Fawlty Towers

30min

Comedy

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.

Episodes

Cast

A Touch of Class

1. A Touch of Class

30min

19th Sep 1975

A confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.

The Builders

2. The Builders

28min

26th Sep 1975

The Fawltys take a holiday and leave Polly and Manuel to run the place just as O'Reilly's builders come to redo the lobby.

The Wedding Party

3. The Wedding Party

33min

3rd Oct 1975

Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.

The Hotel Inspectors

4. The Hotel Inspectors

29min

10th Oct 1975

Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.

Gourmet Night

5. Gourmet Night

29min

17th Oct 1975

To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.

The Germans

6. The Germans

31min

24th Oct 1975

Sybil goes into the hospital for toe surgery, leaving Basil to cope with a fire drill single-handed. After a couple of blows on the head, Basil tells some German guests where Germany went wrong in WWII.

First air date

19th Sep 1975

Last air date

25th Oct 1979

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

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