Rab C. Nesbitt71%

Series 1 1990 · 6 eps

1. 1 Work Rab returns home three days late from the butchers, leaving Mary no choice but to move out after years of trouble. Much to his horror, Rab discovers he has to get a job. Sep 27, 1990 30m
2. 2 Rat Mary finds a rat in the kitchen, Rab discovers his favourite shop has turned into an art boutique, and a by-election takes place in Govan: Rab votes Conservative. Oct 4, 1990 29m
3. 3 City of Culture Glasgow's new image as the "City of Culture" looks set to be tarnished by a cynical Rab. Oct 11, 1990 28m
4. 4 Drink Rab goes to see his doctor and discovers that if he does not give up drinking within a year, he will die. Not taking any notice of the doctor's orders, he blows his money on booze. Oct 18, 1990 27m
5. 5 Offski Rab goes to stay with Mary's cousin Shug, who lives in Sidcup, after finding himself on the run from the police. Gash receives a letter from his girlfriend, and decides to run awa… Oct 25, 1990 29m
6. 6 Holiday The Nesbitts are in Spain on holiday, after Mary wins a competition on a packet of OvenChips. Nov 1, 1990 29m

Series 2 1992 · 6 eps

1. 1 Country Rab decides to take the family up to the highlands for the weekend. May 14, 1992 29m
2. 2 Lesson 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. May 21, 1992 38m
3. 3 Domestic When Rab returns home to find his weans have been taken into care, he's so upset he can hardly finish his kebab. May 28, 1992 28m
4. 4 That's Entertainment Rab comes into contact with Social Services reject and local headcase Young Young McGurn. Jun 4, 1992 30m
5. 5 Ethics 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. Jun 11, 1992 29m
6. 6 Life Has Meaning Rab has an argument with the devil worshipper who lives next door, and gets a curse put on him. Jun 18, 1992 28m

Series 3 1993 · 6 eps

1. 1 Rich Mary lands a job with a lecherous boss, and Rab, fearing she may dump him, turns to his pal Jamesie Cotter for advice on improving his love life. Nov 16, 1993 30m
2. 2 Touch Mary has a new job, but her boss seems a bit too friendly, which makes Rab think that she's having an affair. Nov 23, 1993 30m
3. 3 Gifted A strange new affliction is visited on the Nesbitt household. Rab's younger son Burney has been diagnosed as gifted and begins attending weekend classes for advanced tuition. But … Nov 30, 1993 30m
4. 4 Wean With Ella's biological clock ticking loudly and husband Jamesie less potent than a seedless orange, parenthood seems a pretty unlikely prospect. Fortunately, Rab offers to supply … Dec 7, 1993 30m
5. 5 Right The beer-swilling Scottish sage decides to behave respectably on his release from jail. But with Burney adopting fascist tendencies, Gash on drugs, Mary at her wits end, and a new… Dec 14, 1993 30m
6. 6 Cell Rab is thrown into a grimy police cell for being drunk and disorderly and is shocked to find a guard pointing a gun at him. Dec 21, 1993 30m

Series 4 1994 · 6 eps

1. 1 Love Rab is back living with his mother, because he is unable to say to Mary that he loves her. Family member Screech is living with the Nesbitts. Rab and Jaimsie go out on the town to… Sep 19, 1994 30m
2. 2 Mother Rab is living rough out on the local dump, when he gets some sad news concerning his mother. Sep 26, 1994 30m
3. 3 Buckfast Rab and Jamesie take a spiritual trip to the Buckfast Abbey brewery. Oct 3, 1994 30m
4. 4 Test Rab needs to wear glasses after having his eyes tested and Mary is reluctant to go for another smear test. Oct 10, 1994 30m
5. 5 Eorpa The Govan local TV station gets excited when both Rab and Jamesie are accused of committing murder. Oct 17, 1994 30m
6. 6 Further Norrie the barman can't find anyone to volunteer for the brewery sponsored charity walk across Scotland, until he mentions free drinks. Oct 24, 1994 30m

