• Air date: 19 Feb '79 6 episodes
      Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television that was first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Twelve episodes were made. The show was written by John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth, both of whom also starred in the show. The series is set in Fawlty Towers, a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay, on the "English Riviera". The plots centre around tense, rude and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty, his bossy wife Sybil, a comparatively normal chambermaid Polly, and hapless Spanish waiter Manuel and their attempts to run the hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding and eccentric guests. In a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted by industry professionals, Fawlty Towers was named the best British television series of all time.
  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 1. Communication Problems

      19 Feb '79
      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.
    • 2. The Psychiatrist

      26 Feb '79
      A psychiatrist and his wife come to stay and Basil thinks Sybil is telling them all about his life.
    • 3. Waldorf Salad

      05 Mar '79
      An American and his wife get unsatisfactory service at Fawlty Towers when he orders a Waldorf salad, after the kitchen has closed.
    • 4. The Kipper and the Corpse

      12 Mar '79
      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.
    • 5. The Anniversary

      19 Mar '79
      Sybil leaves before Basil's surprise anniversary party and Basil spends the evening trying to convince their friends she's ill.
    • 6. Basil the Rat

      25 Oct '79
      The health inspector is coming and Basil tells Manuel to get rid of his pet rat, which he later finds out is named Basil.