The Fall and Rise Of Reginald Perrin, BBC comedy

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"The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"

Recently, James and I re-watched this great program.....

I have seen that in its "wisdom" the BBC has decided to do a re-make of it, my thought "Why fix something if it ain't broke?" I really don't think the actor who will portry Reggie will be able to fit in the late Leonard's shoes! Reggie will always be Leonard Rossiter or maybe Leonard was really Reggie to begin with. If you are able to view the original series, make sure you watch the very last segment with several actors paying tribute to Leonard.

It opened each week with a naked Reggie walking out into the sea to end it all before rapidly rethinking the whole idea, and told the story of a man desperate to escape his loving but dull marriage, disappointing offspring and the daily grind of his job.
The first series - while hilariously funny - was incredibly dark, focusing on a man in nervous breakdown.
Each week Reggie's behaviour becomes more erratic, his excuses to his secretary for lateness weirder and weirder ("22 minutes late, Joan: a badger ate a junction box at New Malden") and his fantasies of seducing her more vivid.
The mere mention of his mother-in-law is enough to send an image of a hippo lumbering through his head and each episode ends with Reggie screaming in frustration.
Ultimately he fakes his own death but is reunited with wife Elizabeth when he attends his funeral in disguise and can't resist wooing her all over again.
Reggie returned a year later bent on setting up a new business, "Grot", selling useless goods. It was, of course, a massive success, leaving Reggie trapped back in the rat race.
For the third, less successful series, he abandoned wage-slavery again, this time setting up a commune for his former co-workers.
A brilliant satire, the programme will also be remembered for its catchphrases including Reggie’s boss CJ's "I didn't get where I am today by..." and Reggie's brother-in-law Jimmy constantly cadging food on the basis of "a bit of a cock-up on the catering front".
Above all there was Leonard Rossiter's brilliant performance as Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. RIP to both.
Cast
Leonard Rossiter
Reginald Perrin/Martin Wellbourne
Pauline Yates /
Elizabeth Perrin
John Barron/
C J
Sue Nicholls/
Joan Greengross/Webster
John Horsley /
'Doc' Morrisey
Trevor Adams/
Tony Webster
Bruce Bould/
David Harris-Jones
Theresa Watson /
Prue Harris-Jones
Geoffrey Palmer /
Jimmy Anderson
Tim Preece/
Tom Patterson
Leslie Schofield/

Tom Patterson
Sally-Jane Spencer
Linda Patterson
David Warwick
Mark Perrin
Glynn Edwards
Mr Pelham
Joan Blackham
Miss Erith
Derry Power
Seamus Finnegan
Joseph Brad
McBlane
Crew
David Nobbs
writer
Gareth Gwenlan
producer
John Howard Davies
producer
Robin Nash
producer

Hope you will give this one a try........
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