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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
DVD of 1st series
Cover of the DVD release of the 1st Series
FormatComedy
Created byDavid Nobbs
StarringLeonard Rossiter
Pauline Yates
John Barron
Sue Nicholls
Geoffrey Palmer
Trevor Adams
Bruce Bould
Tim Preece
Sally-Jane Spencer
John Horsley
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and David Gordon Nobbs (born 13 March 1935 in Petts Wood, Kent) is an English comedy writer Leonard Rossiter ( 21 October 1926 &ndash 5 October 1984) was an English Actor known for his role as Rupert Rigsby Not to be confused with Paula Yates. Pauline Yates (born June 16, 1929 in St Helens) is an English actress John Barron ( 24 December 1920 &ndash 3 July 2004) was an English Actor. Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls (born 23 November 1943 in Walsall, Staffordshire) is an English actress, most known today Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE (born 4 June 1927 is an English Actor, known for his role as Lionel Hardcastle in the television series As Time Trevor Adams (died 15 December, 2000) was a British actor best remembered for his portrayal of Tony Webster in the hit BBC series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Bruce Bould (born Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actor best known for playing David Harris-Jones in the Television sitcom Tim Preece (born 5 August 1938 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English actor prominent in the 1970s on television John Horsley (born 1920 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England) is an English actor The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located  of episodes21 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channelBBC
Original run1976 – 1979
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a novel and a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role. This is a list of epiodes of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and its followup series The Legacy of Reginald Perrin Series 1 1976 The year 1976 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1976 The year 1979 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1979. Leonard Rossiter ( 21 October 1926 &ndash 5 October 1984) was an English Actor known for his role as Rupert Rigsby Both book and TV series were written by David Nobbs, and the screenplay for the first series was adapted by Nobbs from the novel, though certain subplots in the novel were considered too dark or risqué for television and toned down or omitted from the TV series, a case in point being the relationship between Perrin's daughter and his brother-in-law. David Gordon Nobbs (born 13 March 1935 in Petts Wood, Kent) is an English comedy writer

The original three series, all of the same name, were broadcast between 1976 and 1979; a fourth, The Legacy of Reginald Perrin, also written by Nobbs, followed in 1996. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a novel and a British Sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role


Contents

Series Summaries

Series One (8 September - 20 October 1976)

The first series was based on Nobbs's novel The Death of Reginald Perrin, which was retitled The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin to tie in with the TV series and retains its new title to this day. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The plot hinges on the mid-life crisis experienced by Perrin as he becomes desperate to escape his dreary life. He lives at number 12 Coleridge Close, part of the "Poets Estate" in a south London suburb called Climthorpe, a suburban development differentiated from those around it only by having all the streets named for famous poets. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Norbiton is a place in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London. He commutes each workday to Sunshine Desserts where he works as a sales executive. Sunshine Desserts was the fictional company for which Reginald Perrin worked in British sit-com The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Each morning he is reliably and invariably 11 then 17 then 22 minutes late (as the series progress), yet each morning he gives a different excuse for his lateness. These excuses become increasingly bizarre throughout the first two series ("defective junction box, New Malden") reflecting the decline of both British Rail and his own mental health. See also Rail transport in Great Britain, National Rail, Network Rail This article is about the defunct entity "British Railways" His arrival at the office is illustrated with a sequence of him walking into the entrance under the company logo, which, again as the series progresses, loses more and more letters from the name.

"Reggie", as he is known by all, constantly daydreams in a Walter Mitty style. Walter Mitty is a Fictional character in James Thurber 's short story " The Secret Life of Walter Mitty " first published in The New Yorker Part of the narrative demonstrates what the voices in his head are saying. Although he appears to love his wife, he fantasises about running away with his secretary, Joan Greengross. As his behaviour becomes more erratic, he is unable to dictate letters to Joan without inadvertently uttering words like "breast". Far from being offended, Joan welcomes the attention, adjusting her posture to better show her fine figure.

The endless marketing campaigns for ever more bizarre products, hilariously satirized in the reports from the product research department, combine with Reggie's relations with his oppressive boss "C. J. " and his yes man subordinates to drive him over the edge. personal assistantAn assistant is a Person or electronic tool who or that assists another person accomplish his or her goals Ceasing to care about the consequences of his actions at work, he dictates offensive and condescending replies to customer letters.

