Episode 1
Heat
30m
After serving a jail sentence for setting fire to the house because Mary had gone off with Jamesie, Rab gets a job as a dishwasher but is still planning to get his revenge.
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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
Commons
30m
MP Tony Welthorpe agrees to swap lifestyles with Rab, after being challenged to see if he can live on state benefits for a month.
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Episode 3
Night
30m
Rab can't get to sleep because of his bad back, and matters are made worse by the arrival of Jamesie, who is hiding from a disgruntled husband with a shotgun.
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Episode 4
Fruit
30m
Gash's girlfriend Bridie is due to give birth to Rab's first grandchild.
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Episode 5
Bug
30m
After a visit to the doctor to cure his feelings of restlessness proves pointless, Rab decides to explore his spiritual side in the local park.
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Episode 6
Trips
30mfinale
Rab is trying to organise the invitations to Barney Feeney's birthday booze-up, where the men are hoping to run riot and raise hell, for a change.
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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