{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68ad9b9873bf5b6298509d36/69a33356e1cf48c7c1f889d6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"2.4 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Explained","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68ad9b9873bf5b6298509d36/1772303087328-e060d28f-6756-4088-bf52-040d8bc64de3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>All British Comedy Explained… </strong>to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky</p><p>2.4: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Released 2 April 2026.</p><p>The dark flipside to the sunny optimism of <em>The Good Life</em>, 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.</p><p>Next time we’ll go back to the source with <strong>Hancock’s Half Hour</strong>. We’ll watch series 5 episode 1, “The Economy Drive” and series 7 episode 5 “The Blood Donor”.</p><p>Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.</p><p><strong>The podcast</strong></p><ul><li>JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod</li><li>https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy</li><li>Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56</li><li>allbritishcomedy@gmail.com</li><li>https://allbritishcomedy.com</li><li>https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained</li><li>https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod</li><li>https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod</li><li>https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social</li><li>https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod</li><li>https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy</li></ul><p><strong>Abigoliah Schamaun</strong></p><ul><li>https://abigoliah.com</li><li>https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah</li><li>https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah</li><li>https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah</li></ul><p><strong>Tom Salinsky</strong></p><ul><li>https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s</li><li>https://tomsalinsky.co.uk</li><li>https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky</li><li>https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky</li><li>https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972</li><li>https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social</li><li>https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky</li></ul><p>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.</p>","author_name":"Abigoliah Schamaun and Tom Salinsky"}