Series One:
As Reginald Perrin, Sunshine Desserts -
"Eleven minutes late..."
Every working day, Reginald Iolanthe Perrin would
leave his home at 12, Coleridge Close, Climthorpe, for his place
of work at Sunshine Desserts. He would walk down
Coleridge Close, turn right into Tennyson Avenue, left into
Wordsworth Drive, then head for the station to
catch the train to London's Waterloo. Every working day, his train
was late. On arrival at the office, Reggie would
tell his secretary Joan Greengross the reason for his late arrival.
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Series One:
As Reginald Perrin, Sunshine Desserts -
Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, staff difficulties,
Hampton Wick."
Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, signal failure
at Vauxhall."
Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, staff shortages,
Nine Elms."
Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, derailment
of container truck, Raynes Park."
Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, seasonal
manpower shortages, Clapham Junction."
Ep.2 "Eleven minutes late, defective
junction box, New Malden."
Ep.4 "Eleven minutes late, overheated
axle at Berrylands."
Ep.4 "Eleven minutes late, defective
axle at Wandsworth."
Ep.5 "Eleven minutes late, somebody
had stolen the lines at Surbiton."
Series Two:
As Martin Wellbourne, Sunshine Desserts -
Ep.1 "Seventeen minutes late, defective
bogey at Earlsfield."
Ep.1 "Seventeen minutes late, water
seeping through the cables at Effingham Junction - there was a lot of Effingham
and a good deal of Blindingham!"
As Reginald Perrin, Perrin Products (Grot)
Ltd. -
Ep.4 "Twenty-two minutes late, black
ice at Norbiton."
Ep.5 "Twenty-two minutes late, obstacles
on the line at Berrylands."
Ep.5 "Twenty-two minutes late, badger
ate a junction box at New Malden."
Ep.5 "Twenty-two minutes late, fed
up by train delays, came by bike. Slow puncture at Peckham."
Ep.7 "Twenty-two minutes late, escaped
puma, Chessington North."
Text (c) Paul Fisher 2004. Pictures (c) BBC