The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
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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Episode 1 - Remarried and Back at Sunshine Desserts
Release Date: 1977-09-21Maintaining his identity as Martin Wellbourne becomes more wearing for Reggie. Revealing his true identity to CJ does not go down well...
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Episode 2 - Elizabeth's New Admirer
Release Date: 1977-09-28Reggie 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.
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Episode 3 - Jimmy's Offer
Release Date: 1977-10-05Reggie confronts CJ and hatches a plan for a very unusual shop after talking to Jimmy.
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Episode 4 - The Unusual Shop
Release Date: 1977-10-12Reggie asks CJ for a start-up loan to establish his shop Grot which becomes a huge success selling all sorts of useless products.
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Episode 5 - Re-Involvement
Release Date: 1977-10-19Sunshine desserts goes bankrupt and Reggie hires his old coworkers and boss to Grot.
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Episode 6 - The Four Untrustworthy Men
Release Date: 1977-10-26Reggie is bored with his success and plans to destroy Grot by hiring totally unsuitable personnel.
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Episode 7 - Extreme Solution
Release Date: 1977-11-02Reggie's plan fails. He tries more extreme tactics which also fail. Only one more thing left to do...