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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

By: David Nobbs
Narrated by: full cast
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Meet Reginald Iolanthe Perrin, a man on the brink, in this comedy classic.

Fleeing across England in a fruit shaped van, attending his own wake and shouting the word 'parsnip' at inopportune moments wasn't exactly what Reginald Perrin had planned. But for Reggie, nothing in life is really going to plan. This brand-new dramatisation of David Nobbs's hilarious classic novel follows the adventures of a middle-aged, middle-of-the-road, middle management dessert salesman, as he decides he's finally had enough.

Part 1: The Fall - Reginald Perrin is having a crisis; he's not only lost his drive at work and in the bedroom but also his grip on reality. Parsnip, anyone?

Part 2: The Rise - Reggie decides that faking his own death is the only way to find freedom and become a new man, but there's an unexpected problem...

Also included here is a bonus interview programme, 'Laughed Off the Page', in which David Nobbs tells Janice Forsyth about his most famous creation, the wonderful Reggie Perrin.

Written By David Nobbs

Dramatised By Jon Canter

Directed By Sally Avens

Piano & Organ Played By Peter Ringrose

Cast

Reggie - David Haig

CJ - Pip Torrens

Elizabeth - Selina Griffiths

Joan - Amelia Bullmore

Linda - Celeste Dring

Jimmy/Man In Car - Thomas Arnold

Henry/Train Announcer/Inspector Gate - Dan Starkey

Tom - Joseph Ayre

Esther - Chloe Sommer

Tony - Jonathan Forbes

Mark/Barker/Reverend - Tom Kiteley

Mrs CJ/Woman In Car - Joanna Monro

Doc/Bill The Nightwatchman - Roger Ringrose

Adam - Aiden Davison

Jocasta - Elise Davison

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 13 and 20 November 2022

Laughed Off The Page

First broadcast BBC Radio Scotland, 25 November 2010

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