The remake was so BAD & so LAME that I had to go to A&E to have my buttocks unclenched. The BBC is finished. I just want them to sack that fat Welshman who reads the news.
Why do the BBC never show the original show since I have never seen a whole episode. I saw it advertised on the tv & I got excited until I realized it was the new one. Why can't they repeat the originals rather than inundate us with third-rate remakes?
yep the new version is dire beyond belief. all involved really should have known better and Fay Ripley is just embarrassing in it, Script ? what script ?
I don't think it's too bad to be honest. It has its moments and keeps in with the original series, his moaning about the trains, the "I didnt get to where I am today" bits, his boss's initials and the fact he has to walk by Sunshine Desserts to get to work. As far as remakes go, it's quite good.
Wow...how bad was that!..Im glad Leonard Rossiter isnt around to see his brilliant characterisation of the David Nobbs creation totally ripped to shreds by Martin Clunes and a truly pitiful script.Time really has moved on hasnt it?...gags about penis size menstruation and thrush left me wishing for a re-run of the original and thinking of ways to get a refund, however minimal, of the part of my licence fee that contributed to this drivel.....
Astounding that the state media corporation chooses to remake classics like this (very badly indeed) instead of pursuing decent new scripts and pilots.
Why couldn't they have put the money into Meeebox or something?
Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, krypto-Trotsykists, Union leaders, Communist union leaders, aetheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby-pamby probation officers, rapists, Papists, Papist rapists, foreign surgeons, head shrinkers (who ought to be locked up), Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue sniffers, Play for Today, squatters, Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, Up Everybody's Chinese Restaurants.
Maybe Carol Thatcher could be in the remake, goin on about all those tennis playing golliwogs! 'Why do you think Wimbledon is full of golliwogs?' !!!!
They're going to re-make Reginald Perrin? Worst idea ever. Saw that Martin Clunes doing a show about dogs. An upper-class accent & a bit of a bore, I thought.
After raising our kids on Monty Python here in Texas in the late 60s, we needed a jolt! Perrin was a god-send. What Brilliant acting and writing.. one of the all time classics of Britdom... like the other lad below said, why can't they write 1/200 this well anymore? Leonard is a pure genius and rivals Basil Fawlty in my humble opinion.....
I don't have many heroes in life, i didn't get where i am today by having heroes. But Reginald Perrin is one. i might not go to work tomorrow but go down to the dorset close:)
Absolutely great! Brings back happy memories of chuckling at this with my Dad when I was a kid. "Let's run it up the flagpole and see if the fishes bite".
Wouldn't it be great if we could reverse roles like in this comedy sketch and get our own back on some of those nasty bosses we have probably all had at some time what fun it would be.Love this comedy.
3 people are papist rapists.
gamewizard 7 months ago 2
@havermeister where are the out takes??
7777blues 8 months ago
Can one of you Brits post The Legacy of Reginald Perrin on here? We don't have it on dvd here in the states but I know it is out on Region 2. Cheers!
meldrew78 9 months ago
"forces of anarchy, wreckers of law and order". Best sitcom ever.
raahead 1 year ago
@vai2501 Thank god some one said that. it was really annoying me all these people talking about how crap the BBC is being with the remake
i2ghost34 1 year ago
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moses7518 1 year ago
... I didn't get where you are today!
Vortex42 1 year ago
The remake was so BAD & so LAME that I had to go to A&E to have my buttocks unclenched. The BBC is finished. I just want them to sack that fat Welshman who reads the news.
3replybiz 1 year ago 2
Rapists, papists, Papist Rapists.
Brilliant. There's a bloke near us talks just like Jimmy, Chairman of the local Conservatives.
TheWhupper 1 year ago
one of the best British sit coms ... ever
massage1 2 years ago 2
There's a new remake of Jimmy - his name is Nick Griffin.
