TV series

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

1976–1996 · 4 seasons

A dry, quietly surreal sitcom where mundane office life curdles into existential comedy, funny and faintly sad at once.

Tagline: Fantastically funny
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Satirical, absurd, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Work, identity, madness, class
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
identity
madness
class
family
Places: big city
workplace
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild