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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

  • TV Series
  • 1976–19791976–1979
  • 30m
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
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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
      • 7 nominations total

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    Leonard Rossiter
    Leonard Rossiter
    • Reginald Perrin
    21 episodes21 eps • 1976–1979
    Pauline Yates
    • Elizabeth Perrin
    21 episodes21 eps • 1976–1979
    John Barron
    John Barron
    • C.J.…
    20 episodes20 eps • 1976–1979
    Sue Nicholls
    Sue Nicholls
    • Joan Greengross
    20 episodes20 eps • 1976–1979
    Trevor Adams
    • Tony Webster
    20 episodes20 eps • 1976–1979
    Bruce Bould
    • David Harris-Jones
    20 episodes20 eps • 1976–1979
    Sally-Jane Spencer
    • Linda Patterson…
    16 episodes16 eps • 1976–1979
    John Horsley
    John Horsley
    • Doc Morrissey
    14 episodes14 eps • 1976–1979
    Geoffrey Palmer
    Geoffrey Palmer
    • Jimmy Anderson…
    13 episodes13 eps • 1976–1979
    Tim Preece
    • Tom Patterson…
    9 episodes9 eps • 1976–1977
    Leslie Schofield
    Leslie Schofield
    • Tom
    7 episodes7 eps • 1978–1979
    Theresa Watson
    • Prue Harris-Jones
    7 episodes7 eps • 1978–1979
    Terence Conoley
    • Peter Cartwright
    6 episodes6 eps • 1976–1977
    Joseph Brady
    Joseph Brady
    • McBlane
    5 episodes5 eps • 1978–1979
    Glynn Edwards
    Glynn Edwards
    • Mr. Pelham
    3 episodes3 eps • 1977–1978
    Robert Hiller
    • Adam…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1976–1978
    Abigail Morgan
    • Jocasta…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1976–1978
    Roland MacLeod
    • Morris Coates
    2 episodes2 eps • 1976–1977
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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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    All great humor is grounded in pain
    David Nobbs' brilliant satire of modern life features the incomparable Leonard Rossiter as middle-aged, middle-class, middle-manager Reggie Perrin, who longs for a life that is just out of reach. Despite his best (and most bizarre) efforts to break free from the insipid conformity that he sees all around him, he never quite succeeds. Perrin is surrounded by one of the finest and funniest ensembles in the history of British comedy - you'll find most of your friends, family and enemies represented here. As Reggie's fatuous boss (a character that anticipated the Dilbert comic strip by about 20 years) would put it, "I didn't get where I am today without appreciating one of the finest British sitcoms ever." Outstanding writing and hilarious acting make this one of the greats.
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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1976 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Reggie Online
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Caída y auge de Reginald Perrin
    • Filming locations
      • 32-36 Telford Way, Acton, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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