Even if it’s no longer quite at its peak, Not Going Out remains close to my heart as a sitcom. At its best, it couldn’t be beaten for gag rate or farcical plotting. So it’s a real treat to have Lee Mack in Bristol for the Slapstick Festival, talking about the history of the show. Thrilled, genuinely, to see actually never-before-seen clips from the original pilot with Catherine Tate, something I honestly never thought I’d get to see. It would have been a very different show. Well-wishing videos from Tim Vine and Sally Bretton reveal the origin of Mack’s pedantry over people saying they have two choices, which is a fun bit of minor lore I’m obsessed with. The Q&A is absolutely disrupted at the end by someone using it to propose to their partner, which tops every “more of a comment than a question” I’ve ever heard for worst instance of an audience question. Bravo. Afterwards, I get to tell Mack how much I used to love the Radio 2 show he did, which took him aback, as I might be the first person to have ever mentioned that to him. I do my best.