MoscowMaestro 2 years ago
I like the new one!
cuuldude1 2 years ago
Well said! I gave it 10mins on iplayer, utter crap. Leonard rules...
dutchtrucker 2 years ago 3
I think the BBC remake was really good ;o)
theholygoes 2 years ago
leonard rossiter=comic genius, Martin Clunes=good comic actor
jimmywires500 2 years ago 15
@jimmywires500 : I think that covers it. Clunes version is unobtrusive, and all very well, but it will never touch Leonard Rossiter.
Vortex42 1 year ago
Why do the BBC never show the original show since I have never seen a whole episode. I saw it advertised on the tv & I got excited until I realized it was the new one. Why can't they repeat the originals rather than inundate us with third-rate remakes?
jimmywires500 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
The new one is faster paced, the older one is just annoyingly painfully slow.
amigiac 2 years ago
yep the new version is dire beyond belief. all involved really should have known better and Fay Ripley is just embarrassing in it, Script ? what script ?
cocteaufan 2 years ago 2
I don't think it's too bad to be honest. It has its moments and keeps in with the original series, his moaning about the trains, the "I didnt get to where I am today" bits, his boss's initials and the fact he has to walk by Sunshine Desserts to get to work. As far as remakes go, it's quite good.
tonymetgnr 2 years ago
I didn't get where I am today without knowing a bad script when I see one
DaMuttzNutz 2 years ago 5
cock up on the writing front
cocteaufan 2 years ago 4
Yeah Doc Martin rocks but clune's new show sucks.
Inverness01 2 years ago 4
Just watched Reggie Perrin the New version...
Wow...how bad was that!..Im glad Leonard Rossiter isnt around to see his brilliant characterisation of the David Nobbs creation totally ripped to shreds by Martin Clunes and a truly pitiful script.Time really has moved on hasnt it?...gags about penis size menstruation and thrush left me wishing for a re-run of the original and thinking of ways to get a refund, however minimal, of the part of my licence fee that contributed to this drivel.....
derekdingle 2 years ago 3
I 110% agree with you!
LadyMistry 2 years ago 2
Damn straight
activedentalfloss 2 years ago
Astounding that the state media corporation chooses to remake classics like this (very badly indeed) instead of pursuing decent new scripts and pilots.
Why couldn't they have put the money into Meeebox or something?
MythofDemocracy 2 years ago
Should never have been remade. Brilliant writing/acting and whilst still resonates today, it was grounded in the 1970s.
Worringly, as I've aged, I now 'get' this show humour - but it's not a comedy, its a tragedy & that's ironically why it's so funny.
anthonythirteen 2 years ago 2
what's the name of the other actor in the last clip? I'm sure I've seen him before?
richterv 2 years ago
ref: name of the other actor - Geoffrey Palmer, an excellent actor who starred in "As Time Goes By" with Dame Judi Dench.
watchagonnadu 2 years ago
sorry, i recognised palmer but was referring to the the guy in the clip starting at 2:20 . I think he might be in yes minister?
richterv 2 years ago
His names John Barron. He was in a few episodes of Yes Minister. but CJ is his most famous role
bryemycaz 2 years ago
I used to watch this when I was a child but I didn't understand it then
Sketchyboy10 2 years ago
Leonard Rossiter and Peter Sellers, 2 very funny guys. They dont make comedy like this anymore!
unusualsuspect71 2 years ago
Papist rapists!!! Oh god thats funny!! Ask any alter boy, papist rapists are a real threat!!
unusualsuspect71 2 years ago
What a genious.
slimnick53 3 years ago
Incredible dialogue. Rossiter & Co were unbelievable. Thank you Britain for Reginald Perrin. Not to mention neo-Perrin. And crypto-Perrin.
usmcfutball 3 years ago
Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, krypto-Trotsykists, Union leaders, Communist union leaders, aetheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby-pamby probation officers, rapists, Papists, Papist rapists, foreign surgeons, head shrinkers (who ought to be locked up), Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue sniffers, Play for Today, squatters, Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, Up Everybody's Chinese Restaurants.
