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