The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
an Episode Guide
by Donna Lemaster
Last updated:
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:00
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrinan Episode Guide
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| aired from: Sep 1976 to: Dec 1982 | 22 eps | BBC-1 | 30 min | mono | ________________ |
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rc: Peter
Tuesday.Sales executive Reggie Perrin begins to behave quite oddly as the stress of his new exotic ice cream campaign mounts.
b: 8 Sep 76 d: John Howard Daviesrc: Peter
Reggie Perrin, 46, senior sales executive. Bored. Under Stress. Has begun to behave oddly!Reggie's peaceful weekend is spoiled by a visit from his brother-in-law and a trip to a safari park with his grandchildren.
b: 15 Sep 76 NOTE: Terence Conoley is miscredited as Terence Conoly.Reggie Perrin, 46, of Sunshine Desserts. Bored. Under stress. Has begun to behave very oddly!
Reggie tries to realize one of his recurring fantasies when he asks Joan over to the house on a Sunday when Elizabeth is visiting her mother.
b: 22 Sep 76rc: Peter
Reggie Perrin, 46, wife away. Strange behavior. Getting more brazen every day!Reggie has a dinner party while Elizabeth is away visiting her mother.
b: 29 Sep 76rc: Peter
Reggie, 46, behaving strangely, making plans for future. Crisis point approaching!
Reggie makes a fool of himself during a speech, and then steals a Sunshine Desserts truck to sabotage C.J.'s fishing trip.
b: 6 Oct 76Reggie Perrin, 46, has disappeared. Clothes found abandoned on beach. Presumed dead. Still very much alive!
Reggie assumes a variety of disguises as he roams the countryside, but finds himself missing Elizabeth and Sunshine Desserts.
b: 13 Oct 76Reggie Perrin, 46, presumed dead. Reveals identity to daughter. Wishes to return to wife but wife engaged to Henry Posset. Oh, misery!
Reggie, disguised and calling himself Martin Wellborn, attends his own memorial service and falls in love with Elizabeth all over again.
b: 20 Oct 76 NOTE: Reggie's tombstone reads, "RIP Reginald Iolanthe Perrin 1934-1995 Forever Revolting".| Back to TOP of Page |
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Reggie feels the stress of pretending to be Martin Wellborn and begins acting strangely again.
b: 21 Sep 77rc: Peter
Reggie's true identity revealed. Sacked by Sunshine Desserts. Working at pig farm.
Reggie tries positions at a pig farm, as a househusband, and as a real estate agent while worrying that Elizabeth is having an affair at her new job.
b: 28 Sep 77Reggie working at pig farm. Elizabeth at Sunshine Desserts. Reggie suspects Elizabeth of affair with C.J.
Reggie loses his job at the pig farm after punching Tony and confronting C.J., and Elizabeth gets fed up with Sunshine Desserts, so they decide to find something they can earn a living at together.
b: 5 Oct 77rc: Peter
Reggie and Elizabeth both sacked. Reggie decides to open rather unusual shop.
Reggie opens his first Grot shop and finds unexpected success selling rubbish.
b: 12 Oct 77Reggie's rubbish shops "Grot" are an amazing success. Sunshine Desserts bankrupt.
Reggie uses his success to hire his old friends and enemies from Sunshine Desserts.
b: 19 Oct 77More and more success for Grot! Reggie now employing C.J., Elizabeth, Joan, Tony, and David.
A bored Reggie tries to destroy his Grot empire by hiring people completely unsuited for their new jobs, but the whole thing follows the usual Grot logic.
b: 26 Oct 77Reggie fed up with the success of Grot. Tries to destroy it. Result-- even more success!
Reggie tries to sabotage the company by giving confusing exclusive interviews to three different television programs, by kissing Joan in front of Elizabeth, and dressing up in ladies' clothing, all to no avail.
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Reggie and Elizabeth give up everything and are reborn as the Gossamers. They immediately tire of their new life, so Reggie creates Perrin's, "a community where the middle aged and middle class can learn to live in peace and love and happiness."
b: 29 Nov 78After dealing with complaints from the neighbors (by buying their houses), Perrin's prepares for new visitors.
b: 6 Dec 78With Perrin's taking off, Reggie gets involved in the guests' problems drawing the ire of the staff.
b: 20 Dec 78A string of councilmen threaten to close Perrin's.
b: 27 Dec 78 NOTE: Robert Gillespie and Pauline Yates would work together again as husband and wife in Keep It in the Family.Petty thefts and low morale threaten to close Perrin's.
b: 3 Jan 79Reggie becomes more hostile and hears of a plot to ruin Perrin's.
b: 17 Jan 79Reggie disbands Perrin's and takes a job in the aerosol industry.
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b: 26 Dec 82 NOTE: shown as part of The Funny Side of Christmas. This episode is not included in syndication in the United States. It probably ran about 5 minutes.
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Editor's Note (3/98): I am saddened to report that Donna died unexpectedly last month.
Thanks to the folks at Kaleidoscope for supplying the unofficial titles.