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Rab C. Nesbitt is a Scottishsitcom that ran from 1988 to 1999. Produced by BBC Scotland, it starred Gregor Fisher as the titular character; an alcoholicGlaswegian who believed that unemployment was the life for him. He was originally a regular character in the BBC 2 sketch series Naked Video (1986-1990).The pilot of the sitcom was originally made only for Scotland in 1988, a Christmas special entitled "Rab C Nesbitt's Seasonal Greet" subsequently repeated on the network the following year. The show began its first series on September 27, 1990 and continued for seven more series, finally ending on June 18, 1999. Rab C. Nesbitt is currently being broadcast on Paramount Comedy 2, around 9pm on Wednesdays, shown in double episodes.The programme is especially notable for approaching far darker topics and themes than those that are usually encountered in sitcoms (although almost always in a blackly comedic manner rather than a serious one), amongst them cannibalism, contract killings on the homeless, suicide, incest, sexual harassment, neo-Nazism, mental illness, zoophilia, murder of suspects by police officers whilst in custody, alcoholism, organised crime, devil worship, mass long-term unemployment, sexually transmitted disease, mariticide, drug dealing, infidelity, police brutality, gun crime, ringworm, domestic violence, transsexuality, shoplifting, infertility, drug abuse, alcohol-induced cirrhosis, eating Rottweiler flesh, murder and cancer, often several usually unapproachable subjects by comedy used in the same episode. Also notable is that Rab is frequently seen breaking the fourth wall.Following up on rumors surrounding a return of the hit TV show to our screens, British Newspaper The Daily Star (16th April 2008) reported that Rab C Nesbitt would be making a return with a Christmas special for 2008 and followed up with 4 new special episodes to be broadcast throughout 2009. Producer and director Colin Gilbert and Gregor Fisher were reported to be working together on the scripts for 5 new episodes.The series also featured guest appearances from Norman Lovett, Peter Mullen, Rikki Fulton, Anita Dobson, Timothy Spall, Stanley Baxter, Clive Russell, Sylvester McCoy, Russell Hunter and then unknowns David Tennant, Ashley Jensen, Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Karen Dunbar, Jane McCarry and Paul Riley. >> By WikiPedia
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