Abigoliah Schamaun learns British comedy from Tom Salinsky
2.4 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Explained
All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky
2.4: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Released 2 April 2026.
The dark flipside to the sunny optimism of The Good Life, this is definitely one of the weirder offerings to go out on the BBC in the mid-1970s, but the prevalence of easily-remembered catchphrases would have no doubt helped it catch on.
Next time we’ll go back to the source with Hancock’s Half Hour. We’ll watch series 5 episode 1, “The Economy Drive” and series 7 episode 5 “The Blood Donor”.
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All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments.
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