theeddielang 3 years ago
Maybe Carol Thatcher could be in the remake, goin on about all those tennis playing golliwogs! 'Why do you think Wimbledon is full of golliwogs?' !!!!
stefjohannson 3 years ago
Youre prayers are answered. BBC to remake reginald perrin with Martin Clunes in the lead role
grumbledragon 3 years ago
PLEASE say that isn't so. Redoing Reginald Perrin is senseless, and Martin Clunes seriously annoys and creeps me out.
klaatu42 2 years ago
They're going to re-make Reginald Perrin? Worst idea ever. Saw that Martin Clunes doing a show about dogs. An upper-class accent & a bit of a bore, I thought.
flimpkin4 2 years ago 3
Clunes is terrible in the role, the only use I could ever imagine for him would be as a very slightly posh sink plunger.
MythofDemocracy 2 years ago
I long for the return of the days when TV programmes were actually good - like this one.
Nowadays I don't watch TV at all: it's full of cheap "reality" rubbish, like Strictly Celebrity Chipmunks Dancing On Ice While Singing Karaoke.
If they started actually making programmes with any thought in them - like the classic Reggie Perrin - then I would start watching again.
chriseurosong 3 years ago
S-NSH-NE DE-S--TS
AndyMattey 3 years ago 2
After raising our kids on Monty Python here in Texas in the late 60s, we needed a jolt! Perrin was a god-send. What Brilliant acting and writing.. one of the all time classics of Britdom... like the other lad below said, why can't they write 1/200 this well anymore? Leonard is a pure genius and rivals Basil Fawlty in my humble opinion.....
sitarnut 3 years ago
I don't have many heroes in life, i didn't get where i am today by having heroes. But Reginald Perrin is one. i might not go to work tomorrow but go down to the dorset close:)
monkee102 3 years ago
Look at the smile on Rossiter's face when he realises how much the audience love his long spiel (and that he's successfully remembered the lines!)
dfarmbrough 3 years ago
master piece of TV.
okpearce 3 years ago
Why can't they write this sort of stuff nowadays, Leonard was probably our finest actor ever!
quizmasterdave 3 years ago 2
"Can't say hush, hush not time or place" Nooo why is that bit always cut off all the clips its the best bit
deffinatelybodmin 3 years ago
my dad is always saying "i didnt get where i am today......blahblahblah"
lol its pretty entertaining
dancerox01 3 years ago
love this.
classictellyfan 3 years ago
I sure wish we could get this series for the Saturday Night BritComs we have on our local PBS station.
VABkWrm 3 years ago
Great! Super! I didn't get where I am today by taking a horse to water after the stable door had bolted.
Dazzler23 4 years ago 3
Great! I've been looking for Jimmy's rant.
acsowards 4 years ago 2
Super! Knockout!
-american perring fan
jbolio88 4 years ago 2
Reggie Perrin it's awesome! Super Great I didn't get where i am today by saying Super Great!
quizmasterdave 3 years ago
Absolutely great! Brings back happy memories of chuckling at this with my Dad when I was a kid. "Let's run it up the flagpole and see if the fishes bite".
tarby777 4 years ago 3
I didn't get where I am today by watching these Youtube clips!
leoseries 4 years ago 4
A couple of priceless scenes, which are even funnier in the context of the series.
pubwebmaster 4 years ago
"keg bitter....punk rock".........hahahahah:-)
spinozacelt 4 years ago
Wouldn't it be great if we could reverse roles like in this comedy sketch and get our own back on some of those nasty bosses we have probably all had at some time what fun it would be.Love this comedy.
TheGreatRichter 4 years ago
Geoffrey Palmer is a comedy god..
beguilingeyes 5 years ago
Classic!!! Cheers, mate!
SignorSincero 5 years ago