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The luck of the Perrins reaches its lowest ebb. Jimmy, sacked from the army, makes Reggie an offer he can all too easily refuse.
About the programme: 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.
FeaturingPauline Yates, John Barron, John Horsley, Bruce Bould, Geoffrey Palmer, Patricia Hodge, Tim Preece, Sally-Jane Spencer, Leonard Rossiter, David Warwick, Derry Power, Glynn Edwards
Review snapshotOne of the very greatest from the era of great sitcoms.
Throws into sharp relief what an abject embarrassment today's BBC has become.
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