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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin( 1976)

TV-MAComedy
80%
User
Score

Fantastically funny

Overview

Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own death. Returning in disguise after various attempts at finding a 'new life', he gets his old job back and finds nothing has changed. He is eventually found out, and in the second series has success with a chain of shops selling useless junk. That becomes so successful that he feels he has created a monster and decides to destroy it. In the third and final series he has a dream of forming a commune which his long suffering colleagues help bring to reality. Unfortunately that also fails and he finds himself back in a job not unlike the one he originally had at Sunshine Desserts.

  1. David Nobbs

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Leonard Rossiter

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    Pauline Yates

    Elizabeth Perrin

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    John Barron

    C.J.

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    Sue Nicholls

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    Geoffrey Palmer

    Jimmy Anderson

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    Leslie Schofield

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    John Horsley

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    Tim Preece

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    Bruce Bould

    David Harris-Jones

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    Trevor Adams

    Tony Webster

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    Sally-Jane Spencer

    Linda Patterson

Current Season

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The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

1996 | 7 Episodes

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin premiered on Sep 22 1996

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A review by elev8

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Written by elev8 on Sat Jul 15 2023
One of the very greatest from the era of great sitcoms. Throws into sharp relief what an abject embarrassment today's BBC has become....

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Facts

Status

Ended

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Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • england
  • depression
  • midlife crisis
  • surreal
  • marriage
  • satire
  • dark comedy
  • sitcom
  • workplace comedy