The BEST episodes of Rab C Nesbitt

Every episode of Rab C Nesbitt ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Rab C Nesbitt!

Rab C Nesbitt is a drunken, string vested lay about 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, womanizing Jamesie Cotter. He's offering his philosophical outlook on life to whoever will listen.

Last Updated: 5/12/2025Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended

8.80

5 votes

#1 - Commons

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/21/1999

MP Tony Welthorpe agrees to swap lifestyles with Rab, after being challenged to see if he can live on state benefits for a month.

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8.67

6 votes

#2 - Racket

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/1996

The Nesbitts appear on an american style talk show after being accused of annoying their next door neighbour to death.

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8.67

6 votes

#3 - Cocktails

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/28/1998

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'.

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8.43

7 votes

#4 - Passion

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/2010

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, but could it really lead to murder?

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8.36

11 votes

#5 - Gifted

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/30/1993

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 as his talent blossoms, so do the thorns of jealousy and resentment, as Rab and elder son Gash are left hungry in the emotional wasteland.

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8.33

6 votes

#6 - Night

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/28/1999

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.

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8.30

10 votes

#7 - Further

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1994

Norrie the barman can't find anyone to volunteer for the brewery sponsored charity walk across Scotland, until he mentions free drinks.

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8.20

5 votes

#8 - Bulbs

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/29/1997

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.

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8.20

5 votes

#9 - Binge

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/5/1997

Rab and Jamesie take Gash out on a traditional three day drinking binge before he gets married.

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8.17

12 votes

#10 - Rich

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/16/1993

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.

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8.17

12 votes

#11 - Touch

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/1993

Mary has a new job, but her boss seems a bit too friendly, which makes Rab think that she's having an affair.

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8.11

9 votes

#12 - Lottery

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1996

Rab and Mary have a win on the football pools but it doesn't bring them the happiness that they expected it to.

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8.10

59 votes

#13 - Cuts

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2011

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 her unfaithful husband. Meanwhile, Rab ends up in the next hospital bed to his friend after an accident with the cake knife at Peaches' birthday party.

Directors: Colin Gilbert

Writer: Ian Pattison

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8.00

6 votes

#14 - Duel

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/1998

Rab goes on a booze cruise to Millport which opens up some old wounds for him.

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8.00

6 votes

#15 - Fugue

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2011

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 sights on winning Govan's Got Talent. Meanwhile, Rab and Jamesie set themselves up as `Hunks for Hire', sexy male cleaners for bored housewives - and a misleading advert means they get plenty of interest.

Directors: Colin Gilbert

Writer: Ian Pattison

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8.00

38 votes

#16 - Heal

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/2010

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 woman into bed.

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8.00

6 votes

#17 - Trips

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/18/1999

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.

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8.00

5 votes

#18 - Fruit

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/4/1999

Gash's girlfriend Bridie is due to give birth to Rab's first grandchild.

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8.00

8 votes

#19 - Affair

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1996

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 Rab is married she throws him over. Will Mary have him back in time for the anniversary celebrations?

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8.00

11 votes

#20 - Life Has Meaning

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/18/1992

Rab has an argument with the devil worshipper who lives next door, and gets a curse put on him.

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8.00

12 votes

#21 - City of Culture

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1990

Glasgow's new image as the 'City of Culture' looks set to be tarnished by a cynical Rab.

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7.92

12 votes

#22 - Buckfast

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1994

Rab and Jamesie take a spiritual trip to the Buckfast Abbey brewery.

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7.91

11 votes

#23 - Eorpa

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1994

The Govan local tv station gets excited when both Rab and Jamesie are accused of committing murder.

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7.89

9 votes

#24 - Candy

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/2010

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 presence.

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7.86

7 votes

#25 - Father

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/1996

Rab recalls his family history after finding his long lost brother Gash Sr.

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