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Rab C. Nesbitt

Rab C. Nesbitt

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 1988 - 2014
  • 66 episodes (10 series)

Long-running Scottish sitcom starring Gregor Fisher as Rab C Nesbitt, a rude, dirty, lazy, foul-mouthed, sexist alcoholic. Also features Elaine C. Smith, Tony Roper, Barbara Rafferty, Andrew Fairlie, Iain Robertson and more.

Episode menu

Series 6, Episode 4 - Semmitry

In the second of a two-part story Rab is fighting cancer. He is also fighting off the hospital padre. But will he survive as he meditates on life's great themes - love, death and singer Gloria Gaynor?

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 22nd August 1997
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 21st May 2011 2:50am CC Extra
Saturday 2nd July 2011 2:20am CC Extra
Saturday 26th November 2011 2:35am CC Extra
Friday 20th January 2012 1:35am CC Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Gregor Fisher Rab C. Nesbitt
Elaine C. Smith Mary Nesbitt
Tony Roper Jamesie Cotter
Andrew Fairlie Gash Nesbitt
Brian Pettifer Andra
David McKay Screech Nesbitt
Iain McColl Dodie
John Kazek Norrie
Guest cast
Alicia Devine Nurse
Elaine Mackenzie Ellis (as Elaine Ellis) Natalie
Forbes Masson Dr. Forth
John Grieve Reverend Ives
Billy McElhaney Patient One
Gavin Mitchell Patient Two
Graham MacGregor Patient Three
Linda McLaughlin (as Linda Duncan McLaughlin) Wilma
Pauline Lockhart Wilma's Daughter
Ruth McGhie Janice
Donald Cameron Patient at Football Match
Frances Barrett Middle Aged Woman
Writing team
Ian Pattison Writer
Production team
Colin Gilbert Director
Colin Gilbert Producer
Mike Bolland Executive Producer
April Chamberlain Line Producer
Graham Greenhorn Editor
Graham Rose Production Designer
John I. McNeill Director of Photography
Ray Holman Costume Designer
Julie Dorrat-Keenan Make-up Designer
David McNiven Composer

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