Reggie Perrin rises from the dead as Martin Clunes lined up for remake of 70s sitcom

Reggie Perrin is to rise again, with the BBC revealing that it is planning to bring the much loved character back from the dead in a revival of the 1970s sitcom. It is understood that the actor Martin Clunes, the star of Doc Martin, is being lined up to take the title role, and Simon Nye, the writer behind Men Behaving Badly, is to work on the script with Perrin's creator, David Nobbs. The recently appointed... [read full story]