“Fantastically funny”
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.
Creator: David Nobbs
Network: BBC One
Seasons
4
Episodes
28
Status
Ended
Pauline Yates
Elizabeth Perrin
John Barron
Charles Jefferson / 'C.J.'
Bruce Bould
David Harris-Jones
Sue Nicholls
Joan Greengross
Leonard Rossiter
Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
John Horsley
Doc Morrissey
Trevor Adams
Tony Webster
Geoffrey Palmer
Jimmy Anderson