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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
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The Bizarre Dinner Party

  • Episode aired Sep 29, 1976
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Virginia Balfour, Dorothy Frere, and Tony Sympson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
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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 ... Read allStill 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 unc... Read allStill 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... Read all

  • Director
    • Gareth Gwenlan
  • Writer
    • David Nobbs
  • Stars
    • Leonard Rossiter
    • Pauline Yates
    • Terence Conoley
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    92
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    • Director
      • Gareth Gwenlan
    • Writer
      • David Nobbs
    • Stars
      • Leonard Rossiter
      • Pauline Yates
      • Terence Conoley
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Leonard Rossiter
    Leonard Rossiter
    • Reginald Perrin
    Pauline Yates
    • Elizabeth Perrin
    Terence Conoley
    • Peter Cartwright
    Sue Nicholls
    Sue Nicholls
    • Joan Greengross
    John Barron
    John Barron
    • C.J.
    Tim Barrett
    Tim Barrett
    • Mr. Campbell-Lewiston
    Trevor Adams
    • Tony Webster
    Bruce Bould
    • David Harris-Jones
    Virginia Balfour
    • Davina Letts-Wilkinson
    Dorothy Frere
    Dorothy Frere
    • Mrs. C.J.
    Tony Sympson
    Tony Sympson
    • Uncle Percy Spillinger
    John Horsley
    John Horsley
    • Doc Morrissey
    • Director
      • Gareth Gwenlan
    • Writer
      • David Nobbs
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    7Sleepin_Dragon

    Just watch the way Rossiter delivers his lines.

    Elizabeth is still away, visiting her mother, The Hippopotamus, a dinner party had been planned, but Reggie decides to still proceed with it, a dinner party, with no food, the hungry guests include CJ and his wife, Mrs CJ.

    Whilst this isn't my favourite episode so far, it's still amusing, and once again we see a tremendous performance from the incredible Leonard Rossiter, he's incredible, that scene where he steps in for Joan, awesome, and the delivery of those lines, amazing.

    Reggie is definitely starting to go off the rails somewhat, the dinner party really was quite something.

    I chuckled at David going to work with a bad hangover, we've all been there, it definitely wasn't super.

    7/10.

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      Opening credits: Reggie Perrin, 46, wife away, strange behaviour. Getting more brazen every day!

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    • Release date
      • September 29, 1976 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • 32-36 Telford Way, Acton, London, England, UK(Sunshine Desserts office - Series 1. Building demolished 2015)
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      • 1.33 : 1

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