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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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 12
- Latest aired
- S02E06
- Total runtime
- 6h 14min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1975 – October 1975 6 episodes
- the show was away for 3 years and 3 months
- Season 2 February 1979 – October 1979 6 episodes
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S01E01 A Touch of Class
September 19 · 30min find the promo
Show synopsis
A confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.
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S01E02 The Builders
September 26 · 28min find the promo
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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.
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S01E03 The Wedding Party
October 3 · 33min find the promo
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Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
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S01E04 The Hotel Inspectors
October 10 · 29min find the promo
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Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.
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S01E05 Gourmet Night
October 17 · 29min find the promo
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To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.
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S01E06 The Germans
October 24 · 31min find the promo
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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.