The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Complete Season 1 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role. Three series were produced from 1976 to 1979, based on a series of novels written by David Nobbs. S1.E1 ∙ Hippopotamus Wed, Sep 8, 1976 Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is a 46-year old sales executive for Sunshine Desserts, run by the hearty but hectoring boss C.J. Reggie is clearly suffering a mid-life crisis. Though not unhappily married to Elizabeth, he calls her mother a hippopotamus and is finding no enthusiasm for marketing C.J.'s latest line - exotic ices. He wants something better for his life, but is not sure what. S1.E2 ∙ Nightmare in the Park Wed, Sep 15, 1976 Life is beginning to get on top of Reggie as he starts to dictate abusive letters. Perhaps he needs a nice peaceful holiday. Unfortunately his daughter Linda asks him to take her and her husband Tom and their children, Adam and Jocasta, to a safari park, as Tom has crashed their own car. Being cooped up in a hot car in a safari park is too much for Reggie who gets out of the car for a walk and has to be rescued from the lions. S1.E3 ∙ The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting Wed, Sep 22, 1976 Elizabeth has gone to stay with her sick mother so Reggie uses the opportunity for some afternoon delight with his glamorous secretary Joan, who proves herself to be up for it. Sadly, just as they are about to unleash their passions Reggie is visited, first by his layabout son, resting actor Mark, and then by Elizabeth's right-wing, scrounging brother Jimmy, wanting food. Eventually Joan, hiding from them in Reggie's bedroom, escapes down the drainpipe. S1.E4 ∙ The Bizarre Dinner Party Wed, Sep 29, 1976 Still at her mother's house, Elizabeth rings Reggie to remind him that she had planned a dinner party but Reggie does not cancel it. Instead he asks C.J. and his wife, young colleague David who toadies to C.J., the well-endowed Davina from the custards department and his rude uncle Percy, who makes sexist comments about Davina. Then he tells them that there is no food as he has made a donation to Oxfam instead. Next morning he finds a hung over David has stayed the night and can remember nothing of the evening before, not even when his trousers fell down, exposing his Beethoven underpants. S1.E5 ∙ The Speech to the British Fruit Association Wed, Oct 6, 1976 A nervous Reggie is to address the British Fruit Association and mixes Dutch courage with sedative pills, with the result that the speech is a disaster and he has to be dragged off the stage. He is now at breaking point and tells C.J. that blood will flow. C.J. takes this literally when Reggie empties a lorry load of loganberry essence into the river where C.J. is fishing. Next Reggie leaves his clothes by the edge of the sea to fake his suicide and considers which false identity to assume. S1.E6 ∙ Trying a Frenchman, Welshman, Scotsman and an Italian Wed, Oct 13, 1976 Reggie tries out various new identities, including Lord Amherst (which attracts the attention of the comely Jean) and Donald Potts (which attracts the less comely Miss Pershore). However, he misses Elizabeth and is upset to find that, since she assumes that Reggie is dead, she is seeing an old flame, Henry. He even encounters them whilst pretending to be an Italian, though she fails to recognize him, as do his work colleagues when he sits near them in their local pub. Finally he gets a job in a sewage works. S1.E7 ∙ The Memorial Service Wed, Oct 20, 1976 Calling himself Martin Wellbourne, an alleged friend of the deceased newly arrived from Brazil, and sporting a curly beard, Reggie gate-crashes his own memorial service where a vague vicar plugs Mark's new play and people seem to miss Reggie less than he had hoped. Elizabeth is engaged to Henry but recognizes Reggie immediately. She allows him to romance her and plays along with his deception, finally agreeing to marry him, as Martin. Linda has also seen through the disguise but Elizabeth tells her to say nothing as Reggie is clearly much happier in his new skin. He even gets his old job back as Martin. By intertwining absurdity with sharp social commentary, "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" remains a cherished piece of television history, offering both laughter and reflection on the human condition. For more detailed information, you can explore the full list of episodes and the show's history on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Reginald_Perrin #ReginaldPerrin, #BritishComedy, #ClassicSitcom, #LeonardRossiter, #MidlifeCrisis, #Satire, #Consumerism, #CorporateCulture, #BritishTelevision, #ComedyClassic, #TVHistory, #DavidNobbs, #BBCComedy
@@happinesstan I don't know that it was the best, but it sure tickled the hell out of me when it was shown on broadcast TV way back in the late 1970s. At work at a newspaper office, a coworker mate and I entertained folks there with an endless river of Regie Perinisms.