Series 5 1996 · 6 eps

1. 1 Affair Whilst Mary is eagerly anticipating the Nesbitts' twentieth wedding anniversary, Rab is tempted into an affair with Susan, the leader of his AA group. When Susan discovers that Ra… Jan 5, 1996 30m
2. 2 Fuel Mary and Rab take a romantic trip to the Lake District where Rab becomes an environmental crusader against a local pharmaceutical company. Jan 12, 1996 30m
3. 3 Lottery Rab and Mary have a win on the football pools but it doesn't bring them the happiness that they expected it to. Jan 19, 1996 30m
4. 4 Pie Shug comes to Govan and wants to start up his own pie shop but he doesn't know about the local pie mafia, who don't like outsiders on their turf. Jan 26, 1996 30m
5. 5 Racket The Nesbitts appear on an American-style talk show after being accused of annoying their next-door neighbour to death. Feb 2, 1996 30m
6. 6 Father Rab recalls his family history after finding his long-lost brother Gash Sr. Feb 9, 1996 30m

Series 6 1997 · 6 eps

1. 1 Fast Mary seems strangely calm when told that Rab's benefits have been suspended. Aug 1, 1997 30m
2. 2 Wild Rab is spending a lot of time at his newly acquired allotment, which causes Mary to look for her own excitement with an old boyfriend. Aug 8, 1997 30m
3. 3 Growth After a visit to the doctor, Rab is diagnosed with a cancerous growth and has to undergo chemotherapy treatment. Aug 15, 1997 30m
4. 4 Semmitry Rab is in the hospital cancer ward and the constant attention of the hospital reverend is starting to get on his nerves. Aug 22, 1997 30m
5. 5 Bulbs Rab joins Jamesie's trip to Amsterdam to supposedly see the bulbfields but on arrival, Rab finds out that Jamesie is only interested in the red lights there. Aug 29, 1997 30m
6. 6 Binge Rab and Jamesie take Gash out on a traditional three day drinking binge before he gets married. Sep 5, 1997 30m

Series 7 1998 · 6 eps

1. 1 New The thought of a new Labour government and a new daughter-in-law, makes Rab start to feel his age. Aug 21, 1998 30m
2. 2 Cocktails The relief barman at the pub is an ex-Broadmoor resident called Mad Dog, who quickly leaves Rab and Jamesie struggling with a problem involving 'fashionable drugs'. Aug 28, 1998 30m
3. 3 Duel Rab goes on a booze cruise to Millport which opens up some old wounds for him. Sep 4, 1998 30m
4. 4 Property Mary gets mugged while out walking, and Gash decides to leave his wife and go off with her sister. Sep 11, 1998 30m
5. 5 Community Everyone in Govan is sad at the news that Country singer Marilou Devine has tragically passed away, except for Rab who has just been sentenced to community service. Sep 18, 1998 30m
6. 6 Back Rab is suffering from a bad back, but that doesn't stop Jamesie from sticking an emotional knife into it. Sep 25, 1998 30m

Series 8 1999 · 6 eps

1. 1 Heat 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. May 14, 1999 30m
2. 2 Commons MP Tony Welthorpe agrees to swap lifestyles with Rab, after being challenged to see if he can live on state benefits for a month. May 21, 1999 30m
3. 3 Night 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. May 28, 1999 30m
4. 4 Fruit Gash's girlfriend Bridie is due to give birth to Rab's first grandchild. Jun 4, 1999 30m
5. 5 Bug 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. Jun 11, 1999 30m
6. 6 Trips 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. Jun 18, 1999 30m

