SERIES 5 - First broadcast 1996

1. Affair

Rab has a fling with the young attractive therapist at his drink therapy classes.

First broadcast: 5th Jan 1996

2. Lottery

Rab buys a lottery ticket and chooses numbers 1-2-3-4-5-6 but the lottery numbers go 7-8-9-10-11-12 and the bonus ball 13 but all is not lost when Rab wins the pools and him and Mary go on a spending spree but will their luck last?

First broadcast: 12th Jan 1996

3. Father

Rab is visiting his father's graveside and meets up with his long lost and deranged brother Gash.

First broadcast: 19th Jan 1996. Guest appearance by Sylvester McCoy.

4. Pie

Rab and Mary's cousin Shug open up a pie shop but Donga ("The Lord of the Pies" and a gangster) is very displeased about all this.

First broadcast: 26th Jan 1996

5. Racket

Gash and Screech's love for noise lands the Nesbitt's in deep trouble with the law.

First broadcast: 2nd Feb 1996

6. Fuel

The Nesbitts' and the Cotters' ideas of a quiet picnic at the countryside are thwarted when their son Gash is put hospital after almost being killed in a chemical plant explosion.

First broadcast: 9th Feb 1996