The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, David Nobbs
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, David Nobbs
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Author: David Nobbs

Narrator: Full Cast

Unabridged: 2 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/25/2023

Synopsis

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

© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

About David Nobbs

David Nobbs was a well-known English comedian. His first break came on the iconic satire show . Later he wrote for and and provided material for top comedians including Ken Dodd, Tommy Cooper and Dick Emery. Apart from his nineteen novels, David is best known for two hit TV series and . His radio series aired on Radio 4 in 2012.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maureen on April 20, 2010

Part 2 in my ongoing series "Stuff I Loved as a Kid That Is Still Ace". And Reggie Perrin is perhaps even MORE ace, now that I know what it is to be a glassy-eyed commuter and cog in the capitalist system. It helps, of course, that in my mind's eye all the scenes are re-enacted by the incomparable L......more

Goodreads review by Nigeyb on March 25, 2021

If you have fond memories of the 1970s BBC Television sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role then you will doubtless enjoy The Fall And Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976), the first of the source novels. Those familiar with the TV series will find it impossible not to see the characters as p......more

Goodreads review by José on June 16, 2020

Tiene momentos divertidos y peculiares. Curiosa forma la de finalizar la historia: todo es un gran chiste.......more

Goodreads review by Mariano on November 30, 2012

Publicado en [URL not allowed]-y-auge/ Siempre he guardado afinidad lectora con la editorial Impedimenta, especialmente por un catálogo escogido con buen gusto y del que no hay muchas editoriales que se encarguen; un segmento de obras que han escogido son las inglesas, en particular de......more

Goodreads review by Martin on April 23, 2025

Author Jonathan Coe, writing in 2015 about the career of the late David Nobbs, claimed that Nobbs’ most famous book, The Fall and Rise Of Reginald Perrin, should be considered a classic. Initially I was sceptical that the story of Reggie Perrin, a 1970’s sales executive who fakes his own death and c......more

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