| Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20030407 | * 20080714 | David Nobbs, comic novelist, script-writer and creator of the immortal Reginald Perrin, reads from his new autobiography. Abridged in five parts by Patricia Hannah. Part One: ""On 13th March, 1935, Hitler achieved air parity with Britain, Golden Miller won the Cheltenham Gold Cup for the fourth time, the Duke of Norfolk shot a rhino, and I reluctantly exchanged the comfort of my mother's womb for the uncertainty of life in Orpington."" Producer: David Jackson Young. David 'Reginald Perrin' Nobbs reads from his autobiography. From Orpington to Cambridge via Marlborough (twice). |
| 02 | 20030408 | * 20080715 | David describes his days as a junior reporter on the Sheffield Star. From the Sheffield Evening Star to That Was The Week That Was. |
| 03 | 20030409 | * 20080716 | David Nobbs recalls his part in the satire boom of the early sixties. ""Peter Cook astonished me by saying I had been his hero at Cambridge. This from my hero? Still, he was younger than I, and maybe he was impressionable". Peter Cook, David Frost, marriage and a death in the family. |
| 04 | 20030410 | * 20080717 | David Nobbs describes the origins of his most famous creation, Reginald Iolanthe Perrin - a businessman driven berserk by the pressures of the rat race and the absurdities of conspicuous capitalist consumption. David Nobbs reads from his autobiography, recalling writing for the stars and the birth of Reginald Perrin. |
| 05 LAST | 20030411 | * 20080718 | Reginald Perrin author, David Nobbs describes how he got where he is today. David Nobbs reads from his autobiography. Perrin, Pratt and 'Going Gently'. |