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Subject: Re: info req about reggie perrin ???
From: Mainframe <not@this.address>
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Mainframe <not@this.address> wrote in
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> Sadsack <Sads@ck.com> wrote in news:4CCSv.394285$m41.373267@fx34.am4:
>
>> Cheers Mainframe....
>>
>> Three series..... hhmmmm .. I do remember one series where leonard
>> fakes his death, by leaving a note on the beach and running into the
>> sea.. but then (my memory is vague on this)... I thought he did the
>> opposite. and the other series was where he runs out of the sea back
>> onto the beach and returns as somebody else.
>>
>>
>> I really do need to see this again.... Whenever I think of the
>> m-i-law I always think about the hippo.
>>
>>
>
> The Fall is what you are describing.
> As he gets more and more disillusioned with his life, including his
job
> at Sunshine Desserts, he decides to change things.
> He does dump his clothes on the beach and run into the sea, and all
> think he is dead.
> He re-appears sporting a beard and calling himself Martin Wellborne.
>
>
> His family all realise it is Reggie, but play along as they see him at
> his most content for a long time. This is the Rise (as I see it).
>
> Very good show which (If I recall correctly) spawned a spin-off called
> Fairly Secret Army, starring Geoffrey Palmer.
>
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IMDB link.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073990/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl
Who would have thought his middle name was Iolanthe?
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