Fawlty Towers
BBC Two (ended 1979)
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Season 2
- Ep 6Basil the Rat10/25/79
Manuel insists that his pet rodent is a Siberian hamster. However Basil is certain that the pet shop has conned the gullible Spaniard and sold him a rat - a fine thing to have running round the hotel when the public health inspector is also on the loose, Basil must find it before the inspector sees it and shuts the hotel down.moreless - Ep 5The Anniversary3/26/79
It's Basil and Sybil's anniversary and Basil has to fake his wife's illness to his friends when she storms out of the hotel and enlists Polly's help to keep up the act. Also the cook Terry and Manuel can't seem to agree on the proper way to cook paella. - Ep 4The Kipper and the Corpse3/12/79
When a guest dies during the night, Basil thinks it was the kippers he had for breakfast (which should have been thrown out weeks ago) that killed him. Basil attempts to conceal both the body and the extremely fishy breakfast. Meanwhile, Polly and Manuel try to get revenge on a disagreeable woman who demands the best service for her dog.moreless - Ep 3Waldorf Salad3/5/79
Basil has to make dinner for an irritable American and his English wife when the kitchen is closed but doesn't even know what it is they're ordering. - Ep 2The Psychiatrist2/26/79
A psychiatrist and his wife come to stay and Basil becomes paranoid that Sybil is sharing their intimate details. Meanwhile, a charming guest that Basil loathes has snuck a woman into his room and Basil tries to get proof of that without looking like he's flirting with an attractive Australian guest.''''moreless - Ep 1Communication Problems2/19/79
The disgreeable and hard - of - hearing Mrs. Richards drives Basil crazy with her complaining especially when a large amount of money is stolen from her room. Basil also must hide his winnings from betting on a horse from his wife.
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Season 1
- Ep 6The Germans10/24/75
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. - Ep 5Gourmet Night10/17/75
To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night and invites some A - list guests however in the nature of Fawlty Towers, things don't go as planned. - Ep 4The Hotel Inspectors10/10/75
Basil is fearful when hotel inspectors are rumoured to be in his hotel and goes out of his way to fawn over an assumed inspector. - Ep 4Hotel Inspectors
- Ep 3The Wedding Party10/3/75
Basil's prudish nature is outraged by what he perceives to be an outbreak of promiscuity at Fawlty Towers. As ever, he grabs the wrong end of the stick and then proceeds to beat himself with it. Yet another terrible day for Basil ends with him being discovered by the guests in a compromising position with Manuel.moreless - Ep 2The Builders9/26/75
Polly and Manuel are left to run the hotel when Basil and Sybil take a holiday and they must oversee the renovation of the lobby by an unreliable builder. - Ep 1A Touch of Class9/19/75
An confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.
