The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

"Eleven minutes late, seasonal manpower shortages, Clapham Junction."

"Success City, Arizona"

"Time is the procrastination of thieves"

"Eleven minutes late, derailment of container truck, Raynes Park."

"Twenty-two minutes late, fed up by train delays, came by bike. Slow puncture at Peckham."

"Rushed-off-our-feetsville"

"That's the pot calling the kettle a horse of a different colour"

"If at first you don't succeed, then the mountain must go to Mahomed"

"A rose by any other name sometimes changes its spots"

"Eleven minutes late, staff shortages, Nine Elms."

"Seventeen minutes late, water seeping through the cables at Effingham Junction - there was a lot of Effingham and a good deal of Blindingham!"

"Twenty-two minutes late, badger ate a junction box at New Malden."

""Knockout!" (series 3)"

"Panic City"

"That's the fly in the woodpile"

"You can't tell a book by its silver lining"

"We've put the cart before the egg"

"...a square peg in a round poke"

"The pigeons are well and truly out of the bag"

"I feel like a fish out of water, but can't make him drink"

"People who live in glass houses shouldn't cast beams into the moat"

"Eleven minutes late, signal failure at Vauxhall."

"Eleven minutes late, defective axle at Wandsworth."

"Seventeen minutes late, defective bogey at Earlsfield."

"Twenty-two minutes late, black ice at Norbiton."

"Twenty-two minutes late, obstacles on the line at Berrylands."

"Twenty-two minutes late, escaped puma, Chessington North."

""Great!" (series 1&2)"

"Dramatic happenings in Jelly City"

"Sensations in Triflesville"

"I'm drawn to clichés like a moth to a long lane"

"I don't want to pour cold water on a wet blanket"

"We'll cross those legs when we come to them"

"Correct me if I've got the wrong end of the gist"

"The night is always darker before the mast"

"If at first you don't succeed, you'll catch the early worm"

"I believe in striking while the bird in the hand is hot"

"The theft of invention is the mother and father of a lie"

"I want the whole thing caught in the bud"

"Have I put the cat in the china shop?"

"A leopard never changes his spots twice in the same place"

"You've opened a whole new can of pots, calling the kettle by another name"

"We're putting the cart before the trees"

"So I'm sent to Birmingham?"

"We couldn't see the broth for the trees because of all the cooks"

"Eleven minutes late, staff difficulties, Hampton Wick."

"Eleven minutes late, defective junction box, New Malden."

"Eleven minutes late, overheated axle at Berrylands."

"Eleven minutes late, somebody had stolen the lines at Surbiton."

"Cards-on-the-tablesville"