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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

1976 · 4 seasons · 30m per episode · Comedy

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.

Seasons

• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin — 7 episodes (September 8, 1976)
• The Return of Reginald Perrin — 7 episodes (September 19, 1977)
• The Better World of Reginald Perrin — 7 episodes (November 27, 1978)
• The Legacy of Reginald Perrin — 7 episodes (September 22, 1996)

Cast

• Pauline Yates as Elizabeth Perrin
• John Barron as Charles Jefferson / 'C.J.'
• John Horsley as Doc Morrissey
• Bruce Bould as David Harris-Jones
• Geoffrey Palmer as Jimmy Anderson
• Patricia Hodge as Geraldine Hackstraw
• Tim Preece as Tom Patterson
• Sally-Jane Spencer as Linda Perrin
• Theresa Watson as Prue Harris-Jones

Details

Created by

David Nobbs

First aired

September 8, 1976

Episodes

28

Genres

Comedy

Network

BBC One

Status

Ended

TMDB score

8.0 / 10 from 32 votes