5. Going Gently
From Perrin and Pratt to 'Going Gently', writer David Nobbs concludes reading from his autobiography.
Comic novelist, script writer and creator of the immortal Reginald Perrin, David Nobbs reads from his 2001 autobiography, ‘I Didn’t Get Where I Am Today’.
In this concluding episode, David recalls Perrin, Pratt and 'Going Gently'.
In addition to writing ‘The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin’, Nobbs also created ‘A Bit of a Do’ and ‘Shine a Light’, as well as penning twenty novels. He died in 2015, aged 80.
Adapted for radio by Patricia Hannah.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in April 2003.
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