Over the series, Bob and Frank battle with slick English candidate Nick Edwards (Rufus Jones) and his wife (Pollyanna McIntosh) for the votes of a bewildered Broughty Ferry public.
Bob faces further struggles with his doomed romantic pursuit of Council official Megan (Daniela Nardini) and ongoing issues with nemesis Hendo (Alex Norton).
Praise for Forsyth's bestselling series of Bob Servant books along with support from a number of bands including Snow Patrol and Belle and Sebastian, created a word-of-mouth campaign that attracted the attention of the BBC.
In The Times David Chater called it "a total joy from start to finish — original, sharp, superbly acted and gloriously funny"[10] and Andrew Billen said Cox gives a "stupendous performance, so calculatedly over the top, yet so irresistible".
The Daily Record, who called it “one of Scotland’s finest comedies” described it as “beautifully written, perfectly acted it was a master class in how to squeeze real laughs out of viewers while still creating character and moving the story along”.
[14] The Radio Times praised the way Cox “manages to make Bob sympathetic no matter how deluded and bonkers he becomes” [15] while The Herald noted that Forsyth’s decision to move Servant out of the political arena had made the character “more believable, and more fragile”.