At home things are no better. Despite his warm relationship with his wife Elizabeth he suffers what came to be called "erectile dysfunction". As the pressures at work build, relations with his dysfunctional relatives deteriorate, especially with his incompetent brother-in-law Jimmy and son-in-law Tom, a man with a surfeit of "political correctness" masking his innate pomposity. After a few reckless acts, including getting out of his car in the lion enclosure at a safari park, Reggie fakes his own suicide by drowning, leaving his clothes and personal effects to be found on a beach. Before this he gives C. J. the fright of his life by, after sending an anonymous threat containing the words "blood will flow", dumping tons of hijacked loganberry essence into C. J. 's favourite fishing stream while C. J. is enjoying a relaxing afternoon's angling. C. J. collapses with the shock, and the company doctor, Doc Morrisey, pronounces him dead. C. J. opens one eye and says, "You're fired!"

Assuming a series of diguises, Reggie encounters more of the banal and pompous side of life south of London. Only as a buck-toothed farm labourer does he find some fulfilment looking after pigs. Missing his wife, he assumes the identity of Martin Wellbourne, returned from South America, and visits her. Naturally he realizes he loves her still. Elizabeth, seeing through his disguise, is happy to have him back in any form.

Series Two (21 September - 2 November 1977)

In the second series, he remarries his wife and they build a retail business ("Grot") which sells useless items, hoping that it will be an interesting failure. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Grot was the fictional company founded by Reginald Perrin in the television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Instead, the useless items are snapped up as novelties: Grot becomes a runaway success, and Reggie ends up employing all the staff from Sunshine Desserts, including his former boss, C. J. This causes the Perrins to fall into the same boredom that Reggie had suffered before, so at the end of the second series they fake a joint suicide. This series was novelised as The Return of Reginald Perrin. Leonard Rossiter insisted that the quality of the first series was better since it was a book adaptation, and insisted Nobbs write books for the subsequent series before he would consider appearing in them.

Series Three (29 November 1978 - 24 January 1979)

In the third series, novelised as The Better World of Reginald Perrin, Reggie and his wife open a therapy centre for bored middle-aged people. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) He is rehired by C. J's brother F. J. at Amalgamated Aerosols, with C. J. himself as Reggie's supervisor. The final scene sees him contemplating another trip to the beach for another possible faked suicide.

Christmas Sketch (26 December 1982)

In 1982, as part of a show called The Funny Side of Christmas, there was a short, festive sketch featuring the regular cast crowding Reggie's house. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The sketch appears to be set during Reggie's crisis and is out of synchronisation with the other episodes.

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin (22 September - 31 October 1996)

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

Title card
FormatComedy
Created byDavid Nobbs
StarringPauline Yates
John Barron
Sue Nicholls
Geoffrey Palmer
Bruce Bould
Tim Preece
Sally-Jane Spencer
John Horsley
Theresa Watson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and David Gordon Nobbs (born 13 March 1935 in Petts Wood, Kent) is an English comedy writer Not to be confused with Paula Yates. Pauline Yates (born June 16, 1929 in St Helens) is an English actress John Barron ( 24 December 1920 &ndash 3 July 2004) was an English Actor. Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls (born 23 November 1943 in Walsall, Staffordshire) is an English actress, most known today Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE (born 4 June 1927 is an English Actor, known for his role as Lionel Hardcastle in the television series As Time Bruce Bould (born Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actor best known for playing David Harris-Jones in the Television sitcom Tim Preece (born 5 August 1938 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English actor prominent in the 1970s on television John Horsley (born 1920 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England) is an English actor The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located  of episodes7 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channelBBC
Original run1996 – 1996
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

This followup series, made long after Leonard Rossiter's death, shows the effect of Reggie's legacy: a fortune left to his friends and family but with strange conditions attached. This is a list of epiodes of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and its followup series The Legacy of Reginald Perrin Series 1 1976 The year 1996 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1996. The year 1996 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1996. This was largely seen as a failure by viewers, because the loss of Leonard Rossiter as the main character removed some affection for the series and despite a nominal lead man in Geoffrey Palmer, the series lacked a central character. Both book and series were titled The Legacy of Reginald Perrin.

