The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - Season 3 (1978)

The success of Perrins has mushroomed so that Reggie now has five houses in Oslo Avenue as therapy communes. They are taking in so many guests that staff have to double up in the bedrooms and living rooms become therapy classrooms. Mr. Dent, a council official, comes to look into these arrangements but Reggie is persuasive and gets him to take part in a therapeutic boxing match. Mr. Dent decides to stay - various council officials turn up to find out what is happening. They all decide to stay.

After Reggie is interviewed on television another twenty-two guests turn up, including Mr. Johnson, a dissatisfied black teacher who cannot get the sack for fears of racism, and Deborah Swaffham, a nymphomaniac who tries it on with all the male staff in turn, though when they go to her room as invited, she is not there. 'Lofty' Anstruther, Jimmy's old business partner, who cheated him, also arrives, swearing he needs help with his redemption. Unfortunately money starts to go missing. Plainly it is down to 'Lofty' especially as he too disappears. After Reggie has ...

Perrins is now experiencing a sharp downfall in its fortunes - not helped by Lofty's thievery, which caused a mass exodus. Kenny's drunken exploits with a meat cleaver and a recent stomach bug have both got the community unwelcome press coverage and a petition is once more presented demanding its closure. The crunch comes when the main house is invaded by thugs angered by Jimmy's vigilantes - and this too ends up in the papers.

The Perrins communities are sold. Everybody has a job to go to - except Reggie, who moves back to suburbia with Elizabeth. Then he gets an interview with Amalgamated Aerosols, a firm which makes air fresheners. It is run by F.J., the identical twin brother of C.J. who even has two young yes men redolent of Tony and David. Reggie is now trapped in the same routine as when he was at Sunshine Desserts and after suggesting Bolivian Unicyclist's Jockstrap as an exciting new fragrance, heads back to the beach.