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S2 E7 · Mutiny

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Perfect World is a comedy TV series that premiered on BBC Two on February 25, 2000. It has 2 seasons and 13 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 7 "Mutiny", aired on June 25, 2001.

Perfect World is a 2000–01 British workplace sitcom created by Mark Grant, and written by Grant and Mark Chapman. Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, it broadcast on BBC Two for two series. It stars Paul Kaye as Bob Slay, an obnoxious, lazy, and amoral marketing executive who works for leading toiletries company Gatehouse.

  • Comedy

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Episodes

13 episodes · 2 seasons

Series 1

2000 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 26 years ago

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  1. E6

    6. Love

    Finale

    Vaughan splits up with Briony and is very depressed. Bob tries to make him feel better by telling him that Maggie is in love with him, and Vaughan is on top of the world. Unfortunately, Maggie has no interest in Vaughan at all, so Bob has to try to reunite him and Briony.

  2. E5

    5. Money

    Bob owes Vaughan £200. All his credit cards are maxed out, the bank won’t lend him any more money, and he has promised Lauren dinner at a very expensive place. Meanwhile, Maggie is being headhunted by a competitor, which she's ecstatic about as it gives her an escape from Bob.

  3. E4

    4. Charity

    Marketing and Accounts keep raising the stakes on who will raise the most for Charity Week. After Bob volunteers Vaughan for a Channel swim, Spencer from Accounts tops this with a raffle for a new car so Bob raffles a country home that he does not have.

  4. E3

    3. Tarquin

    After unloading his work grievances on a female dining companion, Bob finds himself in hot water when he learns that she has been sent from Home Office to assess the branch. In an effort to absolve himself, he invents an identical twin brother named Tarquin.

  5. E2

    2. Deadline

    Vaughan has done his share of an important project assigned to him and Bob a month ago. Bob has not started his share, deciding to leave it to the morning of the deadline. However, the Director wants it that morning, leaving Vaughan in fear that he will be sacked with Bob.

  6. E1

    1. Parents

    Confirmed bachelor Bob Slay is to meet his girlfriend Lauren’s parents. He does his best to alienate them, which pleases Lauren because to her disgust, every other boyfriend has kissed up to them for their massive wealth. Finding this out, Bob now tries to get back in their good graces while staying friends with Lauren.

Series 2

2001 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 25 years ago

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  1. E7

    7. Mutiny

    Finale

    Bob returns three weeks late from holiday to find Vaughan has taken over his job and that he is now a junior. Vaughan—who has taken an assertion course—turns into a tyrant but Bob plans to bring him down to Earth again and get assigned to the upcoming Rio conference in his place.

  2. E6

    6. Graduates

    Bob reveals that he has padded out his CV with a Double First from Oxford. As the Director wants to encourage more graduates to join Gatehouse, Maggie suggests that Bob give a talk at his old university, to which the Director agrees.

  3. E5

    5. Fast Track

    Maggie is chosen by a newspaper as the subject of an article about women in the workplace. But she soon finds herself being eclipsed by her new assistant — who is poached first by Bob and then by the Director in a meteoric rise through the company.

  4. E4

    4. Best Man

    Vaughan and Briony are about to be married. Their pre-nup includes the proviso that Bob will not be best man, but Vaughan is too scared to tell him. After enduring the Director's unusual tips for wedded life, and Bob's guerilla tactics for preventing the wedding going ahead without him, will the happy couple ever make it down the aisle?

  5. E3

    3. Home

    Bob lives with girlfriends and is homeless after being kicked out by his latest. He boasts that he has a large apartment by the Thames. The Director has been kicked out too so Maggie suggests that he stay with Bob, forcing Bob to steal Vaughan’s keys to use a large apartment he is looking after for a relative.

  6. E2

    2. Family Values

    An important client has arrived from Russia with his attractive daughter whom Bob fancies, but a spiteful Maggie claims that she and Bob and married and that she's expecting. This backfires when her family from Bombay come to visit and Bob gets his own back.

  7. E1

    1. Revenge

    Maggie tells a chatroom Romeo her secrets, but it turns out to be Bob. In retaliation, she gets him drunk and makes it look like she has slept with him, then tells the whole office. Meanwhile, the Director decides to try homosexuality and pursues Vaughan after Bob tells him that he is gay.

Cast & crew

Created by Mark Grant

  • Tasha de Vasconcelos

    Tasha de Vasconcelos

    Lauren Hudson

  • Jan Harvey

    Jan Harvey

    Isabelle Hudson

  • Michael J. Reynolds

    Michael J. Reynolds

    Michael Hudson

  • Kim Thomson

    Kim Thomson

    Vanessa Edwards

  • Tony Curran

    Tony Curran

    Spencer from Accounts

  • Dariel Pertwee

    Briony

  • Wolf Kahler

    Wolf Kahler

    Senior Group Head

  • Louise Page

    Melissa

  • Glyn Grimstead

    Glyn Grimstead

    Taxi Driver

  • Emma Gregory

    Emma Gregory

    Waitress

  • Judy Flynn

    Judy Flynn

    Bank Manager

  • Paul Antony-Barber

    Paul Antony-Barber

    Maitre d'

  • Lisa Hayes

    Club Girl

  • Constantine Gregory

    Constantine Gregory

    Sergei

  • Katia Okun

    Anna

  • Ekaterina Fields

    Anna Molchanov

Perfect World FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Perfect World?

Perfect World has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on June 25, 2001.

When did the latest episode of Perfect World come out?

The most recent episode of Perfect World, Season 2 Episode 7 "Mutiny", aired on June 25, 2001.

How many seasons of Perfect World are there?

Perfect World has 2 seasons with 13 episodes in total.

When did Perfect World first air?

Perfect World first aired on BBC Two on February 25, 2000.

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