatchard as Thief Gary
 * Christopher Sciueref as Lorry Driver
 * Jamie Kenna as Police Officer
 * Jaz Hutchins as Toy Shop Security

Crew

 * Producer - Jamie Rix
 * Writer - Lee Mack
 * Writer - Daniel Peak