The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin — Season 2
Fantastically funny
About this season
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.
Episodes (7)
1. Remarried and Back at Sunshine Desserts
Aired 21 September 1977 • 30 min
Maintaining his identity as Martin Wellbourne becomes more wearing for Reggie. Revealing his true identity to CJ does not go down well...
2. Elizabeth's New Admirer
Aired 28 September 1977 • 30 min
Reggie is reduced to working at a pig farm. Elizabeth decides to get a job, gaining a new admirer and becoming the bread winner but isn't keen to let Reggie know where, leading him to suspect she is having an affair.
3. Jimmy's Offer
Aired 5 October 1977 • 30 min
Reggie confronts CJ and hatches a plan for a very unusual shop after talking to Jimmy.
4. The Unusual Shop
Aired 12 October 1977 • 30 min
Reggie asks CJ for a start-up loan to establish his shop Grot which becomes a huge success selling all sorts of useless products.
5. Re-Involvement
Aired 19 October 1977 • 30 min
Sunshine desserts goes bankrupt and Reggie hires his old coworkers and boss to Grot.
6. The Four Untrustworthy Men
Aired 26 October 1977 • 30 min
Reggie is bored with his success and plans to destroy Grot by hiring totally unsuitable personnel.
7. Extreme Solution
Aired 2 November 1977 • 30 min
Reggie's plan fails. He tries more extreme tactics which also fail. Only one more thing left to do...