8.6/1088 votesLoading...#1 - The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1976
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.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: David Nobbs
8.6/1063 votesLoading...#2 - Re-Involvement
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1977
Sunshine desserts goes bankrupt and Reggie hires his old coworkers and boss to Grot.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1066 votesLoading...#3 - The Four Untrustworthy Men
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1977
Reggie is bored with his success and plans to destroy Grot by hiring totally unsuitable personnel.
Director: N/A
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8.5/1068 votesLoading...#4 - The Unusual Shop
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1977
Reggie asks CJ for a start-up loan to establish his shop Grot which becomes a huge success selling all sorts of useless products.
Director: N/A
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8.4/1076 votesLoading...#5 - The Memorial Service
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1976
Reggie returns as Martin Wellborn, attends his own memorial service, and wins back Elizabeth.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1083 votesLoading...#6 - The Speech to the British Fruit Association
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1976
After a disastrous public speech to the Fruit Association at Bilberry Hall, Reggie decides to take drastic action...
Director: N/A
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8.3/1079 votesLoading...#7 - Trying a Frenchman, Welshman, Scotsman and an Italian
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1976
After his fake suicide, Reggie tries out a number of different new identities.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1067 votesLoading...#8 - Extreme Solution
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1977
Reggie's plan fails. He tries more extreme tactics which also fail. Only one more thing left to do...
Director: N/A
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8.2/10109 votesLoading...#9 - Hippopotamus
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1976
Reggie's life as a sales executive at Sunshine Desserts is getting too much for him and the strain is starting to show.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: David Nobbs
8.2/1093 votesLoading...#10 - Nightmare in the Park
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1976
Reggie's plans for a relaxing weekend are scuppered when the family decides to visit a safari park.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan, John Howard Davies
Writer: David Nobbs
8.1/1081 votesLoading...#11 - The Bizarre Dinner Party
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1976
With Elizabeth still away, Reggie hosts a dinner party (without any food) for his business associates.
Director: N/A
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8.1/1061 votesLoading...#12 - Elizabeth's New Admirer
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1977
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.
Director: N/A
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8.1/1075 votesLoading...#13 - Jimmy's Offer
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1977
Reggie confronts CJ and hatches a plan for a very unusual shop after talking to Jimmy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1068 votesLoading...#14 - Remarried and Back at Sunshine Desserts
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1977
Maintaining his identity as Martin Wellbourne becomes more wearing for Reggie. Revealing his true identity to CJ does not go down well...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1065 votesLoading...#15 - Episode Seven
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 1/24/1979
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?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1065 votesLoading...#16 - The Great Project
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/29/1978
Reggie decides to open a commune helping people to live in peace and harmony. But first he needs staff...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1057 votesLoading...#17 - The Trickle of Visitors
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/20/1978
After an unique advertising campaign, "Perrin's" gains another guest.
Director: N/A
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6.9/1059 votesLoading...#18 - Communal Social Evenings
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 12/27/1978
Business is booming and Reggie is content... but for how long?
Director: N/A
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6.9/1059 votesLoading...#19 - Timebomb
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/3/1979
Money and jewelery begin to disappear at Perrin's and a female guest starts to be suggestible with the male staff.
Director: N/A
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6.8/1063 votesLoading...#20 - Staff Training
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/6/1978
Having recruited all the old faces, Reggie welcomes his one and only guest to "Perrin's"
Director: N/A
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6.6/1058 votesLoading...#21 - Episode Six
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/17/1979
Perrin's loses face in the community as McBlane attacks a Salvation Army woman and there is a backlash against his "Peacekeeping Force"
Director: Gareth Gwenlan
Writer: David Nobbs
NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Reggie's Will
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1996
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
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1996
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
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1996
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.
Director: N/A
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#25 - The Split
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1996
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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The Best Episodes of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Best Episodes Summary
"The Sunday Extraordinary Business Meeting" is the best rated episode of "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". It scored 8.6/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Gareth Gwenlan and written by David Nobbs, it aired on 9/22/1976. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Re-Involvement".