The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Sep 08, 1976 30m GB

8.037

27 votes

Comedy

Seasons and episodes

Season 4 : The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

Sep 22, 1996

Synopsis

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.

Title	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
First Air Date	Sep 08, 1976
Last Air Date	Nov 03, 1996
Episodes	28
Seasons	4
Companies
Keywords	england, depression, midlife crisis, surreal, marriage, satire, dark comedy, sitcom, workplace comedy