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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)

Name: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 8
Cast: Pauline Yates, John Barron, John Horsley, Bruce Bould, Geoffrey Palmer

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.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (2,435 votes)
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1976)

8.27 avg 7 episodes 8.3 → 8.3 29 min avg

Consistent

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hippopotamus	8.3	110
2	Nightmare in the Park	8.2	90
3	The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting	8.5	86
4	The Bizarre Dinner Party	8.0	79
5	The Speech to the British Fruit Association	8.3	82
6	Trying a Frenchman, Welshman, Scotsman and an Italian	8.3	80
7	The Memorial Service	8.3	73

Season 2 (1977)

8.17 avg 7 episodes 7.6 → 8.2 29 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Remarried and Back at Sunshine Desserts	7.6	58
2	Elizabeth's New Admirer	8.0	55
3	Jimmy's Offer	8.1	57
4	The Unusual Shop	8.4	61
5	Re-Involvement	8.4	56
6	The Four Untrustworthy Men	8.5	61
7	Extreme Solution	8.2	55

Season 3 (1978)

7.19 avg 7 episodes 7.2 → 7.8 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Great Project	7.2	56
2	Staff Training	6.9	54
3	The Trickle of Visitors	7.2	51
4	Communal Social Evenings	7.1	52
5	Timebomb	7.2	52
6	Jinx	6.9	50
7	Amalgamated Aerosols	7.8	53

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)

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