Rab C. Nesbitt

Overview

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.

Created by Ian Pattison

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Gregor Fisher

  Rab C. Nesbitt

  61 eps

• 

  Tony Roper

  Jamesie Cotter

  61 eps

• 

  Elaine C. Smith

  Mary Nesbitt

  61 eps

• 

  Russell Hunter

  Dosser

  1 ep

Themes

• scotland
• glasgow, scotland
• self-destruction
• white trash
• satire
• dark comedy
• breaking the fourth wall
• alcoholic
• sitcom

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