The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Pauline Yates Elizabeth Perrin

John Barron Charles Jefferson / 'C.J.'

John Horsley Doc Morrissey

Bruce Bould David Harris-Jones

Geoffrey Palmer Jimmy Anderson