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Fawlty Towers
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MovieNerd ScoreOwner 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.
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Episodes
Series 1
6 episodes
S1 E1 · 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.
S1 E2 · 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.
S1 E3 · The Wedding Party
Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
S1 E4 · The Hotel Inspectors
Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.
S1 E5 · Gourmet Night
To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.
S1 E6 · 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.
Series 2
6 episodes
S2 E1 · Communication Problems
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.
S2 E2 · The Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist and his wife come to stay and Basil thinks Sybil is telling them all about his life.
S2 E3 · Waldorf Salad
An American and his wife get unsatisfactory service at Fawlty Towers when he orders a Waldorf salad, after the kitchen has closed.
S2 E4 · The Kipper and the Corpse
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.
S2 E5 · The Anniversary
Sybil leaves before Basil's surprise anniversary party and Basil spends the evening trying to convince their friends she's ill.
S2 E6 · Basil the Rat
The health inspector is coming and Basil tells Manuel to get rid of his pet rat, which he later finds out is named Basil.