The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
TV ShowTitle | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Sep 8, 1976 |
Release date of last episode | Nov 3, 1996 |
Genre | Comedy |
Director | David Nobbs |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 4 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 28 |
Run time | 30 min. |
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.