Fawlty Towers

1975 • BBC
4.7
637 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (6)

1 Communication Problems
18/2/79
Season-only
A nearly deaf and very difficult Mrs. Richards arrives at the hotel. When she loses a large sum of money, she demands that the police be called.
2 The Psychiatrist
25/2/79
Season-only
Basil is certain one of the guests has smuggled a girl into his room and sets out to investigate. Unfortunately, he is caught in a compromising situation by Sybil.
3 The Waldorf Salad
4/3/79
Season-only
An American guest tips Basil to keep the kitchen open late, but chef has left for the day. Basil steps in, but he meets his Waterloo when the guest requests a Waldorf Salad.
4 The Kipper & The Corpse
11/3/79
Season-only
What should a hotelier do when he serves a guest breakfast in bed and finds that guest dead? Whatever that something may be, Basil does not do it.
5 Anniversary
25/3/79
Season-only
It is Basil and Sibyl's anniversary, and Basil has actually remembered. In true Basil fashion, however, he has not told Sybil he has remembered and she is hugely upset.
6 Basil The Rat
24/10/79
Season-only
Manuel has been ordered to get rid of his pet rat before the health inspector pays a visit. But the pet breaks away, leading the Major to trying to shoot the rodent in the bar.

About this show

Everyone loves Fawlty Towers - except the poor, abused guests. Since that memorable evening in the mid 1970s when the hotel opened its doors to the public, it has become cult viewing in 61 countries worldwide. And despite being screened again and again, the programs haven't lost their appeal - Basil and Sybil's insults to each other, Manuel's plaintive "Que?", and "Don't mention the war" from The Germans have been absorbed into everyday speech.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
637 reviews
Ray Burton
27 May 2021
Should be a 5 star show this,but like someone else has commented that the shows have been edited to take out (what they deem to be unfit for human ears),so I won't be buying any of these shows. I've watched all the original unedited shows,and there's nothing so bad in it to deem editing. This is a COMEDY show.
DEATHPROOFBUM 01
7 December 2016
Where it is due, just got the second season for free, as I purchased one season a while back. It is a promotion I found in Gmail/promotions by Google, look in your seasons and complete season is like for like, it's very much appreciated! Fantastic old skool fun by the way, comedy that anyone can enjoy as it's timeless. Just hope the BBC as one other had mentioned, cut to much to satisfy the PC culture nowadays, it makes you laugh in itself!
Karen “Kazsta10” Weirdgirl2.0
13 October 2014
I can't say enough good things about this! Having watched it over and over for the last 36 years and knowing the entire script for every ep, i still laugh like crazy at it! I love John Cleese, my Dad was a huge Python fan, and it was he that got me into that and Fawlty Towers. Way better than any US comedy ever. Us British for the most part do comedy best, and John Cleese is the cream of the crop!
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