The Worst Episodes of Fawlty Towers

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   8.2/10(3783 votes)

   #1 - The Anniversary

   S2:E53/26/1979

   Sybil leaves before Basil's surprise anniversary party and Basil spends the evening trying to convince their friends she's ill.

   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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   8.4/10(2846 votes)

   #2 - A Touch of Class

   S1:E19/19/1975

   A confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.

   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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   8.4/10(2598 votes)

   #3 - The Builders

   S1:E29/26/1975

   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.

   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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   8.4/10(2428 votes)

   #4 - The Wedding Party

   S1:E310/3/1975

   Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.

   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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   8.4/10(2282 votes)

   #5 - Waldorf Salad

   S2:E33/5/1979

   An American and his wife get unsatisfactory service at Fawlty Towers when he orders a Waldorf salad, after the kitchen has closed.

   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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   8.7/10(2382 votes)

   #6 - Gourmet Night

   S1:E510/17/1975

   To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.

   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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   8.8/10(2452 votes)

   #7 - The Hotel Inspectors

   S1:E410/10/1975

   Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.

   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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   Director:John Howard Davies

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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   9.0/10(2300 votes)

   #8 - The Kipper and the Corpse

   S2:E43/12/1979

   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.

   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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   9.0/10(2308 votes)

   #9 - Basil the Rat

   S2:E610/25/1979

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

   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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    9.1/10(2443 votes)

    #10 - The Psychiatrist

    S2:E22/26/1979

    A psychiatrist and his wife come to stay and Basil thinks Sybil is telling them all about his life.

    Director:Bob Spiers

    Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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    Director:Bob Spiers

    Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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    9.2/10(2577 votes)

    #11 - Communication Problems

    S2:E12/19/1979

    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.

    Director:Bob Spiers

    Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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    Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese
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    9.3/10(3148 votes)

    #12 - The Germans

    S1:E610/24/1975

    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.

    Director:John Howard Davies

    Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese

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    Director:John Howard Davies

    Writers:Connie Booth, John Cleese