David Nobbs
Director
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 8, 1976
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.depression, tmdb.england, tmdb.midlife-crisis, tmdb.marriage, tmdb.dark-comedy, tmdb.surreal, tmdb.satire + 32 more, tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.workplace-comedy, imdb.british-humour, imdb.colleague, imdb.corporate-ladder, imdb.daily-routine, imdb.seven-word-title, imdb.daydream, imdb.faked-death, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.sitcom, imdb.surrealism, imdb.disillusioned, imdb.middle-class, imdb.workplace, imdb.secretary, imdb.british-comedy, imdb.1970s, imdb.absurdism, imdb.boss, imdb.satire, imdb.businessman, imdb.suburb, imdb.flight-of-fancy, imdb.office, imdb.midlife-crisis, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.laugh-track, imdb.bbc
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Hippopotamus
Reggie's life as a sales executive at Sunshine Desserts is getting too much for him and the strain is starting to show.
Sept. 8, 1976, midnight
S1E2 - Nightmare in the Park
Reggie's plans for a relaxing weekend are scuppered when the family decides to visit a safari park.
Sept. 15, 1976, midnight
S1E3 - The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting
Elizabeth is away, so Reggie decides to invite his secretary Joan over for a secret tryst... but constant visitors from family and friends prevent this.
Sept. 22, 1976, midnight
S1E4 - The Bizarre Dinner Party
With Elizabeth still away, Reggie hosts a dinner party (without any food) for his business associates.
Sept. 29, 1976, midnight
S1E5 - The Speech to the British Fruit Association
After a disastrous public speech to the Fruit Association at Bilberry Hall, Reggie decides to take drastic action...
Oct. 6, 1976, midnight
S1E6 - Trying a Frenchman, Welshman, Scotsman and an Italian
After his fake suicide, Reggie tries out a number of different new identities.
Oct. 13, 1976, midnight
S1E7 - The Memorial Service
Reggie returns as Martin Wellborn, attends his own memorial service, and wins back Elizabeth.
Oct. 20, 1976, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 840 min.
Released: Sept. 8, 1976
Last Air Date: Nov. 3, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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