Reggie Perrin with Martin Clunes

Reggie Perrin (Martin Clunes) retells the story of a sales executive on the edge: an average man who finds it increasingly difficult to put up with the monotony of life. A disappointing marriage, the office grind and the daily commute: rebellion begins to build in his mind, in the form of increasingly surreal flights of fancy. And, slowly, Reggie begins to say what he really thinks.
This new adaptation of the classic sitcom has been written by Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly) and the writer and creator of the original Seventies show, David Nobbs. Martin Clunes leads a fantastic cast, including Fay Ripley (Cold Feet), Wendy Craig (Butterflies, The Royal), Geoffrey Whitehead (The Worst Week of my Life), Neil Stuke (Game On) and Lucy Liemann (Moving Wallpaper).

Martin Clunes returns as the bored sales executive Reggie Perrin, an average man finding it increasingly difficult to put up with the monotony of life.Out of the ashes of his breakdown, Reggie Perrin creeps back from the brink with a new zest for his once monotonous life. The once-frustrated commuter and disposable razor sales executive has come up with an alternative plan – one where he can bail out of his misery-inducing career and finally live for the moment.Then, in a moment of red mist, his wife Nicola (Fay Ripley) loses her teaching job and Reggie’s laid-back new lifestyle of oil painting, pointless therapy and baking is under threat. Reggie is sucked back into the world of men's personal grooming, but this time he’s armed with the freedom to do as he wishes…