# List of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin episodes

This is a list of episodes of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and its follow-up series The Legacy of Reginald Perrin.

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Network |
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 September 1976 (1976-09-08) | 20 October 1976 (1976-10-20) | BBC One |
| 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 September 1977 (1977-09-21) | 2 November 1977 (1977-11-02) | BBC One |
| 3 | 7 | 7 | 29 November 1978 (1978-11-29) | 24 January 1979 (1979-01-24) | BBC One |
| Christmas | Christmas | Christmas | 27 December 1982 (1982-12-27) | 27 December 1982 (1982-12-27) | | BBC One |
| Legacy | 7 | 7 | 22 September 1996 (1996-09-22) | 31 October 1996 (1996-10-31) | BBC One |

## Episodes
### Series 1 (1976)

| No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
| 1 | "Episode One" | 8 September 1976 (1976-09-08) | 101 |
| Reggie's life as a sales executive at Sunshine Desserts is getting too much for him and the strain is starting to show. ||||
| 2 | "Episode Two" | 15 September 1976 (1976-09-15) | 102 |
| Reggie's plans for a relaxing weekend are scuppered when the family decides to visit a safari park. ||||
| 3 | "Episode Three" | 22 September 1976 (1976-09-22) | 103 |
| Elizabeth is away, so Reggie decides to invite his secretary Joan over for a secret tryst... but constant visits from family and friends prevent this. ||||
| 4 | "Episode Four" | 29 September 1976 (1976-09-29) | 104 |
| With Elizabeth still away, Reggie hosts a dinner party (without any food) for his business associates. ||||
| 5 | "Episode Five" | 6 October 1976 (1976-10-06) | 105 |
| After a disastrous public speech to the Fruit Association at Bilberry Hall, Reggie decides to take drastic action... ||||
| 6 | "Episode Six" | 13 October 1976 (1976-10-13) | 106 |
| After his fake suicide, Reggie tries out a number of different new identities. ||||
| 7 | "Episode Seven" | 20 October 1976 (1976-10-20) | 107 |
| Reggie returns as Martin Wellbourne, attends his own memorial service, and wins back Elizabeth. ||||

### Series 2 (1977)

| No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
| 8 | "Episode One" | 21 September 1977 (1977-09-21) | 201 |
| Reggie reveals his true identity and C.J. promptly fires him. ||||
| 9 | "Episode Two" | 28 September 1977 (1977-09-28) | 202 |
| Reggie is reduced to working at Mr. Pelham's pig farm and Elizabeth decides to get a job. ||||
| 10 | "Episode Three" | 5 October 1977 (1977-10-05) | 203 |
| Reggie has an idea for making a fortune: a shop that sells total rubbish. It will be called "Grot." ||||
| 11 | "Episode Four" | 12 October 1977 (1977-10-12) | 204 |
| Grot is a huge success selling all sorts of useless products. ||||
| 12 | "Episode Five" | 19 October 1977 (1977-10-19) | 205 |
| Sunshine Desserts goes bankrupt and Reggie hires his old coworkers and boss to Grot. ||||
| 13 | "Episode Six" | 26 October 1977 (1977-10-26) | 206 |
| Reggie is bored with his success and plans to destroy Grot by hiring totally unsuitable people. ||||
| 14 | "Episode Seven" | 2 November 1977 (1977-11-02) | 207 |
| Reggie's plan fails. He tries more extreme tactics which also fail. Only one more thing left to do... ||||

### Series 3 (1978–79)

| No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
| 15 | "Episode One" | 29 November 1978 (1978-11-29) | 301 |
| Reggie decides to open a commune helping people to live in peace and harmony. But first he needs staff... ||||
| 16 | "Episode Two" | 6 December 1978 (1978-12-06) | 302 |
| Having recruited all the old faces, Reggie welcomes his one and only guest to "Perrin's". ||||
| 17 | "Episode Three" | 27 December 1978 (1978-12-27) | 303 |
| After a unique advertising campaign, "Perrin's" gains another guest. ||||
| 18 | "Episode Four" | 3 January 1979 (1979-01-03) | 304 |
| Business is booming and Reggie is content... but for how long? ||||
| 19 | "Episode Five" | 10 January 1979 (1979-01-10) | 305 |
| Money and jewellery begin to disappear at Perrin's and a female guest starts to be suggestive with the male staff. ||||
| 20 | "Episode Six" | 17 January 1979 (1979-01-17) | 306 |
| Perrin's loses face in the community as McBlane attacks a Salvation Army woman and there is a backlash against his "Peacekeeping Force". ||||
| 21 | "Episode Seven" | 24 January 1979 (1979-01-24) | 307 |
| 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? ||||

### Christmas sketch (1982)

| No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
| Special | "The Funny Side of Christmas: Reggie Perrin" | 27 December 1982 (1982-12-27) | Special |
| Reggie and Elizabeth's quiet Christmas morning is interrupted by family, friends, coworkers, and even a tramp. This was a 5 minute sketch broadcast as part of The Funny Side of Christmas ||||

### The Legacy of Reginald Perrin (1996)

| No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
| 22 | "Episode One" | 22 September 1996 (1996-09-22) | 101 |
| Reggie has died, killed by a billboard advertising the life insurance company with which he was insured. He has left £1m to each of his friends and family – on one condition. ||||
| 23 | "Episode Two" | 29 September 1996 (1996-09-29) | 102 |
| To net a share of Reggie's fortune, all beneficiaries must prove to have done something absurd. Individual attempts fail, so they decide to work collectively. ||||
| 24 | "Episode Three" | 6 October 1996 (1996-10-06) | 103 |
| The team form BROSCOR – the Bloodless Revolution of Senior Citizens and the Occupationally Rejected, with the aim of marching on London. ||||
| 25 | "Episode Four" | 13 October 1996 (1996-10-13) | 104 |
| Both Doc and C.J. have affections for the solicitor and executor of Reggie's will, while the project has brought divorced Tom and Linda back together. ||||
| 26 | "Episode Five" | 20 October 1996 (1996-10-20) | 105 |
| The team concentrates on recruiting their army for the demonstrations, but C.J. has had enough and decides to talk to the press. ||||
| 27 | "Episode Six" | 27 October 1996 (1996-10-27) | 106 |
| Tom and Linda remarry, and Joan marries her boyfriend Hank. David Harris-Jones gets drunk at the reception and tells a BBC employee about the project. ||||
| 28 | "Episode Seven" | 31 October 1996 (1996-10-31) | 107 |
| It is the day of the revolution. Coaches are hijacked, the recruits descend on London and Jimmy interrupts the evening news. But the police have been tipped off. ||||