Season 2 • Episode 7
LatestBob 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.
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.
Acting
Paul Kaye's physical comedy and dead-eyed charm.
Writing
Dialogue so cruel it circles back to hilarious.
Creator
Mark Grant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Kaye was primarily known as shock-jock DJ Dennis Pennis before this; Mark Grant wrote the role specifically to destroy that persona.
Aired months before The Office UK, Perfect World pioneered the 'unwatchable boss' format but was buried by BBC scheduling—some critics call it the lost precursor to modern workplace anti-comedy.
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