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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
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.
Genres:
Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.depression,
tmdb.england,
tmdb.midlife-crisis,
tmdb.marriage,
tmdb.dark-comedy,
tmdb.surreal,
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tmdb.sitcom,
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Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
Network: BBC One
Runtime: 930 min.
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Sept. 8, 1976
Last Air Date: Nov. 3, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
