The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

When Reggie set off for work on Tuesday, he had no intention of calling his mother-in-law a hippopotamus, but he did and life would never be the same again.

Reggie wants a holiday, but what he gets is an afternoon in hell driving around a safari park in a hot, sweaty, smelly car. There's also a possibility that he might lose his temper with his son-in-law.

Reggie decides to play while his wife Elizabeth is away.

Reggie's revolt against the normality of life becomes more brazen. When he gives a dinner party with no food, he doesn't even attempt to conceal its oddity from CJ.

Reggie makes a disastrous speech to the British Fruit Association - too many earwigs in the trifle, but this is only a prelude to the real crisis in his life.

In his search for a suitable new persona, Reggie swaps nationalities.