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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–1979)

Fantastically funny

4 seasons28 episodes30 min per episode★ 8.0 · 2,460 votes

• Comedy

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.

First aired

September 8, 1976

Last episode

November 3, 1996

Network

BBC One

Country of origin

United Kingdom