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.
Episode menu
Pilot - Rab C. Nesbitt's Seasonal Greet
Rab hates the festive period and sees no reason to enjoy Christmas but his wife Mary wants to enjoy Christmas... which means war!
Notes
The first national broadcast of this episode was at 9:30pm on 31st December 1989.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 22nd December 1988
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One Scotland
- Length
- 40 minutes
Cast & crew
| Gregor Fisher | Rab C. Nesbitt |
| Elaine C. Smith | Mary Nesbitt |
| Tony Roper | Jamesie Cotter |
| Andrew Fairlie | Gash Nesbitt |
| Eric Cullen | Burney Nesbitt |
| Brian Pettifer | Andra |
| Charlie Sim | Dougie |
| Alex Norton | Dodie |
| Andy Cameron | Policeman |
| Andy Gray | Actor |
| Mary Riggans | Actor |
| Gerard Kelly | Actor |
| Iain Cuthbertson | Actor |
| Rikki Fulton | Actor |
| Jonathan Watson | Actor |
| David McNiven | Actor |
| Jerry Sadowitz (as Gerry Sadowitz) | Actor |
| Peter Capaldi | Actor |
| Viv Lumsden | Actor |
| Russell Hunter | Actor |
| Susan Gilmore | Actor |
| Elaine Collins | Actor |
| Colin Gilbert | Director |
| Colin Gilbert | Producer |
| Bill Stephens | Editor |
| Alan Wright | Production Designer |
| David McNiven | Composer |
| Valerie Green (as Val Green) | Costume Designer |
| John I. McNeill (as John McNeill) | Director of Photography |
| Shelagh Gunn-Taylor | Make-up Designer |
Press
Rab C. Nesbitt is also a philosopher, pondering like Arthur C Clarke the mysteries of this and other worlds. He has the theory that the scum will inherit the earth because they have the bullterriers, but many of his finest thoughts are lost to us because we haven't a clue what he is saying. Much the same was true of Confucius.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 2nd January 1990