The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
Comedy
Overview
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.
Cast
- Pauline Yates as Elizabeth Perrin
- John Barron as Charles Jefferson / 'C.J.'
- John Horsley as Doc Morrissey
- Bruce Bould as David Harris-Jones
- Geoffrey Palmer as Jimmy Anderson
- Patricia Hodge as Geraldine Hackstraw
- Tim Preece as Tom Patterson
- Sally-Jane Spencer as Linda Perrin
- Theresa Watson as Prue Harris-Jones