Series 9 2010 · 6 eps

1. 1 Heal Rab and Mary welcome their son Gash back to the family home and become reacquainted with their granddaughter Peaches. Meanwhile, Jamesie shows just how far he'll push it to get a … Jan 21, 2010 30m
2. 2 Signal When a mobile phone mast appears in Govan, Rab turns rabble-rouser to fire up the community. It's driving everyone up the pole, but is it really damaging their health? Nesbitt see… Jan 28, 2010 30m
3. 3 Candy Rab embraces his feminine side as part of his most outrageous social security scam yet. Meanwhile, Mary does her best to come to terms with her husband's new-found womanly presenc… Feb 4, 2010 30m
4. 4 Passion Rab struggles to get his head round all the angles in a love triangle involving his son Gash, his local barmaid Camille and his best mate Jamesie. Govan is awash with hot passion,… Feb 11, 2010 30m
5. 5 Muse Rab finds himself at a posh supper for namesake Rabbie Burns. Rab locks horns with filth magnet Saunders McClure, a slimeball with designs on Mary's cleaning company. Features a g… Feb 18, 2010 30m
6. 6 Bottle Rab and Jamesie get caught up in a series of misadventures while trying to fulfill the last wishes of an old dying woman. Feb 25, 2010 30m

Series 10 2011 · 7 eps

1. 1 Broke When Rab returns home he finds out that Mary has kidnapped the Government Minister for Work as revenge for losing her job. The couple have no idea what to do next when, after a fu… Oct 5, 2011 30m
2. 2 Fugue The bottom falls out of the cleaning business, so Mary and Ella put their singing talents to good use by forming a girl band - and after a successful first gig, they set their sig… Oct 12, 2011 30m
3. 3 Cuts Jamesie's philandering ways finally catch up with him when he learns he is about to become a father - and when he comes clean to Ella, she performs a spot of amateur surgery on he… Oct 19, 2011 30m
4. 4 Fight The drop-in centre falls victim to council cuts, so Rab fights back, but when a spot on local radio and a meeting with the council leader amount to nothing, he feels it is time fo… Oct 26, 2011 30m
5. 5 Role Peaches chooses Rab as her role model for a school project, but when he recognises her teacher as a fellow member of his self-help group, he wonders how he can live up to her expe… Nov 2, 2011 30m
6. 6 Stool The new minister arrives at Rab's church with two serious drawbacks - she is a woman and English. Nov 9, 2011 30m
7. 7 John Nov 9, 2011 30m

Specials 1988 · 8 eps

1. 1 Rab C. Nesbitt's Seasonal Greet To hard-drinking Govan resident Rab C. Nesbitt, there is no magic to Christmas when you have no money and he cannot share his long-suffering wife Mary or teenage sons Burney and G… Dec 22, 1988 42m
2. 2 Fitba Rab, Burney and Jamesie go to Italy to see Scotland play in the World Cup, taking frail and elderly ex-soccer star Matt Fernie with them. Jamesie gets arrested - and visited by El… Dec 31, 1990 43m
3. 3 Home Mary's cousin Shug, who lives in England but gets very Scottish after a skinful, brings his hatchet-faced wife Phoebe to spend Hogmanay with the Nesbitts, who are still feuding af… Dec 31, 1992 50m
4. 4 More A Christmas special which finds Rab bewildered at the prospect of becoming a father-in-law as Gash announces his intention of getting married and Jamesie out on the streets as Ell… Dec 19, 1994 48m
5. 5 Clean Rab C. Nesbitt returns for the first time in nearly a decade and seems to be a changed man, but can he resist a return to his old ways as Christmas approaches? Dec 23, 2008 44m
6. 6 Hoodie After unsuccessfully trying to beat the bedroom tax by passing his spare room off as his study Rab joins Jamesie, annoyed that his disability allowance bid has been rejected, for … Jan 2, 2014 44m
7. 7 Rab C. Nesbitt Live A stage recording capturing the cast's performance during their nationwide tour, it was filmed at Aberdeen's Capitol Theatre. The plot centres on Rab returning home months after l… Jan 24, 1992 119m
8. 8 John Sergeant Meets Rab C. Nesbitt Rab takes part in a hard-hitting interview with John Sergeant, whose latest project is to investigate the lifestyle of the long-term unemployed in an effort to change social opini… Nov 9, 2011 45m