title: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

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name: I didn't get where I am... - The Fall and Rise of Reggie Perrin - BBC comedy

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Specials

title: The Very Best Of Leonard Rossiter

title: The Very Best Of Leonard Rossiter

character: Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin

title: The Funny Side of Christmas - Christmas Sketch

overview:
Reggie and Elizabeth's quiet Christmas morning is interrupted by family, friends, coworkers, and even a tramp.

On December 27th, 1982, at 8.05pm, Frank Muir introduced an hour of sitcom shorts specially made for the Christmas season. The sixty-minute programme was entitled "The Funny Side Of Christmas", and featured five- to ten- minute, and mostly one- or two-  scene, situations of some of the BBC's most popular programmes of the time - all of which are now defined as 'classic television'.

title: Comedy Connections

overview: The history of classic comedy shows. A look at 1970s sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, including interviews with writer and stars.

title: Comedy Connections

character: Narrator

title: Season 0

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

title: Hippopotamus

overview: 46-year-old Sunshine Desserts sales executive Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is clearly suffering a midlife crisis. Though not unhappily married to Elizabeth, he calls her mother a hippopotamus and is finding no enthusiasm for marketing his boss C.J.'s latest line: exotic ices. He wants something better for his life, but is unsure what.

title: Hippopotamus

title: El hipopótamo

character: Joan Greengross

character: Tony Webster

job: Director

job: Writer

character: Doc Morrissey

character: Peter Cartwright

character: Morris Coates

character: Esther Pigeon

character: Ron Napier

character: Waiter

title: Nightmare in the Park

overview: Life is beginning to get on top of Reggie as he begins dictating abusive letters. Perhaps he needs a nice peaceful holiday. Unfortunately, his daughter Linda asks him to take her and her family to a safari park, as her husband Tom has crashed their car. Being cooped up in a hot car in a safari park is too much for Reggie, who gets out for a walk and has to be rescued from the lions.

title: Nightmare in the Park

title: Pesadilla en el parque

title: The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting

overview: Elizabeth has gone to stay with her sick mother so Reggie seizes the opportunity for some afternoon delight with his glamourous secretary Joan, who proves to be up for it. Sadly, just as they're about to unleash their passions, Reggie is visited, first by his layabout son, resting actor Mark, and then by Elizabeth's right-wing, scrounging brother Jimmy, seeking food.

title: La extraordinaria reunión de negocios del domingo

title: The Bizarre Dinner Party

overview: Still at her mother's, Elizabeth rings Reggie to remind him that she planned a dinner party but Reggie doesn't cancel. Instead he asks C.J. and his wife, young colleague David who toadies to C.J., the well-endowed Davina from the custards department and his rude uncle Percy, who makes sexist comments about Davina.

title: The Bizarre Dinner Party

title: Una cena extraña

title: The Speech to the British Fruit Association

overview: A nervous Reggie is to address the British Fruit Association and mixes Dutch courage with sedatives, resulting in a disaster and he has to be dragged off. Now at his breaking point, Reggie tells C.J. that blood will flow.

title: La conferencia del gremio de fruteros

title: Trying a Frenchman, Welshman, Scotsman and an Italian

overview: Reggie tries out various new identities, including Lord Amherst (which attracts the attention of the comely Jean) and Donald Potts (which attracts the less comely Miss Pershore). However, he misses Elizabeth and is upset to find that, since she assumes that Reggie is dead, she's seeing an old flame.

title: Probando a ser un francés, galés, escocés y un italiano

title: The Memorial Service

overview: Under the alias Martin Wellbourne, an alleged friend of the deceased newly arrived from Brazil, and sporting a curly beard, Reggie gate-crashes his own memorial service where a vague vicar plugs Mark's new play and people seem to miss Reggie less than he'd hoped.

title: The Memorial Service

title: El funeral

title: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Return of Reginald Perrin

title: Remarried and Back at Sunshine Desserts

overview: Maintaining his identity as Martin Wellbourne becomes more wearing for Reggie. Revealing his true identity to CJ does not go down well...

title: Remarried and Back at Sunshine Desserts

title: Otra vez casado y de vuelta a la empresa

title: Elizabeth's New Admirer

overview: Reggie is reduced to working at a pig farm. Elizabeth decides to get a job, gaining a new admirer and becoming the bread winner but isn't keen to let Reggie know where, leading him to suspect she is having an affair.

title: Elizabeth's New Admirer

title: El nuevo admirador de Elizabeth

title: Jimmy's Offer

overview: Reggie confronts CJ and hatches a plan for a very unusual shop after talking to Jimmy.

title: Jimmy's Offer

title: La oferta de Jimmy

title: The Unusual Shop

overview: Reggie asks CJ for a start-up loan to establish his shop Grot which becomes a huge success selling all sorts of useless products.

title: The Unusual Shop

title: Una tienda poco habitual

title: Re-Involvement

overview: Sunshine desserts goes bankrupt and Reggie hires his old coworkers and boss to Grot.

title: Re-Involvement

title: Involucrarse de nuevo

title: The Four Untrustworthy Men

overview: Reggie is bored with his success and plans to destroy Grot by hiring totally unsuitable personnel.

title: The Four Untrustworthy Men

title: Cuatro hombres de poca confianza

title: Extreme Solution

overview: Reggie's plan fails. He tries more extreme tactics which also fail. Only one more thing left to do...

