Gregor Fisher hanging up Rab’s string vest

Gregor Fisher said: ‘I enjoyed playing Rab. But I don’t miss running around Glasgow in a string vest with my nipples hanging out’
Gregor Fisher said: ‘I enjoyed playing Rab. But I don’t miss running around Glasgow in a string vest with my nipples hanging out’
BBC

Gregor Fisher shot to fame playing Glasgow’s most infamous son but he has signalled that he might have donned his grimy string vest for the final time.

Rab C Nesbitt, the belligerent, booze-soaked slob, became a huge hit almost 30 years ago. The show ran for ten series, attracted millions of viewers and spawned a host of spin-off specials.

Now Mr Fisher, 62, has suggested that the malingering street philosopher is unlikely to return to our screens. He told Scottish Field magazine: “I enjoyed playing Rab. But I don’t miss running around Glasgow in a string vest with my nipples hanging out.”

Ian Pattinson, the writer of the show, has complained about the “frustrations of TV bureaucracy” and is also unlikely to be contemplating