The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a novel and British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role. Both book and TV series were written by David Nobbs, and the screenplay for the first series was adapted by Nobbs from the novel, though certain subplots in the novel were considered too dark or risqu for television and toned down or omitted from the TV series, a case in point being the relationship between Perrin's daughter and his brother-in-law. The original three series, all of the same name, were broadcast between 1976 and 1979...The series also introduced a number of catchphrases that have entered popular culture in the UK, including Perrin's reflexive apology for a late arrival at the office, his boss CJ's "I didn't get where I am today ..."; the fawning junior executives Tony Webster and David Harris-Jones with their alternating "Great/Super"; and Perrin's brother-in-law Major Jimmy Anderson, an army officer with no grasp of organisation or leadership, coming round for a bite to eat because of a "bit of a cock-up on the catering front". Although mainly produced on video and shot on studio sets, the series also incorporated innovative elements of surreal escapism through the use of film inserts, most notably during the numerous scenes in which, whenever his dreaded mother-in-law is mentioned, Reggie involuntarily visualises a huge hippopotamus trotting along.
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