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Don’t mention the war!
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.
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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.
Cast, crew and production details
John CleeseBasil Fawlty
Prunella ScalesSybil Fawlty
Connie BoothPolly Sherman
Andrew SachsManuel
Ballard BerkeleyMajor Gowen
Brian HallTerry the Chef
Gilly FlowerMiss Tibbs
Renee RobertsMiss Gatsby
BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
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Episode 1
A confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.
Directed by John Howard DaviesWritten by Connie Booth, John CleeseGuest stars Michael Gwynn, Robin Ellis, David Simeon, Martin Wyldeck, Terence Conoley, Annet Peters
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Episode 2
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.
Directed by John Howard DaviesWritten by Connie Booth, John CleeseGuest stars David Kelly, James Appleby, George Lee, Michael Cronin, Michael Halsey, Barney Dorman
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Episode 3
Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
Directed by John Howard DaviesWritten by Connie Booth, John CleeseGuest stars Diana King, Conrad Phillips, Trevor Adams, Yvonne Gilan, April Walker, Jay Neill
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Episode 4
Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.
Directed by John Howard DaviesWritten by Connie Booth, John CleeseGuest stars Bernard Cribbins, James Cossins, Geoffrey Morris, Peter Brett
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Episode 5
To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.
Directed by John Howard DaviesWritten by Connie Booth, John CleeseGuest stars Ann Way, Jeffrey Segal, Allan Cuthbertson, Steve Plytas, Richard Caldicot, André Maranne, Elizabeth Benson, Betty Huntley-Wright
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Episode 6
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.
Directed by John Howard DaviesWritten by Connie Booth, John CleeseGuest stars Brenda Cowling, Claire Davenport, Louis Mahoney, John Lawrence, Iris Fry, Willy Bowman, Nick Kane, Lisa Bergmayr
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