What a treat. Back when the BBC were there to inform and entertain, not patronise and preach. Quality all the way. John Barron was a master, Leonard Rossiter could deliver any script with skill, flair and confidence. Thanks for sharing with such informative summaries
Joan is played by Sue Nicholls who has been playing Audrey Roberts in Coronation Street for well over 30 years. Elizabeth is played by Pauline Yates and I always she was the perfect foil for Reggie.
"to inform and entertain, not patronise and preach" - you clearly have forgotten how patronising the Beeb has _always_ been. It was first run by Lord Reith who was far more elitist than the Beeb is now, with presenters having to speak in RP and non-white or working class people rarely to be heard or, later, seen. The BBC for all its many faults reflects Britain closely.
I first discovered this gem in 1977 , It was on New Zealand tv , I was thirteen years old, and it was on fairly late in the evening, when I was meant to be in bed , but, it just appealed to me straight away, and I was not going to bed and miss it. I told Dad about it , but he wasnt keen on having a proper look , because he recognized Leonard Rossiter from Rising Damp , and that was not his cup of tea. Anyway, when Reginald Perrin was repeated on tv in about 1984 , Dad finally checked it out properly, and it became just about his favourite ever comedy. He and I had great times together watching it . He kept watching it often on his VHS player until he died in 2008. I still go back to it quite often and enjoy it with my son . Ive discovered that Rising Damp is pretty good too. Leonard Rossiter was a master of comedy acting , but underrated I think .🙂
In the eighties , another firm favourite of mine , and Dads (Mum too) , was "Ever decreasing circles " Richard Briers was another great comic actor. And lately, I've been rewatching "Shelley" , and , "The return of Shelley" , it's very good, Hywel Bennett was another great talent. IMO.
Here in the US, back in the 80's PBS was the ONLY way one could enjoy anything with any intelligence or wit. British comedies were a staple of PBS late night programming.
@@barrycuda3769 Both garbage. Both typical American "comedies" that felt the need to have "very special episodes" dealing with emotional or social issues. You'd never catch Peep Show having a "special episode" dealing with child abuse or the legacy of Vietnam.
@@barrycuda3769 In those days (pre-cable, pre-VCR) there certainly was a significant percentage of the TV audience that appreciated PBS, especially in places like where I live (the deep south). In the big cities, there were more options; independent channels and stations that offered fringe content. PBS always had a reputation as being sort of for the "intellectual" or the "cultural elitist," but "Sesame Street" and "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" saved my life. Later, I got to see Shakespeare and Gilbert and Sullivan and Japanese Noh plays and Dr. Who and Nova and Monty Python and all kinds of weird things I never would have been exposed to otherwise. I'm know there were many many other people just like me who latched onto PBS like a life raft.
I didn’t get where I am today without reminiscing about where I am today , well done Reggie , tip top series what , Damn nice to see you after all these years , Goodbye!!!
An incredible series that was so far ahead of its time that it wasn't really appreciated in the 70s. I remember seeing it the first time around and loved it.
This whole thing just oozes quality, we are getting the great Leonard Rossiter at his very best and I cannot wait to get stuck into it again. Life is so rich! -first time we get to see the wonderful Geoffrey Palmer who plays the clueless "Jimmy" too! Oh, you people who have not seen this-you won't regret watching!
I'm a 66 year old Englishman who well remembers this show airing in my later teens. I honestly never watched a single episode, although lots of friends raved about it. For some inexplicable reason, I just missed them all. I used to work in the evenings, so maybe that was why. Who knows? I've just binge watched the entire first series. I knew it would be special and it didn't disappoint. Somehow, coming across it now, at this later stage of my life, is a strange combination of freshness and nostalgia. Loved it and on now to Series 2 and 3.
I from the States and remember watching this on PBS back in the late 70’s. And the oddest thing is that I was thinking of this show the other day, but made no searches about it on the internet or UA-cam and then today it showed up on my feed. Thanks for posting it, I’ve already started watching.
Grrrreat to see Reggie again , Of course watching 40 yrs ago I suppose I could empathise with Reggie a little but now at 60 Its exactly how I feel every day !!!
