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A very popular and well remembered series especially the hippopotamus.

[Regular cast]

Reggie

ELizabeth

Jimmy

Linda

TomA

TomB

Split into 4 series each with its own theme it explored the absurdness of life with great humour. At times it was dark and other it was darker but Rossiter made it palatable for everyone.

[Regular cast]

C.J.

Joan

Tony

David

Doc

It is still showing today 20 years later and the office life hasn't changed much apart from the introduction of the cubicle.

[The Fall And Rise/Legacy Of Reginald Perrin]
  • Reginald Iolanthe Perrin:Leonard Rossiter (123)
  • Elizabeth Perrin:Pauline Yates
  • C.J.:John Barron
  • Joan Greengross:Sue Nicholls
  • Doc Morrisey:John Horsley
  • Tony Webster:Trevor Adams
  • David Harris-Jones:Bruce Bould (123)
  • Prue Harris-Jones:Theresa Watson (234)
  • Jimmy Anderson:Geoffrey Palmer
  • Linda Patterson:Sally-Jane Spencer
  • Tom Patterson:Tim Preece (124)
  • Tom Patterson:Leslie Schofield (3)
  • Geraldine Hackstraw:Patricia Hodge (4)
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Season 1 - Sep-Oct 1976

1After a disastrous ice cream tasting Reggie decides to do everything differentlyDavid NobbsJohn Howard Davies
2Reggie aims for 4 weeks holiday bute ends up with a 1/2 day nightmare - then there's the safari park.David NobbsGareth Gwenlan
3Reggie invites Joan over on Sunday afternoonDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
4Reggie forges ahead with a dinner party with a difference - no foodDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
5Reggie delivers a speech drunk - tips logan berry juice into the water then fakes his own deathDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
6The new Reggie assumes a number of identities but is drawn back to his old lifeDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
7Reggie attends his own memorial service and is reemployed by C.J.David NobbsGareth Gwenlan

Season 2 - Sep-Nov 1977

8Reggie reveals himself but gets sackedDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
9Reggies is suspicious Elizabeth's new jobDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
10The piggery sacks Reggie and C.J. sacks Elizabeth. Reggie has the idea a of Grot.David NobbsGareth Gwenlan
11Reggie borrows money from C.J. to form Grot which takes off big time as Sunshine Desserts closes.David NobbsGareth Gwenlan
12Reggie employs all his ex work colleagues at dubious positions in Grot and sort out JoanDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
13Reggie finds he can not ruin GrotDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
14Despite shocking behaviour Grot remains - Reggie and Elizabeth fake their own deaths only to find that is now common placeDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan

Season 3 - Nov-Jan 1977/8

15Reggie sells Grot and recruits his old crowd for his new commune 'perrins'David NobbsGareth Gwenlan
16The only guest arrives as Perrins finds its feetDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
17Perrins begins to fill with guestsDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
18Perrins is overflowing and the council callDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
19Strife sets as a thief and sex brings things to a headDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
20First a petition then a violence erupts at PerrinsDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
21Perrins folds and Reggies becomes a commuter againDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan

Season 4 - Sep-Oct 1996

22Reggies funeral brings together the gang and a conditional inheritanceDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
23The gang are united under Jimmy as their individual attempts at absurdity failDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
24The gang start to recruit for BROSCOR whilst others wine and dineDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
25The gang meets an ideas crisisDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
26C.J. acts odd whilst a double marriage takes placeDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
27In the wake of the wedding crisis seems to loomDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan
28The gang's day of action takes place in LondonDavid NobbsGareth Gwenlan

"Nothing is ever obvious to me"
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