Programmes:	The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin / The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
Filmed:	1976 - 1979 and 1996    (BBC)
Episodes:	21 (3 series) and 7 (1 series)
Starring:	Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron, Sue Nicholls, Geoffrey Palmer
Written by:	David Nobbs
Synopsis:	"The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin" follows a bored, middle-aged executive working for Sunshine Desserts who has a breakdown, fakes his own suicide and returns as "Martin Wellbourne" his non-existent best friend. Under the new identity he has a relationship with his wife and returns to work at the factory before he is unmasked. Reggie then decides to setup 'Grot' a business selling totally useless goods, he becomes a billionaire and once again starts to approach another breakdown. In the short-lived sequel "The Legacy of Reginald Perrin" Reggie has died and has left his friends all his money; there are however a few bizarre requests they must fulfil before they can get hold of it.
BCG Review:	Reginald Perrin, played so well by Leonard Rossiter, was a great character in a great sitcom. The fact the central character was losing his mind opened up a whole avenue of funny comic possibilities (including visions of his mother-in-law as a hippopotamus). The doomed sequel was made too late after the first series and suffered from the fact Rossiter couldn't appear as he really was dead.