Distributor:
Roadshow Home Entertainment Certificate: PG | 210 minutes Available to buy Extras: No
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Leonard Rossiter, John Barron, Pauline Yates, Sue Nicholls, Geoffrey Palmer, Bruce Bould, Trevor Adams
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
"I didn't get where I am today by not recognising a classic sitcom when I see it."
One of the all time great sitcoms with Leonard Rossiter never better as the ultimate middle aged man going through a mid life crisis. Based on David Nobbs early seventies novel The
Death of Reginald Perrin the series starts with Reggie
(Rossiter of course) living his humdrum
suburban life in Norbiton, working at Sunshine Desserts and catching the train
(thats always 9 minutes late) to work everyday, his boss CJ (legendary performance by John Barron with a different "I didn't get where I am today" for every occasion) ruling the company with a rod of iron, tired of his life Reggie decides to fake his own death, leaving his clothes on an empty beach to suggest he has drowned himself, he then becomes a tramp and later gets a job working on a pig farm, before too long though Reggie is missing his old life, posing as the bearded Martin Wellbourne Reggie sets out to woo his wife anew.
Absolutely choc-a-block with great catchphrases and memorable characters
Its
a real ensemble piece though as (like the Magnificent Seven) key players
are recruited to the journalist cause, Bill Nighy is a legend and his
role as editor Cameron Foster adds a much need level of light
heartedness to proceedings, equally good is gorgeous voiced Kelly
MacDonald as fellow journo Della, special mention must go to Marc Warren
(who is proving himself to be a more than capable talent) as businessman
Dominic Foy who is unable to control events that are happening around
him. Seriously good and not to be missed, State of Play is British TV at
its best.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
Audio
commentary on episodes 1 and 6 by writer Paul Abbott and director David
Yates as well as producer Hilary Bevan Jones and editor Mark Day.
