David Nobbs
Director
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
Season 2
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
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Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Remarried and Back at Sunshine Desserts
Maintaining his identity as Martin Wellbourne becomes more wearing for Reggie. Revealing his true identity to CJ does not go down well...
Sept. 21, 1977, midnight
S2E2 - Elizabeth's New Admirer
Reggie is reduced to working at a pig farm. Elizabeth decides to get a job, gaining a new admirer and becoming the bread winner but isn't keen to let Reggie know where, leading him to suspect she is having an affair.
Sept. 28, 1977, midnight
S2E3 - Jimmy's Offer
Reggie confronts CJ and hatches a plan for a very unusual shop after talking to Jimmy.
Oct. 5, 1977, midnight
S2E4 - The Unusual Shop
Reggie asks CJ for a start-up loan to establish his shop Grot which becomes a huge success selling all sorts of useless products.
Oct. 12, 1977, midnight
S2E5 - Re-Involvement
Sunshine desserts goes bankrupt and Reggie hires his old coworkers and boss to Grot.
Oct. 19, 1977, midnight
S2E6 - The Four Untrustworthy Men
Reggie is bored with his success and plans to destroy Grot by hiring totally unsuitable personnel.
Oct. 26, 1977, midnight
S2E7 - Extreme Solution
Reggie's plan fails. He tries more extreme tactics which also fail. Only one more thing left to do...
Nov. 2, 1977, 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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