As much as I’m grateful to Lee Mack for saving Saturday night telly with The 1% Club, I am a little worried there may be a long-term downside.
If the game show hosting lark starts taking up too much of his time, he might end up being too busy to come up with another series of Not Going Out.
That would be a great loss for comedy fans – and a devastating blow for the BBC’s flagship channel, which would be left with no bankable returning sitcom for the first time in decades.
