Not going Out (BBC1, 9.30pm)

THE multi award-winning hit sitcom returns with a few big (or small) additions, not to mention a new ‘sit’ for the ‘com’.

After ten years, Not Going Out is now the longest-running BBC sitcom on air, and writer and star Lee Mack returns with a new take on family life and major new additions to the chaotic world of Lee and Lucy.

Viewers last saw Lee (Lee Mack) and Lucy (Sally Bretton) as a newlywed couple just having their first baby. Fast-forward seven years and baby Charlie now has five year-old twin siblings, Benji and Molly. How has layabout Lee survived these dramatic life-changes? How do the not-so-new parents find the joy/relentless onslaught of bringing up kids?

If this wasn’t enough for them to contend with, combine it with negotiating some tricky family members in the form of lovably feckless father Frank (Bobby Ball), always on hand with the terrifying offer of childcare, and close friends including the world-weary, or more specifically wife-weary Toby (Hugh Dennis) and uptight ice-queen Anna (Abigail Cruttenden). At least Lucy’s more dependable parents are on hand, but what exactly do Geoffrey (Geoffrey Whitehead) and Wendy (Deborah Grant) make of Lee and Lucy’s often mad house?

What could possibly go wrong with: Lee doing his best to get the ‘romance’ back on track; Frank finally getting his wish to babysit the kids; Lucy and Lee loading up the car for a family holiday to France; Lee devising a "brilliant" master-plan involving Emma Bunton and a hot tub; one of the kids, very worryingly, starting to take after one of their parents (clue, it isn’t Lucy); marriage guidance making its way onto the couple’s agenda; and a decision to be made whether three kids really are enough.

Last week we saw Lee trying to get the 'romance' with his wife back on track.

And in this second instalment, Lucy causes grave offence by choosing the wrong babysitter for their trio of offspring when the couple plan a night on the tiles.

Lee and Lucy might end up Not Going Out at all.

Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast (C4, 8pm)

BRITAIN'S Got Talent judge and Dance, Dance, Dance co-host Alesha Dixon joins Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty in their cafe on Southend Pier, helping prepare a double-marinated spicy prawn dish, which was inspired by a trip she enjoyed in India. Jamie also goes back in time, giving a twist to a '70s classic – salmon en croute – while Jimmy goes wild for black gold, in the form of truffles. The hosts also appeal for free-range milk to be stocked in supermarkets.

Room 101 (BBC1, 8.30pm)

THE new series continues with Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities as they compete for his approval to banish their top peeve, annoyance, irritation or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101 forever.

The second episode sees David Mitchell, Judy Murray and Anita Rani competing to have their pet hates and peeves consigned to Room 101.

Topics include Inane Motorway Signs, Walking and Eating and People Who Get Annoyed When You Don’t Remember Them.

Tina & Bobby (ITV, 9pm)

PROVING that "wags" aren't a 21st-Century phenomenon, this drama charts the relationship between Bobby Moore (Lorne MacFadyen) and his wife Tina (Michelle Keegan), and in this second episode, the couple are about to find themselves thrust into the spotlight after Bobby leads England to victory in the World Cup. When their son Dean arrives, it seems the Moores really do have it all, but their life starts to look less charmed following the sudden death of Tina's mother. The couple also experience the darker side of fame as Tina finds herself fending off reporters after Bobby is arrested in Bogota during the 1970 World Cup campaign. Throw in a kidnap threat and a tabloid scandal, and it seems that celebrity may be driving a wedge between the football's first couple.

Viv Hardwick