The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - s01e01 - Hippopotamus

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Season One Episode One - 8 Sept 1976 Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is a 46-year old sales executive for Sunshine Desserts,run by the hearty but hectoring boss C.J. Reggie is clearly suffering a mid-life crisis. Though not unhappily married to Elizabeth,he calls her mother a hippopotamus and is finding no enthusiasm for marketing C.J.'s latest line - exotic ices. He wants something better for his life,but is not sure what.