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Dickens of a role; Gregor Fisher has ditched his string vest in favour of a glass eye for a new part, says GRAEME WHITCROFT.(Features)

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From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date: 20010407
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Byline: Graeme Whitcroft

NICHOLAS NICKELBY

Sunday, ITV, 9.00pm

FANS of Rab C Nesbitt are in for a shock. After two years out of the limelight, their favourite star, Gregor Fisher, has turned up in the most unlikeliest of places - that's if they recognise him.

For his part as the evil Mr Squeers in ITV's adaptation of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby, Gregor spent two hours in make-up every morning having a false eye fitted.

"It took me at least 20 minutes every day to get used to the glass eye," he says. "I was bumping into things a lot. All those candles ...

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