Reggie Perrin made me want to leave the rat race when I was too young to have joined. ' Grot ' took off as 'Shabby Chic' and made piles out of gullible fashionistas but optimistic salesmen remained irritating without saying 'great' . It still raises a smile to watch because people never change. You still meet the same characters today they just carry mobile phones and say 'like' more often than 'great' (or anything else).
That’s just what it’s like being old. You’ll have to accept that the world is not the same as it was in your childhood. Otherwise you’ll spend your final years shouting at clouds. It’s not going to go backwards.
Leonard Rossiter at his best. Comedy classic is an understatement. Brings back fond memories of my youth watching this with my parents. I'm off to watch Season 2. Thanks for posting.
This is my fav sit com of all time… Rossiter is so good.. the facial expressions, the improv, the energy. Amazing, timeless.. supporting cast is great too and they’ll all tell ya it’s to meet Rossiters high standards that they had to set the bar that high. I love him. ❤
This is such a brilliant video mate thank you so much …. I’m in bed with the flu … bored out my mind ! And then found this ! You are a life saver 😂❤ cheers
You know, one of the great things about this show is that either there is no laugh track (that is, the laughter seems real) or that what laughter there is, isn't crazy over-the-top. You can actually hear individual voices chuckling. The laughter is sparse, not forced in after every line. Laugh tracks ruin most old shows. I'm so used to modern comedies like Peep Show that don't have any laughter at all that I've been spoiled and can't watch most old shows anymore.
Thank you so much for posting this. Beautifully written, beautifully acted by all, in particular Leonard the legend. They don't make stuff like this any more.
Greetings from Western Australia I watched this in my late teens. Television was interesting back then . Leonard Rossiter was a favourite of Kubrick. We seen him in classics like this , Rising Damp , 2001 A Space Odyssey and Barry Lyndon 😂❤ A great talent taken before his time.
That looks like North Ealing tube station masquerading as Norbiton train station at the start of the first episode. Given the house and walk to work were filmed in Ealing and the office scenes in Acton it makes sense.
Reggie Perrin to the tea lady at Sunshine Desserts… “In 1971 I asked you to reserve me a macaroon, and you refused.” The stuff great comedy is made of…
Quality writing, wonderfully performed . There is the old adage that one's past is often viewed through rose tinted spectacles, but current censorship and compliance to wokeism is strangling creativity and free expression. We shall not see these days (or programmes) again.
The predictable and totally gratuitous reference to this mystical thing called "wokeism" to justify sweeping and wholly unsubstantiated statements which are nothing but poorly informed opinions and value judgements. What freely expressed ideas are being expressed here that would be censored (you forget the trigger word "cancelled", mate!) here? In what way is modern Britain's world-class production of comedy no longer creative and free??? This is the word (wokeism) that only ever gets thrown about, and the kind of comment that only ever gets left, by middle-aged men who lack sufficient self-awareness to actually understand that the storyline of this comedy - mid-life crisis, feeling of futility and despair, etc. - might actually by pointing its boney finger at them! Are you sure those are rose-tinted glasses you are looking through and not the bulging blood vessels behind your retinas about to burst forth in rage at a changing world? Remember the protagonist's intials, sir: RIP. So, well done! Bravo! That'll show 'em. They don't like it up 'em, you know? Etc. Etc. Etc. From another middle-aged man who, unlike you, is trying hard NOT to be that god-awful stereotype.
Dear stephenl7048, here is some food for thought. My previous comment in reply to yours seems to have been removed or cannot be viewed, not doubt by the "owner" of this channel (and I use that term loosely given he appears to own none of the intellectual property he so liberally shares here). It appears that someone didn't like my taking acception to your gratuitous use of the word "wokeism" as well as my characterisation (dare I say in the context of comedy, "caricature") of middle-aged men adapting or not to a rapidly changing world (and I count myself one), so they censored me. In light of your own comments about, and I quote, "current censorship and compliance to wokeism", this appears to be one of life's true ironies which I hope both you - and the owner of this channel - will contemplate with the same depth and self-searching honesty as would Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. We seem to be dealing with a rather irregular verb: "I sweep under the carpet, you delete, he censors..." Now for ten points, which famous BBC comedy is that recurring joke template taken from?
More like Life than modernity is now. So much insight into how we really are. Not the pretenders of 2024. It must be thoroughly disgusting to older Brits what has become of their land.
