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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

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Plot

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', 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 successful that he feels he has created a monster and decides to destroy it. In the third and final series he has a dream of forming a commune which his long suffering colleagues help bring to reality. Unfortunately that also fails and he finds himself back in a job not unlike the one he originally had at Sunshine Desserts.

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Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • September 8, 1976

Last Aired Date

  • November 3, 1996

Production Companies

    Type

    • Scripted

    Number of Season

    • 4

    Number of Episodes

    • 28

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    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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