The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Best Episodes of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One

Every episode of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin!

Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own death. Returning in disguise after various attempts...
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  1. 8.5/10(95 votes)

    #1 - The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting

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    Elizabeth is away, so Reggie decides to invite his secretary Joan over for a secret tryst... but constant visitors from family and friends prevent this.

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  2. 8.4/10(90 votes)

    #2 - The Speech to the British Fruit Association

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    After a disastrous public speech to the Fruit Association at Bilberry Hall, Reggie decides to take drastic action...

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  3. 8.4/10(87 votes)

    #3 - Trying a Frenchman, Welshman, Scotsman and an Italian

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    After his fake suicide, Reggie tries out a number of different new identities.

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  4. 8.3/10(117 votes)

    #4 - Hippopotamus

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    Reggie's life as a sales executive at Sunshine Desserts is getting too much for him and the strain is starting to show.

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  5. 8.3/10(82 votes)

    #5 - The Memorial Service

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    Reggie returns as Martin Wellborn, attends his own memorial service, and wins back Elizabeth.

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  6. 8.2/10(101 votes)

    #6 - Nightmare in the Park

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    Reggie's plans for a relaxing weekend are scuppered when the family decides to visit a safari park.

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  8. 8.1/10(88 votes)

    #7 - The Bizarre Dinner Party

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    With Elizabeth still away, Reggie hosts a dinner party (without any food) for his business associates.

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  9. 7.7/10(69 votes)

    #8 - Episode Seven

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    Perrin's closes and everyone says their goodbyes. Reggie gets a new job but finds himself again working for C.J. and his brother F.J. Is the coast calling again?

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  10. 7.1/10(69 votes)

    #9 - The Great Project

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    Reggie decides to open a commune helping people to live in peace and harmony. But first he needs staff...

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  11. 7.0/10(63 votes)

    #10 - The Trickle of Visitors

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    After an unique advertising campaign, "Perrin's" gains another guest.

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  12. 7.0/10(65 votes)

    #11 - Communal Social Evenings

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    Business is booming and Reggie is content... but for how long?

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  13. 7.0/10(64 votes)

    #12 - Timebomb

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    Money and jewelery begin to disappear at Perrin's and a female guest starts to be suggestible with the male staff.

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  14. 6.9/10(67 votes)

    #13 - Staff Training

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    Having recruited all the old faces, Reggie welcomes his one and only guest to "Perrin's"

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  15. 6.7/10(62 votes)

    #14 - Episode Six

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    Perrin's loses face in the community as McBlane attacks a Salvation Army woman and there is a backlash against his "Peacekeeping Force"

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    #15 - Remarried and Back at Sunshine Desserts

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    Maintaining his identity as Martin Wellbourne becomes more wearing for Reggie. Revealing his true identity to CJ does not go down well...

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    #16 - Elizabeth's New Admirer

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    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.

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    #17 - Jimmy's Offer

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    Reggie confronts CJ and hatches a plan for a very unusual shop after talking to Jimmy.

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    #18 - The Unusual Shop

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    Reggie asks CJ for a start-up loan to establish his shop Grot which becomes a huge success selling all sorts of useless products.

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    #19 - Re-Involvement

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    Sunshine desserts goes bankrupt and Reggie hires his old coworkers and boss to Grot.

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    #20 - The Four Untrustworthy Men

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    Reggie is bored with his success and plans to destroy Grot by hiring totally unsuitable personnel.

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    #21 - Extreme Solution

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    Reggie's plan fails. He tries more extreme tactics which also fail. Only one more thing left to do...

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    #22 - Reggie's Will

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    After nearly 20 years apart all the characters are brought together by the death of Reggie Perrin. After attending the funeral they are all summoned to Geraldine Hackstraw's office (the solicitor dealing with reggie's estate) to hear the reading of the will. Everyone is left a million pounds on the condition that they carry out an absurd act the level of absurdity to be judged by Ms Hackstraw

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    #23 - The Unlikely Leader

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    Eager to claim their share of Reggie's fortune, everyone embarks on individual attempts at absurdity, but fail dismally. They decide to pool their resources but wong as a group is less than effective until they adopt Jimmy as their unlikely leader!

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    #24 - BROSCOR

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    Joan introduces a new face to the group. Hank, Joan's new boyfriend. Is voted into the team in their quest for absurdity. Deciding to form the Bloodless Revolution of Senior Citizens and the Occupationally Rejected (BROSCOR), everyone sets out on a recruitment drive for new members. Ms Hackstraw, meanwhile recieves constant invites to dinner from certain members of the team eager for her affections.

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    #25 - The Split

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    A dearth of ideas dampens morale until Jimmy (trying to pass Elizabeth's ideas off as his own, with her consent, of course) suggests splitting into two units: one as a Think Tank, the other as a Policy Research Unit. Things get a bit confusing when Jimmy decides being leader means he has to be on both units. Romance is in the air once again for Tom and Linda, who try rekindling their love for each other. C.J. begins acting suspiciously.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting" is the best rated episode of "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". It scored 8.5/10 based on 95 votes. Directed by Gareth Gwenlan and written by David Nobbs, it aired on 9/22/1976. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Speech to the British Fruit Association".