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08/09/1976 Comedy 0h 30m
79
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Fantastically funny

Overview

Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Reginald Iolanthe Perrin endures a midlife crisis and fakes his own death. Returning in disguise after various attempts at finding a 'new life', Perrin gets his old job back and finds nothing has changed. He is eventually found out, and later finds success with a chain of junk shops. However, it becomes so successful that he feels he has created a monster and decides to destroy it.

Top billed cast

  1. Pauline Yates

    Elizabeth Perrin

  2. John Barron

    Charles Jefferson / 'C.J.'

  3. Bruce Bould

    David Harris-Jones

  4. Sue Nicholls

    Joan Greengross

  5. Leonard Rossiter

    Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin

  6. John Horsley

    Doc Morrissey

  7. Trevor Adams

    Tony Webster

  8. Geoffrey Palmer

    Jimmy Anderson

  9. Leslie Schofield

    Tom

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Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 4

 1996 | 7 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by elev8
Written by elev8 on 2023-07-15
One of the very greatest from the era of great sitcoms.
Throws into sharp relief what an abject embarrassment today's BBC has become.
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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

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