Episode 1
Country
29m
Rab decides to take the family up to the highlands for the weekend.
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TV series
Rab C. Nesbitt
199010 seasons7.0 / 10
BBC comedy series about Rab C. Nesbitt, a drunken, string-vested layabout who lives with his long-suffering wife Mary and his two sons in the working class area of Govan in Glasgow. When he's not getting drunk with his pals that include the devious, womanising Jamesie Cotter, he's offering his philosophical outlook on life to whoever will listen.
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Rab C. Nesbitt premiered September 27, 1990. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
BBC comedy series about Rab C. Nesbitt, a drunken, string-vested layabout who lives with his long-suffering wife Mary and his two sons in the working class area of Govan in Glasgow. When he's not getting drunk with his pals that include the devious, womanising Jamesie Cotter, he's offering his philosophical outlook on life to whoever will listen.
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Episode 2
Lesson
38m
When Rab is released from prison, and Mary doesn't want him back, he moves in with Jamesie and begins to have flashbacks to his days at school and his first love Isobel.
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Episode 3
Domestic
28m
When Rab returns home to find his weans have been taken into care, he's so upset he can hardly finish his kebab.
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Episode 4
That's Entertainment
30m
Rab comes into contact with Social Services reject and local headcase Young Young McGurn.
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Episode 5
Ethics
29m
Rab finds himself in the middle of a moral dilemma. After saving a wino from drowning, the man decides to leave sole responsibility of his life in Rab's hands, much to his dismay.
Episode credits
Guest stars Russell Hunter
Episode 6
Life Has Meaning
28mfinale
Rab has an argument with the devil worshipper who lives next door, and gets a curse put on him.
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Cast
Gregor FisherRab C. Nesbitt
Tony RoperJamesie Cotter
Elaine C. SmithMary Nesbitt
Russell HunterDosser
David TennantDavina
Richard E. GrantChingford Steel
John SessionsChief Inspector Haggerty
Felicity MontaguReverend BiddulphCredits
- Created by
- Ian Pattison
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 61
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
Themes
alcoholicbreaking the fourth walldark comedyglasgow, scotlandsatirescotlandself-destructionsitcom