"Rab C. Nesbitt" (1990) TV series 1990-1999

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Creator:

Ian Pattison

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | unknown

Release Date:

27 September 1990 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Rab C. Nesbitt is lowlife scum (and proud of it) in Glasgow, Scotland who spends his time drinking in his local and speaking to the camera about the state of society as he sees it.

Plot Keywords:

Breaking The Fourth Wall | Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Gregor Fisher	...	Rab C. Nesbitt / ... (54 episodes, 1988-2008)
Elaine C. Smith	...	Mary Nesbitt (22 episodes, 1988-2008)
Tony Roper	...	Jamesie Cotter (22 episodes, 1988-2008)
Andrew Fairlie	...	Gash Nesbitt (22 episodes, 1988-2008)

Runtime:

30 min (48 episodes) | 41 min (1 Episode) | 50 min (1 Episode) | 45 min (2 episodes) | 38 min (1 Episode)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Jamesie Cotter: [Rab has been told that he has only a year to live if he doesn't stop drinking. He's shared this with his drinking pals who include Andra and Dodie. This news has scared Jamesie into wanting to give up the demon drink] Rab, you and me, we go back a longs ways together.
Rab C. Nesbitt: Aye, we dae, we dae, we dae, aye...
Jamesie Cotter: We started goin in tae pubs together, then we went on tae secondary school.
Rab C. Nesbitt: Aye, what's the point, what's the point...!
Jamesie Cotter: The point, yae big wet slopbledger is - if you're on yer way oot with yer liver like an insole, then so are we! Cos we huv matched you pint for pint for the last 25 bloody years!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Comedy Connections: Rab C. Nesbitt (#6.5)" (2008)

The funniest Scottish Sitcom....ever!

This programme first came to our screens after Gregor Fisher had made Rab famous through his one man rants on Naked Video. Despite the humour used the show also acuratly portrayed the way life for so many underclass Scots.

The wit in this programme is something to enjoy. Fisher was born to play Nesbit and Elaine C. Smith is also excellent as Rab's long suffering wife Mary Doll. Andrew Fairley and the late Eric Cullen played their parts as the useless siblings of Rab and Mary excellently.

Despite the many roles that actors take on in their careers there is often one character in particular they will be remembered for. This is true in no one more than Gregor Fisher.