@@tonypetts6663I think Claude Nobbs was the organiser of the Montreux Jazz festival. Affectionately known as Funky Claude, he is name checked in the song’Smoke on the water’ by Deep Purple on the Machine Head album, for his role in rescuing some audience members from the Montreux Casino fire referred to in the song.
Perrin was right. - what on earth is the point? Tried the ponytail, bought the Harley D, took out a gym subscription, having a sleeve tattoo done and fitting out a camper van, but still none the wiser. Watching this helps though
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Complete Season 1
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role. Three series were produced from 1976 to 1979, based on a series of novels written by David Nobbs.
S1.E1 ∙ Hippopotamus
Wed, Sep 8, 1976
Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is a 46-year old sales executive for Sunshine Desserts, run by the hearty but hectoring boss C.J. Reggie is clearly suffering a mid-life crisis. Though not unhappily married to Elizabeth, he calls her mother a hippopotamus and is finding no enthusiasm for marketing C.J.'s latest line - exotic ices. He wants something better for his life, but is not sure what.
S1.E2 ∙ Nightmare in the Park
Wed, Sep 15, 1976
Life is beginning to get on top of Reggie as he starts to dictate abusive letters. Perhaps he needs a nice peaceful holiday. Unfortunately his daughter Linda asks him to take her and her husband Tom and their children, Adam and Jocasta, to a safari park, as Tom has crashed their own car. Being cooped up in a hot car in a safari park is too much for Reggie who gets out of the car for a walk and has to be rescued from the lions.
S1.E3 ∙ The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting
Wed, Sep 22, 1976
Elizabeth has gone to stay with her sick mother so Reggie uses the opportunity for some afternoon delight with his glamorous secretary Joan, who proves herself to be up for it. Sadly, just as they are about to unleash their passions Reggie is visited, first by his layabout son, resting actor Mark, and then by Elizabeth's right-wing, scrounging brother Jimmy, wanting food. Eventually Joan, hiding from them in Reggie's bedroom, escapes down the drainpipe.
S1.E4 ∙ The Bizarre Dinner Party
Wed, Sep 29, 1976
Still at her mother's house, Elizabeth rings Reggie to remind him that she had planned a dinner party but Reggie does not cancel it. Instead he asks C.J. and his wife, young colleague David who toadies to C.J., the well-endowed Davina from the custards department and his rude uncle Percy, who makes sexist comments about Davina. Then he tells them that there is no food as he has made a donation to Oxfam instead. Next morning he finds a hung over David has stayed the night and can remember nothing of the evening before, not even when his trousers fell down, exposing his Beethoven underpants.
S1.E5 ∙ The Speech to the British Fruit Association
Wed, Oct 6, 1976
A nervous Reggie is to address the British Fruit Association and mixes Dutch courage with sedative pills, with the result that the speech is a disaster and he has to be dragged off the stage. He is now at breaking point and tells C.J. that blood will flow. C.J. takes this literally when Reggie empties a lorry load of loganberry essence into the river where C.J. is fishing. Next Reggie leaves his clothes by the edge of the sea to fake his suicide and considers which false identity to assume.
S1.E6 ∙ Trying a Frenchman, Welshman, Scotsman and an Italian
Wed, Oct 13, 1976
Reggie tries out various new identities, including Lord Amherst (which attracts the attention of the comely Jean) and Donald Potts (which attracts the less comely Miss Pershore). However, he misses Elizabeth and is upset to find that, since she assumes that Reggie is dead, she is seeing an old flame, Henry. He even encounters them whilst pretending to be an Italian, though she fails to recognize him, as do his work colleagues when he sits near them in their local pub. Finally he gets a job in a sewage works.
S1.E7 ∙ The Memorial Service
Wed, Oct 20, 1976
Calling himself Martin Wellbourne, an alleged friend of the deceased newly arrived from Brazil, and sporting a curly beard, Reggie gate-crashes his own memorial service where a vague vicar plugs Mark's new play and people seem to miss Reggie less than he had hoped. Elizabeth is engaged to Henry but recognizes Reggie immediately. She allows him to romance her and plays along with his deception, finally agreeing to marry him, as Martin. Linda has also seen through the disguise but Elizabeth tells her to say nothing as Reggie is clearly much happier in his new skin. He even gets his old job back as Martin.
