The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976-1996)

BBC One Scripted "Fantastically funny"TV Series

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NR September 8th, 1976Comedy4 Seasons, 28 Episodes

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.

StarringLeonard RossiterPauline YatesJohn Barron

DirectorsJohn Howard DaviesGareth Gwenlan

WritersDavid NobbsDavid Nobbs

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