RED NOSE DAY: NOT GOING OUT AND BEYOND PARADISE CROSS-OVER FOR SPECIAL SKETCH

Exclusively for Red Nose Day 2025, the worlds of two of the BBC’s most loved programmes collide for the first time ever, promising big laughs for Comic Relief.

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. Zahra Ahmadi also appears as Esther Williams from Beyond Paradise, and fans will spot more familiar faces from both shows throughout the sketch.

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.

Sally Bretton says: “It was great fun to have the two worlds collide, play my own doppelganger and get swept up in the madness that comes with that! It was particularly special to be doing it all for such a brilliant cause as Comic Relief. The sketch was filmed at such high speed, we didn’t know if we were coming or going. I don’t know how Lee Mack holds all the moving parts in his head. We all had a great day filled with fun, confusion and belly laughs.”

Kris Marshall says: “It’s always a delight to be able to combine the joys of comedy with the ability to help the many worthwhile charities that Comic Relief supports. And that as a part of the hilarious mistaken identities and sliding doors pastiche in a melange of two of the BBC’s most beloved shows, I can be a small cog in this year’s wonderful evening of fun, frolics and fundraising.”

Money raised this Red Nose Day could help put food on plates and roofs over heads, keep little ones safe and help support families affected by conflict here in the UK and around the world.

Watch this unmissable mashup of Not Going Out and Beyond Paradise as part of Red Nose Day 2025 on Friday 21 March from 7pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.