By intertwining absurdity with sharp social commentary, "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" remains a cherished piece of television history, offering both laughter and reflection on the human condition.
For more detailed information, you can explore the full list of episodes and the show's history on Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Reginald_Perrin
#ReginaldPerrin, #BritishComedy, #ClassicSitcom, #LeonardRossiter, #MidlifeCrisis, #Satire, #Consumerism, #CorporateCulture, #BritishTelevision, #ComedyClassic, #TVHistory, #DavidNobbs, #BBCComedy
The best Comedy series, ever.
He was actually showing typical symptoms of a nervous breakdown...
@@tedthesailor172 And?
@@happinesstan And what...?
@@happinesstan I don't know that it was the best, but it sure tickled the hell out of me when it was shown on broadcast TV way back in the late 1970s. At work at a newspaper office, a coworker mate and I entertained folks there with an endless river of Regie Perinisms.
What a treat. Back when the BBC were there to inform and entertain, not patronise and preach.
Quality all the way. John Barron was a master, Leonard Rossiter could deliver any script with skill, flair and confidence.
Thanks for sharing with such informative summaries
Joan is played by Sue Nicholls who has been playing Audrey Roberts in Coronation Street for well over 30 years. Elizabeth is played by Pauline Yates and I always she was the perfect foil for Reggie.
Super!
Great!
Nostalgia can be misleading. Sure there was some quality programming, but most of the three tv channels' output was sh*te
"to inform and entertain, not patronise and preach" - you clearly have forgotten how patronising the Beeb has _always_ been. It was first run by Lord Reith who was far more elitist than the Beeb is now, with presenters having to speak in RP and non-white or working class people rarely to be heard or, later, seen. The BBC for all its many faults reflects Britain closely.
48 years old and this remains one of the best TV programmes ever made. Fantastic work.
I first discovered this gem in 1977 , It was on New Zealand tv , I was thirteen years old, and it was on fairly late in the evening, when I was meant to be in bed , but, it just appealed to me straight away, and I was not going to bed and miss it. I told Dad about it , but he wasnt keen on having a proper look , because he recognized Leonard Rossiter from Rising Damp , and that was not his cup of tea. Anyway, when Reginald Perrin was repeated on tv in about 1984 , Dad finally checked it out properly, and it became just about his favourite ever comedy. He and I had great times together watching it . He kept watching it often on his VHS player until he died in 2008. I still go back to it quite often and enjoy it with my son . Ive discovered that Rising Damp is pretty good too. Leonard Rossiter was a master of comedy acting , but underrated I think .🙂
In the eighties , another firm favourite of mine , and Dads (Mum too) , was "Ever decreasing circles " Richard Briers was another great comic actor. And lately, I've been rewatching "Shelley" , and , "The return of Shelley" , it's very good, Hywel Bennett was another great talent. IMO.
Here in the US, back in the 80's PBS was the ONLY way one could enjoy anything with any intelligence or wit. British comedies were a staple of PBS late night programming.
@@barrycuda3769 Both garbage. Both typical American "comedies" that felt the need to have "very special episodes" dealing with emotional or social issues. You'd never catch Peep Show having a "special episode" dealing with child abuse or the legacy of Vietnam.
@@barrycuda3769 In those days (pre-cable, pre-VCR) there certainly was a significant percentage of the TV audience that appreciated PBS, especially in places like where I live (the deep south). In the big cities, there were more options; independent channels and stations that offered fringe content. PBS always had a reputation as being sort of for the "intellectual" or the "cultural elitist," but "Sesame Street" and "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" saved my life. Later, I got to see Shakespeare and Gilbert and Sullivan and Japanese Noh plays and Dr. Who and Nova and Monty Python and all kinds of weird things I never would have been exposed to otherwise. I'm know there were many many other people just like me who latched onto PBS like a life raft.
Uncle Jimmy.
Bit of cock up on the old catering front.
I consider myself very lucky to have been around in the 70s when there was so much great comedy on television .
Like you. In the office we played on so many of those lines the following morning.
So true!
I've never seen again that series, with the lyrics, love is like a butterfly. Funny funny.
True 🙌
It also evokes the grey dreariness of the 1970s so very well.
I didn't get where I am today without regularly empethising with Reggie Perrin.
