Pauline Yates
Elizabeth Perrin
Series
Watch The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976) Online
Synopsis
“Fantastically funny”
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.
Episodes
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
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1. HippopotamusNow viewing1976-09-0830m46-year-old Sunshine Desserts sales executive Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is clearly suffering a midlife crisis. Though not unhappily married to Elizabeth, he calls her mother a hippopotamus and is finding no enthusiasm for marketing his boss C.J.'s latest line: exotic ices. He wants something better for his life, but is unsure what.
2. Nightmare in the Park1976-09-1530mLife is beginning to get on top of Reggie as he begins dictating abusive letters. Perhaps he needs a nice peaceful holiday. Unfortunately, his daughter Linda asks him to take her and her family to a safari park, as her husband Tom has crashed their car. Being cooped up in a hot car in a safari park is too much for Reggie, who gets out for a walk and has to be rescued from the lions.
3. The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting1976-09-2230mElizabeth has gone to stay with her sick mother so Reggie seizes the opportunity for some afternoon delight with his glamourous secretary Joan, who proves to be up for it. Sadly, just as they're about to unleash their passions, Reggie is visited, first by his layabout son, resting actor Mark, and then by Elizabeth's right-wing, scrounging brother Jimmy, seeking food.
4. The Bizarre Dinner Party1976-09-2930mStill at her mother's, Elizabeth rings Reggie to remind him that she planned a dinner party but Reggie doesn't cancel. Instead he asks C.J. and his wife, young colleague David who toadies to C.J., the well-endowed Davina from the custards department and his rude uncle Percy, who makes sexist comments about Davina.
5. The Speech to the British Fruit Association1976-10-0630mA nervous Reggie is to address the British Fruit Association and mixes Dutch courage with sedatives, resulting in a disaster and he has to be dragged off. Now at his breaking point, Reggie tells C.J. that blood will flow.
6. Trying a Frenchman, Welshman, Scotsman and an Italian1976-10-1330mReggie tries out various new identities, including Lord Amherst (which attracts the attention of the comely Jean) and Donald Potts (which attracts the less comely Miss Pershore). However, he misses Elizabeth and is upset to find that, since she assumes that Reggie is dead, she's seeing an old flame.
7. The Memorial Service1976-10-2030mUnder the alias Martin Wellbourne, an alleged friend of the deceased newly arrived from Brazil, and sporting a curly beard, Reggie gate-crashes his own memorial service where a vague vicar plugs Mark's new play and people seem to miss Reggie less than he'd hoped.
Cast
Top Billed Cast
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John Barron
Charles Jefferson / 'C.J.'
John Horsley
Doc Morrissey
No photo Bruce Bould
David Harris-Jones
Geoffrey Palmer
Jimmy Anderson
Patricia Hodge
Geraldine Hackstraw
Tim Preece
Tom Patterson
No photo Sally-Jane Spencer
Linda Perrin
No photo Theresa Watson
Prue Harris-Jones
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How many seasons does The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin have?
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin has 4 seasons and 28 episodes.
When did The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin first air?
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin first aired in 1976.
Is The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin still running?
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What genre is The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin?
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is classified as Comedy.