
“Fantastically funny”
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: 9/8/1976
Languages: English
Created by: David Nobbs
Type: Scripted
Companies: BBC
Countries: United Kingdom




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One of the very greatest from the era of great sitcoms. Throws into sharp relief what an abject embarrassment today's BBC has become.

Geoffrey Palmer
Jimmy Anderson
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