I never realised how much I missed this show in general and Leonard Rossiter specifically. Thanks for the upload 😊
I didn't get where I was today, without loving this program...Goodby
Super!
I didn’t get where I am today without reminiscing about where I am today , well done Reggie , tip top series what , Damn nice to see you after all these years , Goodbye!!!
Super!
An incredible series that was so far ahead of its time that it wasn't really appreciated in the 70s.
I remember seeing it the first time around and loved it.
This whole thing just oozes quality, we are getting the great Leonard Rossiter at his very best and I cannot wait to get stuck into it again.
Life is so rich!
-first time we get to see the wonderful Geoffrey Palmer who plays the clueless "Jimmy" too!
Oh, you people who have not seen this-you won't regret watching!
I'm a 66 year old Englishman who well remembers this show airing in my later teens. I honestly never watched a single episode, although lots of friends raved about it. For some inexplicable reason, I just missed them all. I used to work in the evenings, so maybe that was why. Who knows? I've just binge watched the entire first series. I knew it would be special and it didn't disappoint. Somehow, coming across it now, at this later stage of my life, is a strange combination of freshness and nostalgia. Loved it and on now to Series 2 and 3.
glad you enjoyed it
I from the States and remember watching this on PBS back in the late 70’s. And the oddest thing is that I was thinking of this show the other day, but made no searches about it on the internet or UA-cam and then today it showed up on my feed. Thanks for posting it, I’ve already started watching.
@@TheRDMagee The Internet knows you better than you know yourself🥶
I from Canada and was living in Ireland for a time. A friend over there turned me on to this show! We quoted it all the time!! “Yes CJ!”
I haven't watched this for 35 years...I still have the original VHS tapes somewhere. Wonderful little comedy. Thanks for posting it.
I didn't get where I am today without enjoying Reginald Perrin...
Great!........ Super.
The series is good, but the book by David Nobbs is absolutely beautiful and a masterpiece - a fantastic read and laugh out loud.
@@RTD553 Agreed. Read it when off school with Measles in 1977.
I read the book as a boy, until it fell apart!
Grrrreat to see Reggie again , Of course watching 40 yrs ago I suppose I could empathise with Reggie a little but now at 60 Its exactly how I feel every day !!!
Same age....me too! Totally get it now.
Super!
I can remember watching this when I lived in London in 1977. Funny show. Very clever.
The Grot Shops. Brilliant.
Thank you for posting this. This is exactly what I need right now.
Simply the finest novel of middle age middle depression ever .... RIP is everymans modern hero and anti all at once.
I missed out on this back in the day (was always my bed time) I've waited over 40 years to get my hands on this! Thank you so much!!
Hope you enjoy it!
Reggie Perrin made me want to leave the rat race when I was too young to have joined. ' Grot ' took off as 'Shabby Chic' and made piles out of gullible fashionistas but optimistic salesmen remained irritating without saying 'great' . It still raises a smile to watch because people never change. You still meet the same characters today they just carry mobile phones and say 'like' more often than 'great' (or anything else).
This is a complete antidote to 'the current kind of thing'. Wonderful acting by Leonard, fantastic series. Many thanks! On to the Next.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely loved this as a kid , thanks so much for uploading!!... Leonard Rossiter was flippin' brilliant
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks man! I always wanted to be married to Reggie’s wife.
This is great. I remember my parents watching this and thinking it was so weird ,and funny.
So happy to see this. I still use the catchphrases from this series to this day.
Super!
How sad, the way this country has become. Cheers for a great upload.
WOW what a treat! Classic comedy - love Leonard Rossiter. Thanks so much for the upload! XXX
Thank you 🙏🏻….i loved this as a kid in the 70’s ….please take me back , I don’t want to be here …I feel like a foreigner in my own country 😂
Along with millions of us feeling exactly the same....we've been betrayed and lied to for way too long...enough is enough!!!
That’s just what it’s like being old.
You’ll have to accept that the world is not the same as it was in your childhood.
Otherwise you’ll spend your final years shouting at clouds. It’s not going to go backwards.
Great!, Super!
Leonard Rossiter at his best. Comedy classic is an understatement. Brings back fond memories of my youth watching this with my parents. I'm off to watch Season 2. Thanks for posting.
glad your enjoy it
I first watched Reginald perrin as a kid in the 80s and loved it.40 years later and its still great.
