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Rab C. Nesbitt. Rab C. Nesbitt (Gregor Fisher). Copyright: The Comedy Unit
Rab C. Nesbitt

Rab C. Nesbitt

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 1988 - 2014
  • 66 episodes (10 series)

Long-running Scottish sitcom starring Gregor Fisher as Rab C Nesbitt, a rude, dirty, lazy, foul-mouthed, sexist alcoholic. Also features Elaine C. Smith, Tony Roper, Barbara Rafferty, Andrew Fairlie, Iain Robertson and more.

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Rab C. Nesbitt. Rab C. Nesbitt (Gregor Fisher). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1988 - 2014
Channel
BBC 2
Episodes
66 (1 pilot + 10 series), plus 2 short and documentary specials
Stars
Gregor Fisher, Elaine C. Smith, Tony Roper, Barbara Rafferty, Andrew Fairlie, Iain Robertson, Eric Cullen, Brian Pettifer and more
Writer
Ian Pattison
Directors
Colin Gilbert and Ron Bain
Producers
Colin Gilbert, Rebecca Papworth, Jon Rolph, Rab Christie, Kristian Smith, Mike Bolland, April Chamberlain and Elaine Campbell
Company

Rab C. Nesbitt is a rude, dirty, lazy, foul-mouthed, sexist, violent, alcoholic. His wife Mary and son Gash must put up with him.

Rab has an opinion on anything and everything; put forward in a way that only Rab can. He is possibly the only person on the planet for whom the phrase 'dysfunctional family' is regarded as a compliment.

His theories may have as may holes as his string vest, and there may be a lot more life in that bandage around his head than in any council suburb, but you cannot escape the wrath of the man from Govan.

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 22nd December 1988 at 9:30pm on BBC One Scotland
Next repeats
  1. Series 4, New Year Special: Tomorrow at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
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