The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

“Fantastically funny”

• 1976 –1996
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• Ended
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• PG

• Comedy

★ 8.0 TMDB Rating · 32 votes

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.

Created by

David Nobbs

Seasons

4

Episodes

28

Episode length

~30m

First aired

Sep 8, 1976

Networks

BBC One

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom