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Series

Fawlty Towers

1975 · 2 seasons · 12 episodes · Ended · BBC Two

Comedy

TMDB 8.3 · 845 votes

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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.

Episodes

  • S01E01A Touch of Class1975-09-1930m

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

  • S01E02The Builders1975-09-2628m

    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.

  • S01E03The Wedding Party1975-10-0333m

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

  • S01E04The Hotel Inspectors1975-10-1029m

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

  • S01E05Gourmet Night1975-10-1729m

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

  • S01E06The Germans1975-10-2431m

    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.

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