Super
Wonderful to watch this again! I didn't get where I am today by not watching Reggie Perrin......
This is my fav sit com of all time… Rossiter is so good.. the facial expressions, the improv, the energy. Amazing, timeless.. supporting cast is great too and they’ll all tell ya it’s to meet Rossiters high standards that they had to set the bar that high. I love him. ❤
Alan thank you for the upload, really appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed it
This is such a brilliant video mate thank you so much …. I’m in bed with the flu … bored out my mind ! And then found this ! You are a life saver 😂❤ cheers
Glad you enjoyed it
Watched this in NZ with my mum, loved it so much. Great to see it again ❤
Glad you enjoyed it
I didn't get where I am today by watching a rerun of Reggie Perrin!
Thank you I loved this when I was a kid fantastic!!!!
Happy to be able to see the series again. Thank you.
Enjoy!
Great. Super. Yes, CJ. This show taught me that it is normal to be abnormal in this world.
Thank you for uploading a treat for us all.
You know, one of the great things about this show is that either there is no laugh track (that is, the laughter seems real) or that what laughter there is, isn't crazy over-the-top. You can actually hear individual voices chuckling. The laughter is sparse, not forced in after every line. Laugh tracks ruin most old shows. I'm so used to modern comedies like Peep Show that don't have any laughter at all that I've been spoiled and can't watch most old shows anymore.
@@lanceash One tv show that really overdid the audience laughter and participation was "Married with children" .
They were recorded with an audience present.
Also only fools ended up with stupid laughter at the end of almost every line in the latter series
love it what an actor!!!!x
thank you posting this absolute classic.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you so much for posting this. Beautifully written, beautifully acted by all, in particular Leonard the legend. They don't make stuff like this any more.
Well said!
Just so wonderful
Great super.
I actually shed a tear at the end, for real. Also, his wife was gorgeous.
Watched the series as a 9 year old, so only remembered the hippo.
I’ll always remember “bookends, pumice stone and West Germany”. We just fell about laughing when that line came out!
@@TesterAnimal1 Me too , that was one of my favourite lines , sometimes I use it myself just to see what reaction I get.
Loved this from my childhood days...
Rossitter was amazing as Perrin, and the rest of the cast were fantastic, the BBC tried it again with clunes and it absolutely bombed 😮
@@sidneygreen9120 It sure did bomb with me .
I couldn’t stomach more the 5 minutes of the remake, it was an insult
Fantastic.
Thank you! ❤
I never ever watched any of this. I'll give it a whirl when i have time. Thanks for the UL! 👍
I didn't get where I am today by skipping comedies like these in my youth!
Thanks for uploading.
No worries!
Greetings from Western Australia
I watched this in my late teens. Television was interesting back then .
Leonard Rossiter was a favourite of Kubrick. We seen him in classics like this , Rising Damp , 2001 A Space Odyssey and Barry Lyndon 😂❤
A great talent taken before his time.
Glad you enjoy it, Rising damp playlist; ua-cam.com/play/PLlfrwm-GFKKfz9Yi__f1op_CeMERuQlvd.html
It had its faults but this was the golden era in so many ways. We will miss them more and more.
00:01 Episode 1
30:12 Episode 2
59:45 Episode 3
1:29:25 Episode 4
1:58:36 Episode 5
2:28:18 Episode 6
2:58:06 Episode 7
That looks like North Ealing tube station masquerading as Norbiton train station at the start of the first episode. Given the house and walk to work were filmed in Ealing and the office scenes in Acton it makes sense.
Great....super...
Super
Have a good day at the office darling - "I won't". Classic!
I used to say the same.
Til early retirement at 56.
Thanks for this - amazing !
No worries!
1, 2, 3, 4 someone's knocking at the door.
5,6,7,8 always pays to make 'em wait.
9,10 Enter!
Morning CJ .
brilliant!
This was randomly on the stream and OMG I remember when it first was on TV… but now after working, I get the joke.
Reggie Perrin to the tea lady at Sunshine Desserts… “In 1971 I asked you to reserve me a macaroon, and you refused.” The stuff great comedy is made of…
Great stuff, cheers :-)
thankyou! 🙂 x
Leonard Rossiter was a great actor: saw him in a Dario Fo play live in the 70's , wonderful! Perhaps I should say"great!" "super!".
