Distributor:
Roadshow Home Entertainment Certificate: PG | 210
minutes | Region 4 Available to buy
Writer: David Nobbs
Extras: No
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Leonard
Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron, Sue Nicholls, Bruce Bould, Trevor
Adams
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
Without
question one of the finest
sitcoms of the 1970's if not of
all time, Leonard Rossiter
shines brilliantly as Reginald
Iolanthe Perrin whose mid life
crisis leads him to fake his own
death.
Certainly
a cut above your average sitcom, Perrin is serial in nature and was
based on Nobbs own early 70's novel The Death of Reginald Perrin, Reggie
lives a normal suburban life in a normal suburban house and works in
middle management at Sunshine Desserts where he is browbeaten by his
clearly insane boss CJ who started each sentence with "I didn't get
where I am today by..", Reggie spends much of his lusting after his
secretary Joan (Sue Nicholls) and imagining his mother in law as a hippopotamus,
stressed out and headed for his mid life crisis Reggie leaves his
clothes on the beach and fakes his own death.
For
awhile Reggie becomes a tramp but soon gets a job working as a pig
farmer, however, it isn't too long before he his pining for his old life
he creates a new identity for himself, complete with fake beard and wig
and decides to woo his wife all over again.
Incredibly
funny and very very clever Reggie Perrin is full of classic moments and
has more catchphrases than you can shake a stick at - if you have never
seen fall and rise and are a fan of British comedy then you are going to
have just discovered your new favourite show, if you are already
familiar with the series then you already know that this is a must
have.
