Reggie Perrin

Eureka!: Reggie Perrin

Executive producer Ben Farrell on why the '70s sitcom was ripe for a 21st-century makeover.

Dead on revival

Dated and unfunny, this is one remake of a classic Seventies sitcom too far. I suspected it would be bad, and I was right. It is. Reggie Perrin, a remake of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, is pointless and unfunny, and it captures the zeitgeist - if you believe in a thing like the zeitgeist - not at all. It's as if The Office had never been made.

Don't remake Perrin - just show it again

So it might be just about OK. But, still, why do they bother?

Why Reggie Perrin must rise again

When the idea of a Reggie Perrin for the 21st Century was put to me, it didn't take me long to agree: it was a challenge few writers could have refused.

Martin Clunes on playing Reggie Perrin

Martin Clunes talks about why he doesn't care what critics and 'pedants' think of his portrayal of a 21st-century Reggie Perrin.

Martin Clunes takes on Reggie Perrin

Thirty years later, Martin Clunes replaces Leonard Rossiter as the sitcom drone in the throes of a mid-life crisis. The Times reports from the set.

The actor's wild, shag-pad days are gone: now it's pony club, a remake of Reggie Perrin and dad behaving nicely in the Dorset countryside.

Martin Clunes Interview

Martin Clunes says his own life could not be more different from the unhappy salesman desperate to escape his dull life.

Reggie Perrin rides again

The much-loved Reggie Perrin, having fallen and risen, rises again - with Martin Clunes in the role made famous by Leonard Rossiter. The Telegraph joins the cast and writers on set.

Writer David Nobbs explains

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin was a massive success for writer David Nobbs in the 1970s. He explains why it is back from the dead.