I didn't get where I am today by not watching classic comedy.
Poor Reggie, men weren't supposed to live like this. I'm amazed they didn't all go stark raving mad.
Doc Morrisey was a legend.
Take two Aspirin and have a lie down.
I loved it
Discovered this at 9 yrs old on sunday nights on pbs. After monty python and the two ronnies🇺🇸✌️
I used to watch that series when it first broadcast.
So many running jokes.
How times have changed. I didn't get where i am today by not knowing how times have changed
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 😂
Greeeaat , supah !
Glad you enjoyed it
My very favorite!! "I didn't get where I am today by..........."
Cheers G
I didn't get where I an today without watching reggie perrin😅
Better times in multiple respects
Great……. Super.
Class... 70s Pakistani born... This was brilliance
Quality writing, wonderfully performed . There is the old adage that one's past is often viewed through rose tinted spectacles, but current censorship and compliance to wokeism is strangling creativity and free expression. We shall not see these days (or programmes) again.
The predictable and totally gratuitous reference to this mystical thing called "wokeism" to justify sweeping and wholly unsubstantiated statements which are nothing but poorly informed opinions and value judgements. What freely expressed ideas are being expressed here that would be censored (you forget the trigger word "cancelled", mate!) here? In what way is modern Britain's world-class production of comedy no longer creative and free???
This is the word (wokeism) that only ever gets thrown about, and the kind of comment that only ever gets left, by middle-aged men who lack sufficient self-awareness to actually understand that the storyline of this comedy - mid-life crisis, feeling of futility and despair, etc. - might actually by pointing its boney finger at them!
Are you sure those are rose-tinted glasses you are looking through and not the bulging blood vessels behind your retinas about to burst forth in rage at a changing world? Remember the protagonist's intials, sir: RIP.
So, well done! Bravo! That'll show 'em. They don't like it up 'em, you know? Etc. Etc. Etc.
From another middle-aged man who, unlike you, is trying hard NOT to be that god-awful stereotype.
Dear stephenl7048, here is some food for thought.
My previous comment in reply to yours seems to have been removed or cannot be viewed, not doubt by the "owner" of this channel (and I use that term loosely given he appears to own none of the intellectual property he so liberally shares here).
It appears that someone didn't like my taking acception to your gratuitous use of the word "wokeism" as well as my characterisation (dare I say in the context of comedy, "caricature") of middle-aged men adapting or not to a rapidly changing world (and I count myself one), so they censored me.
In light of your own comments about, and I quote, "current censorship and compliance to wokeism", this appears to be one of life's true ironies which I hope both you - and the owner of this channel - will contemplate with the same depth and self-searching honesty as would Reginald Iolanthe Perrin.
We seem to be dealing with a rather irregular verb: "I sweep under the carpet, you delete, he censors..."
Now for ten points, which famous BBC comedy is that recurring joke template taken from?
Great!
More like Life than modernity is now. So much insight into how we really are. Not the pretenders of 2024. It must be thoroughly disgusting to older Brits what has become of their land.
Still one of the best comedies written. I read the books by Claude Nobbs and they are just as brilliant.
Er...might that be David Nobbs?
@@gedofgont1006 Whoops yes it is! Sorry Claude Nobbs was a technician on Deep Purple's album Machine Head🤦😋
@@tonypetts6663I think Claude Nobbs was the organiser of the Montreux Jazz festival. Affectionately known as Funky Claude, he is name checked in the song’Smoke on the water’ by Deep Purple on the Machine Head album, for his role in rescuing some audience members from the Montreux Casino fire referred to in the song.
@@tonypetts6663funky Claude
The perfect sitcom.
Super!
I didn't get where I am today........
This was a funny series. Great to see it again, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Let's not forget that Stanley Kubrick chose Leonard Rossiter for an integral part in A Space Odyssey 2001
From the era when actors did comedy, rather than comedians trying to act.
Swing doors on the kitchen, aunt had those...
Perrin was right. - what on earth is the point? Tried the ponytail, bought the Harley D, took out a gym subscription, having a sleeve tattoo done and fitting out a camper van, but still none the wiser. Watching this helps though
Good Newsville, Arizona !
Oh, those chairs!😂
It's like Just William isn't it - you appreciate it much more when you're an adult
No
@@rashidshah7929 Do explain