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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

  • TV Series
  • 1976–19791976–1979
  • 30m
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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', h... Read allDisillusioned 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 ... Read allDisillusioned 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 ... Read all
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  • Stars
    • Leonard Rossiter
    • Pauline Yates
    • John Barron
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    • Leonard Rossiter
    • Pauline Yates
    • John Barron
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    • 26User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 7 BAFTA Awards

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    Leonard Rossiter
    Leonard Rossiter
    • Reginald Perrin
    Pauline Yates
    • Elizabeth Perrin
    John Barron
    John Barron
    • C.J.…
    Sue Nicholls
    Sue Nicholls
    • Joan Greengross
    Trevor Adams
    • Tony Webster
    Bruce Bould
    • David Harris-Jones
    Sally-Jane Spencer
    • Linda Patterson…
    John Horsley
    John Horsley
    • Doc Morrissey
    Geoffrey Palmer
    Geoffrey Palmer
    • Jimmy Anderson…
    Tim Preece
    • Tom Patterson…
    Leslie Schofield
    Leslie Schofield
    • Tom
    Theresa Watson
    • Prue Harris-Jones
    Terence Conoley
    • Peter Cartwright
    Joseph Brady
    Joseph Brady
    • McBlane
    Glynn Edwards
    Glynn Edwards
    • Mr. Pelham
    Robert Hiller
    • Adam…
    Abigail Morgan
    • Jocasta…
    Roland MacLeod
    • Morris Coates
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    • Trivia
      Real-life Labour MP (Member of Parliament) John Stonehouse faked his own apparent suicide in exactly the same way as Reginald Perrin - in the summer of 1974 he left his clothes on a beach in Miami and disappeared. However this was pure coincidence: David Nobbs wrote his novel "The Death of Reginald Perrin" early in 1974, before Stonehouse disappeared (so Nobbs couldn't have based the novel on Stonehouse's disappearance) but the novel wasn't published until 1975, after Stonehouse went missing (so Stonehouse couldn't have got ideas for his disappearance by reading the novel).
    • Goofs
      In the first episode, 'Reggie' explains his late arrival at the office with the excuse "staff shortages at Nine Elms". However, there is no railway or underground station at Nine Elms.
    • Quotes

      [Jimmy is explaining to Reggie what kinds of people his secret army will be against]

      Jimmy Anderson: Wreckers of law and order. Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, crypto-Trotskyists, union leaders, Communist union leaders, atheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby-pamby probation officers, rapists, papists, papist rapists, foreign surgeons - headshrinkers, who ought to be locked up, Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue-sniffers, "Play For Today", Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, up everybody's, Chinese restaurants - why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?

      Reginald Perrin: You realise the sort of people you're going to attract, don't you, Jimmy? Thugs, bully-boys, psychopaths, sacked policemen, security guards, sacked security guards, racialists, Paki-bashers, queer-bashers, Chink-bashers, anybody-bashers, rear Admirals, queer admirals, Vice Admirals, fascists, neo-fascists, crypto-fascists, loyalists, neo-loyalists, crypto-loyalists.

      Jimmy Anderson: Do you think so? I thought recruitment might be difficult.

    • Connections
      Featured in 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter (1996)

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    8/10
    Al Bundy doesn't have anything on Reginald Perrin
    Reginald Perrin is a middle-aged man in a bland job who has a bland existence, a boss who speaks in slogans, a marriage that has seemed to have lost its spark, and a grown daughter whose husband is unbearable company. He also finds himself constantly daydreaming about his attractive young secretary.

    Unlike Al Bundy of "Married With Children", though, Reggy does not plan to suffer in silence. Instead, he plans and executes an escape. He fakes his own death and assumes that his new life will be full of fun and adventure. However, with no references since he essentially has no past after his "resurrection", he finds he can only get a job as an assistant to a pig farmer. Also, he finds himself missing and drawn back to his wife/widow.

    The comedy is quite British. If you don't appreciate that kind of humor you won't like this series, but it seems quite relevant even though it was made over 35 years ago. It pokes fun at what and who society finds valuable and why, and the scenes of Reggy talking things over at night with his cat are hilarious.

    There is one big difference between Al Bundy and Reginald Perrin though - Reggy Perrin really does love his wife and she loves him. Their tenderness and fondness for one another shines through regardless of what else happens. I haven't seen this show aired in America for about 30 years, and then it was only shown on PBS as far as I know. Recommended for all who have dreamed of something better for themselves, find society to be at times - or always - ridiculous, and love British comedy.
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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1976 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • Reggie Online
      • English
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      • 32-36 Telford Way, Acton, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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