The second episode of 'Fall & Rise' saw Gareth Gwenlan assuming directorial responsibilities ( taking over from John Howard Davies ) and he remained with the show until its end ( and he helmed the 1996 sequel 'The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin' ). There is no difference between this and the previous instalment, they look like they were the work of the same man.
Reggie is in bed with Elisabeth, feeling depressed because he is unable to make love to her. When the neighbours return from their 'snifter' at the golf club, he vents his fury.
Acting on his wife's advice, Reggie goes to see C.J. to ask for a month off. But he gets scared in his boss' presence ( and anyway he is needed to supervise the new exotic ice creams project ) so backs down. C.J. gives him the afternoon off instead.
Reggie's hopes for a peaceful afternoon at home are dashed when brother-in-law Jimmy ( Geoffrey Palmer ) shows up, and in what would be the start of a running gag, asks for food on the grounds that there has been a 'cock-up on the catering front'. He even takes the fillet steak Reggie had planned on having for dinner.
Linda ( the stunning Sally-Jane Spencer ) is next to invade the Perrin household, and reminds Reggie about the trip to the safari park lined up the next day.
Reggie has an awful time, trapped in a car not only with Elisabeth, Linda, but her trendy husband Tom ( Tim Preece ) and their horrid children, Adam and Jocasta. Something has got to give, and does...
This is where we first meet Major Jimmy Anderson, a scrounger of the first order, superbly played by Geoffrey Palmer. The character's habit of using clipped, militaristic phrases such as 'odd chaps women', 'Johnny Foreigner', and 'well done that man!' made him almost as popular as Reggie himself, and in the mid-80's, David Nobbs gave him his own spin-off series ( sort of ) in the form of Channel 4's underrated 'Fairly Secret Army'.
Tom is a wonderful example of the 'new age' man; he brews his own wine ( made from vegetables ), smokes briar pipes, gives his children pretentious-sounding names, eats garlic-flavoured squid, and says nothing in his defence when Reggie brazenly insults him. He is a bit like 'Tom Good' of 'The Good Life' only much worse.
Funniest moment - Adam announces he has just done 'biggies' in his pants, and Tom says "That's not a good idea. old chap. It will get uncomfortable for you later on." to which Reggie replies: "And not just for him!".
If Adam sounds strange it is because he was dubbed by an adult performer ( a common practice in films/television in those days ).
Reggie is in bed with Elisabeth, feeling depressed because he is unable to make love to her. When the neighbours return from their 'snifter' at the golf club, he vents his fury.
Acting on his wife's advice, Reggie goes to see C.J. to ask for a month off. But he gets scared in his boss' presence ( and anyway he is needed to supervise the new exotic ice creams project ) so backs down. C.J. gives him the afternoon off instead.
Reggie's hopes for a peaceful afternoon at home are dashed when brother-in-law Jimmy ( Geoffrey Palmer ) shows up, and in what would be the start of a running gag, asks for food on the grounds that there has been a 'cock-up on the catering front'. He even takes the fillet steak Reggie had planned on having for dinner.
Linda ( the stunning Sally-Jane Spencer ) is next to invade the Perrin household, and reminds Reggie about the trip to the safari park lined up the next day.
Reggie has an awful time, trapped in a car not only with Elisabeth, Linda, but her trendy husband Tom ( Tim Preece ) and their horrid children, Adam and Jocasta. Something has got to give, and does...
This is where we first meet Major Jimmy Anderson, a scrounger of the first order, superbly played by Geoffrey Palmer. The character's habit of using clipped, militaristic phrases such as 'odd chaps women', 'Johnny Foreigner', and 'well done that man!' made him almost as popular as Reggie himself, and in the mid-80's, David Nobbs gave him his own spin-off series ( sort of ) in the form of Channel 4's underrated 'Fairly Secret Army'.
Tom is a wonderful example of the 'new age' man; he brews his own wine ( made from vegetables ), smokes briar pipes, gives his children pretentious-sounding names, eats garlic-flavoured squid, and says nothing in his defence when Reggie brazenly insults him. He is a bit like 'Tom Good' of 'The Good Life' only much worse.
Funniest moment - Adam announces he has just done 'biggies' in his pants, and Tom says "That's not a good idea. old chap. It will get uncomfortable for you later on." to which Reggie replies: "And not just for him!".
If Adam sounds strange it is because he was dubbed by an adult performer ( a common practice in films/television in those days ).
