The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin(1976)
Fantastically funny
Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Reginald Iolanthe Perrin endures a midlife crisis and fakes his own death. Returning in disguise after various attempts at finding a 'new life', Perrin gets his old job back and finds nothing has changed. He is eventually found out, and later finds success with a chain of junk shops. However, it becomes so successful that he feels he has created a monster and decides to destroy it.
- Created by:
- David Nobbs
- First aired:
- 1976-09-08
- Country:
- GB
- Network:
- BBC One
Episodes
1. Remarried and Back at Sunshine Desserts
1977-09-21 · 30m
Maintaining his identity as Martin Wellbourne becomes more wearing for Reggie. Revealing his true identity to CJ does not go down well...
2. Elizabeth's New Admirer
1977-09-28 · 30m
Reggie is reduced to working at a pig farm. Elizabeth decides to get a job, gaining a new admirer and becoming the bread winner but isn't keen to let Reggie know where, leading him to suspect she is having an affair.
3. Jimmy's Offer
1977-10-05 · 30m
Reggie confronts CJ and hatches a plan for a very unusual shop after talking to Jimmy.
4. The Unusual Shop
1977-10-12 · 30m
Reggie asks CJ for a start-up loan to establish his shop Grot which becomes a huge success selling all sorts of useless products.
5. Re-Involvement
1977-10-19 · 30m
Sunshine desserts goes bankrupt and Reggie hires his old coworkers and boss to Grot.
6. The Four Untrustworthy Men
1977-10-26 · 30m
Reggie is bored with his success and plans to destroy Grot by hiring totally unsuitable personnel.
7. Extreme Solution
1977-11-02 · 30m
Reggie's plan fails. He tries more extreme tactics which also fail. Only one more thing left to do...
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Cast
- P
Pauline Yates
Elizabeth Perrin
John Barron
Charles Jefferson / 'C.J.'
John Horsley
Doc Morrissey
- B
Bruce Bould
David Harris-Jones
Geoffrey Palmer
Jimmy Anderson
Patricia Hodge
Geraldine Hackstraw
Tim Preece
Tom Patterson
- S
Sally-Jane Spencer
Linda Perrin
- T
Theresa Watson
Prue Harris-Jones
