Fawlty Towers

Don’t mention the war!

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.

Genre: Comedy,

Actor:

Creator: John Cleese, Connie Booth,

Country: United Kingdom,

Type: tv

Season: 2

Episode: N/A

Duration: 30 minutes

Release: 1975-09-19

Rating: 8.249

Season 1 - Fawlty Towers
1975-09-19
A confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.
1975-09-26
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.
1975-10-03
Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
1975-10-10
Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.
1975-10-17
To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.
1975-10-24
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.

Season 2 - Fawlty Towers
1979-02-19
A selectively deaf woman named Mrs Richards insists that she has had a large amount of money stolen at the hotel, and against Sybil's wishes Basil puts a fiver on Dragonfly.
1979-02-26
A psychiatrist and his wife come to stay and Basil thinks Sybil is telling them all about his life.
1979-03-05
An American and his wife get unsatisfactory service at Fawlty Towers when he orders a Waldorf salad, after the kitchen has closed.
1979-03-12
Unknown to Basil, a guest dies in the night and he tries to serve him breakfast anyway and an obnoxious woman insists on service for her dog.
1979-03-26
Sybil leaves before Basil's surprise anniversary party and Basil spends the evening trying to convince their friends she's ill.
1979-10-25
The health inspector is coming and Basil tells Manuel to get rid of his pet rat, which he later finds out is named Basil.