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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.
Cast & Crew
Gregor Fisher
Rab C. Nesbitt
Tony Roper
Jamesie Cotter
Elaine C. Smith
Mary Nesbitt
Trivia about Rab C. Nesbitt
The show returned for a one-off special on 23 December 2008.
The pilot episode, made for BBC Scotland in 1988, was a Christmas special entitled Rab C Nesbitt's Seasonal Greet, which was broadcast on 22 December 1988 and then repeated on the network the following year.
The first series began on 27 September 1990 and continued for seven more, ending on 18 June 1999.
Ian Pattison created and wrote all 65 episodes, and Colin Gilbert produced and directed every episodes.
Often several normally unapproachable subjects were used in the same episode.
Series 10 episode 2 featured an appearance by Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who was the runner-up on Britain's Got Talent in 2009.
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