Ian Pattison

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Ian Pattison is a Scottish writer who lives in Glasgow, best known for writing the 10 series of the sitcom Rab C Nesbitt.{{cite web|author=Gillian Bowditch |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/film_and_tv/tv/article195578.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203023545/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/film_and_tv/tv/article195578.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2013 |title=Ian Pattison: I'm nothing like Rab C Nesbitt |work=The Sunday Times|date=2010-01-24 |accessdate=2013-11-25}}{{cite web|author=Russell Leadbetter |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/books-poetry/interviews/rab-c-nesbitt-creator-ian-pattison-takes-a-novel-approach.20726707 |title=Rab C Nesbitt creator Ian Pattison takes a novel approach |publisher=Herald Scotland |date=2013-04-12 |accessdate=2013-11-25}} He also wrote the 1995 to 1996 sitcom Atletico Partick; the six-episode series Breeze Block{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328735/|title=Breeze Block|date=4 March 2002|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2013-11-25}} starring Tim Healy which aired on BBC Choice in 2002, and he created and co-wrote the sitcom The Crouches, which aired on BBC One from 2003 to 2005. He has written three novels Sweet and Tender Hooligan, Looking at the Stars and A Stranger Here Myself, the latter being Rab C Nesbitt's 'autobiography.'