Fawlty Towers

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1975-09-19

Last Air Date: 1979-10-25

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 12

Created By: John Cleese, Connie Booth

Networks: BBC Two

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Top Cast

John Cleese as Basil Fawlty
Prunella Scales as Sybil Fawlty
Connie Booth as Polly Sherman
Andrew Sachs as Manuel
Ballard Berkeley as Major Gowen
Gilly Flower as Miss Tibbs
Renee Roberts as Miss Gatsby
Brian Hall as Terry the Chef
Elizabeth Benson as Mrs. White
Terence Conoley as Mr. Wareing

Seasons

Series 1 (1975)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: A Touch of Class (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.
Ep. 2: The Builders (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.
Ep. 3: The Wedding Party (1975-10-03)

Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
Ep. 4: The Hotel Inspectors (1975-10-10)

Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.
Ep. 5: Gourmet Night (1975-10-17)

To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.
Ep. 6: The Germans (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.