title: Extreme Solution

title: Solución extrema

title: The Return of Reginald Perrin

The Better World of Reginald Perrin

title: The Great Project

overview: Reggie decides to open a commune helping people to live in peace and harmony. But first he needs staff...

title: The Great Project

title: El gran proyecto

title: Staff Training

overview: Having recruited all the old faces, Reggie welcomes his one and only guest to "Perrin's"

title: Staff Training

title: La formación de los empleados

title: The Trickle of Visitors

overview: After an unique advertising campaign, "Perrin's" gains another guest.

title: The Trickle of Visitors

title: Vigilantes con cuentagotas

title: Communal Social Evenings

overview: Business is booming and Reggie is content... but for how long?

title: Communal Social Evenings

title: Tardes sociales en la comunidad

title: Timebomb

overview: Money and jewelery begin to disappear at Perrin's and a female guest starts to be suggestible with the male staff.

title: Timebomb

title: Una bomba de relojería

title: Jinx

overview: Perrin's loses face in the community as McBlane attacks a Salvation Army woman and there is a backlash against his "Peacekeeping Force"

title: Jinx

title: Reggie

title: Amalgamated Aerosols

overview: Perrin's closes and everyone says their goodbyes. Reggie gets a new job but finds himself again working for C.J. and his brother F.J. Is the coast calling again?

title: Amalgamated Aerosols

title: El final

title: The Better World of Reginald Perrin

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

title: Reggie's Will

overview: After nearly 20 years apart all the characters are brought together by the death of Reggie Perrin. After attending the funeral they are all summoned to Geraldine Hackstraw's office (the solicitor dealing with reggie's estate) to hear the reading of the will. Everyone is left a million pounds on the condition that they carry out an absurd act the level of absurdity to be judged by Ms Hackstraw

title: Reggie's Will

title: The Unlikely Leader

overview: Eager to claim their share of Reggie's fortune, everyone embarks on individual attempts at absurdity, but fail dismally. They decide to pool their resources but wong as a group is less than effective until they adopt Jimmy as their unlikely leader!

title: The Unlikely Leader

title: BROSCOR

overview: Joan introduces a new face to the group. Hank, Joan's new boyfriend. Is voted into the team in their quest for absurdity. Deciding to form the Bloodless Revolution of Senior Citizens and the Occupationally Rejected (BROSCOR), everyone sets out on a recruitment drive for new members. Ms Hackstraw, meanwhile recieves constant invites to dinner from certain members of the team eager for her affections.

title: BROSCOR

title: The Split

overview: A dearth of ideas dampens morale until Jimmy (trying to pass Elizabeth's ideas off as his own, with her consent, of course) suggests splitting into two units: one as a Think Tank, the other as a Policy Research Unit. Things get a bit confusing when Jimmy decides being leader means he has to be on both units.  Romance is in the air once again for Tom and Linda, who try rekindling their love for each other. C.J. begins acting suspiciously.

title: The Split

title: Suspicions

overview: C.J is not himself (or so everybody thinks) because he is being incredibly nice. Suspicious of his motives, Jimmy nominates Tom and David to keep an eye on C.J. to find out what is behind his sudden change of mood. BROSCOR gets its first recruit. The double wedding of Tom and Linda, and Hank and Joan takes place, and David unfortunately drinks to much at the reception.

title: Suspicions

title: Jimmy's Inspiration

overview: After the wedding reception, David (nursing a hangover) worries that he may have blown the security surrounding the group's idea for taking over the Goverment. Jimmy has an inspiration that becomes extremely complex; he also begins a relationship with Ms Hackstraw.

title: Jimmy's Inspiration

title: The Day of Revolution

overview: It is the day of the revolution and thousands of OAPs converge on London in coaches hijacked by the team for their bloodless revolution. As well as marching on Whitehall to take over the Goverment, the team nominate Jimmy to oust Angela Rippon from her seat on the national news in order to deliver an appeal on TV in support of the revolution. Sadly, it seems as if the authorities have been tipped off and prevent the OAPs from descending on Parliament. It is judgment day: Ms Hackstraw gives her verdict on the team's attempts at being absurd, and on the future of her relationship with Jimmy.

title: The Day of Revolution

title: The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

overview: 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.

title: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

title: Caída y auge de Reginald Perrin

overview: Reginald Perrin es un cuarentón feliz. Lo tiene todo: un empleo como ejecutivo, una casa en un barrio residencial y un matrimonio casi perfecto. Pero aún así, siente que le falta algo y un día decide desaparecer sin dejar el menor rastro provocando con este hecho unos resultados tragicómicos que no nos dejarán indiferentes.

title: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

overview: Gedesillusioneerd na een lange carrière bij Sunshine Desserts, maakt Perrin een midlifecrisis door en doet hij alsof hij dood is. Als hij vermomd terugkeert na verschillende pogingen om een 'nieuw leven' te vinden, krijgt hij zijn oude baan terug en ontdekt dat er niets is veranderd. Hij wordt uiteindelijk ontdekt, en in de tweede serie heeft hij succes met een winkelketen die nutteloze rommel verkoopt. Dat wordt zo succesvol dat hij voelt dat hij een monster heeft gecreëerd en besluit het te vernietigen. In de derde en laatste serie droomt hij ervan een commune te vormen die zijn lang lijdende collega's helpen verwezenlijken. Helaas mislukt dat ook en hij vindt zichzelf weer in een baan die lijkt op de baan die hij oorspronkelijk had bij Sunshine Desserts.

title: Caída y auge de Reginald Perrin