Not Going Beyond Paradise | Red Nose Day 2025

The worlds of two of the BBC’s most loved programmes collide for the first time ever

A huge BBC crossover is coming to cause comedy chaos.

Exclusively for Red Nose Day 2025.

Sally Bretton, who plays both Lee’s wife Lucy in Not Going Out and DI Humphrey Goodman’s wife Martha Lloyd in Beyond Paradise, takes on both roles in a hilarious mix-up of mistaken identities.

Joining Sally Bretton are her onscreen husbands: Lee Mack, who plays Lee in Not Going Out, and Kris Marshall, who plays DI Humphrey Goodman in Beyond Paradise.

The sketch sees the characters’ worlds unexpectedly collide, setting the stage for a comedy of errors that’s not to be missed.
Expect identity mix-ups, misunderstandings, and classic slapstick humour in this unmissable Comic Relief special.

[Xpian]

Abso-bloody-lutely brilliant!🤣… and the remarks about accents had me laughing like a drain!😂

[hughmarcus]

Any time Lee Mack is around it’s going to get a bit wild. 😆

[ead]

And the waitress saying she hates that show (“Not Going Out” ) I bet we have missed other bits in that skit 😂 I need to watch it again 😂

[salahudeeniqbal]

Love how this is just a career breakdown of Sally Bretton

[Noycey]

This was absolutely brilliant. As I’m in Australia, I’m glad I was able to see this on YouTube. I wonder how many comic relief sketches that were also brilliant from the past 40 years that I never got to see.

[JohnFord-cl]

Loved this... Sally Bretton is gorgeous... and a very good actress.. I may add.. I'm surprised the BBC haven't jumped at the chance to write a Johnathan Creekish series with Lee and Sally.. as 2 amateur detective.s. would definitely look forward to watching that.. come on BBC. They are good together. and very likeable.

[BlameThande]

This was my favourite Comic Relief segment this year, a proper traditional bit of English Farce (much like 'Allo 'Allo, even though that's set on the Continent!).

[suebrown]

Just delightful! We enjoy Beyond Paradise but have never seen Not Going Out. It didn't make a difference however; we thoroughly enjoyed this bit of fun. Thanks for making it available!

[michellemarshall]

I'll never stop watching this it's brilliant😂😂😂

[lff]

Ooh love the intertextuality in it, brilliantly done, and so hilarious 🤣

[travellingjourneys]

I haven't watched any red nose day stuff for years because I never found any of it funny, but this is brilliant...and it never clicked with me that Sally is on both shows. :)

[stevewak]

I was waiting for Geoffrey to pop in and say "Good God"

[kimladd]

This is so brilliant. I adore all of these actors and I hope that Prime Video’s BritBox releases the new season of “Beyond Paradise“ soon.

[RobertJames-zsxc]

"Oh my god, she looks exactly the same as me."
"that's a mirror"😂😂😂

[CamcorderSteve]

Fantastic. Next year how about doing a thing involving 'My Family' and 'Beyond Paradise' I'm Sure Kris Marshall would love that...

[sweetmother]

Pretty sure Lee as Bernard was channeling Father Jack 😂

[googleuser]

Put a smile on my face. Well done all around.

[RedneckBBQUK]

I’ve been noting my Mrs for years saying, “I feel that I need to tell Lee about what’s going on in Dev/Cornwall: he just should know - how could she!? They have kids together!” This made my day.

[anamilena]

This is brilliant! 😀While I've watched Not Going Out (which I love!), I've never seen Beyond Paradise. Next in my list! This sketch was really hilarious! Cheers from Colombia!

[tanyaandelvis]

That was a superb idea, very funny and well acted by all.