Fawlty Towers (1975)

Name: Fawlty Towers
Genre: Comedy
Cast: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, Ballard Berkeley

Don’t mention the war!

★ 8.3 30m/ep Comedy Latest: S2 E06

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.

Created by: Connie Booth, John Cleese
Cast: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, Ballard Berkeley, Brian Hall, Gilly Flower, Renee Roberts
Country: United Kingdom
First aired: September 19, 1975

Seasons

Series 1 · 6 episodes
Series 2 · 6 episodes

Series 1 Episodes

1. A Touch of Class
A confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.
2. The Builders
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.
3. The Wedding Party
Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
4. The Hotel Inspectors
Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.
5. Gourmet Night
To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.
6. The Germans
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.