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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

"Fantastically funny"

8.0
4 seasons
28 episodes
Ended
Comedy

Plot Summary

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.

First Aired:September 8, 1976
Last Aired:November 3, 1996
Episode Runtime:30m
Networks:
BBC One
Created By:
David Nobbs

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (5)

Season 1

Season 1

7 episodes

Aired: 1976

Season 2

Season 2

7 episodes

Aired: 1977

Season 3

Season 3

7 episodes

Aired: 1978

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

7 episodes

Aired: 1996