Other Versions

A short-lived US version of the series was produced and broadcast on ABC in 1983 as Reggie, with ex-Soap actor Richard Mulligan replacing Rossiter in the lead role. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Soap is an American Sitcom that originally ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981 Richard Mulligan ( November 13, 1932 – September 26, 2000) was an American Television and Film Actor


Background and influence

At the end of the first series he fakes his own suicide by leaving his clothes on a beach in Dorset and running into the sea. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast (While this was coincidentally similar to a stunt pulled at around the same time by maverick MP John Stonehouse, neither was inspired by the other: the novel was written before Stonehouse's faked suicide in November 1974 but not published until 1975. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. John Thomson Stonehouse ( 28 July 1925 - 14 April 1988) was a British Politician and minister under Harold Wilson The phrase "do a Reggie Perrin" did enter the vernacular, however, no doubt assisted by the media circus that surrounded the Stonehouse affair. )

The series also introduced a number of catchphrases that have entered popular culture in the UK, including Perrin's reflexive apology for a late arrival at the office, his boss C. J. 's "I didn't get where I am today . . . "; the fawning junior executives Tony Webster and David Harris-Jones with their alternating "Great/Super"; and Perrin's brother-in-law Major Jimmy Anderson, an army officer with no grasp of organisation or leadership, coming round for a bite to eat because of a "bit of a cock-up on the catering front".

Although mainly produced on video and shot on studio sets, the series also incorporated innovative elements of surreal escapism through the use of film inserts, most notably during the numerous scenes in which, whenever his dreaded mother-in-law is mentioned, Reggie involuntarily visualises a huge hippopotamus trotting along. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members The hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius) from the Greek ἱπποπόταμος ( hippopotamos, ιππος hippos meaning "horse" (This is the same technique used to illustrate the dreams and reveries of the characters in the American TV medical comedy series Scrubs. Scrubs is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning American Comedy-drama that premiered on October 2 2001 on NBC. )

Occasionally characters would chorus each other exactly, another surreal tone, which was done skilfully enough to make it work comedically without affecting the vérité of the show.


Microsoft Visual Studio 6. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Microsoft Visual Studio is the main Integrated Development Environment (IDE from Microsoft. 0 Enterprise Edition contains a hidden Easter Egg, which is accessed using the words "Reggie" (a reference to The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin) and "Victor" (a reference to One Foot In The Grave). A virtual Easter egg is an intentional Hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, Book One Foot in the Grave was a BBC television Situation comedy series written by David Renwick. The Easter Egg contains the names of the entire Visual Studio development team, as well as confirmation of the meaning of "Reggie" and "Victor". [1]

Cast

DVD Releases

DVD TitleCountry of ReleaseRegionDate of ReleaseDVD companyCatalog NumberNotes
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete 1st SeriesFlag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom0 (PAL)October 21, 2002Second Sight Films2NDVD 3042
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete 2nd SeriesFlag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom0 (PAL)October 21, 2002Second Sight Films2NDVD 3048
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete 3rd SeriesFlag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom0 (PAL)May 19, 2003Second Sight Films2NDVD 3049
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete CollectionFlag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom0 (PAL)October 6, 2003Second Sight Films2NDVD 30623-disc box set of all 3 series. Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE (born 4 June 1927 is an English Actor, known for his role as Lionel Hardcastle in the television series As Time John Horsley (born 1920 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England) is an English actor Joseph Brady ( 9 October 1928, Glasgow - 12 June 2001) was a Scottish actor DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is a colour -encoding system used in Broadcast television systems in large parts of the world Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is a colour -encoding system used in Broadcast television systems in large parts of the world Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is a colour -encoding system used in Broadcast television systems in large parts of the world Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is a colour -encoding system used in Broadcast television systems in large parts of the world Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Neither The Legacy of Reginald Perrin nor the Christmas sketch has been released on DVD yet.

References

  1. ^ http://www.eeggs.com/items/1047.html Visual Studio 6. 0 Easter Egg

External links

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