Series 1 poster

Series 1

(1975)

Cast

John Cleese as Basil Fawlty
John Cleese

as Basil Fawlty

Prunella Scales as Sybil Fawlty
Prunella Scales

as Sybil Fawlty

Connie Booth as Polly Sherman
Connie Booth

as Polly Sherman

Andrew Sachs as Manuel
Andrew Sachs

as Manuel

Ballard Berkeley as Major Gowen
Ballard Berkeley

as Major Gowen

Gilly Flower as Miss Tibbs
Gilly Flower

as Miss Tibbs

Renee Roberts as Miss Gatsby
Renee Roberts

as Miss Gatsby

Episodes

A Touch of Class poster

A Touch of Class 8.2

September 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 c…

The Builders poster

The Builders 8.3

September 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 lob…

The Wedding Party poster

The Wedding Party 8.3

October 3, 1975

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

The Hotel Inspectors poster

The Hotel Inspectors 8.8

October 10, 1975

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

Gourmet Night poster

Gourmet Night 8.5

October 17, 1975

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

The Germans poster

The Germans 9.2

October 24, 1975

Sybil goes into the hospital for toe surgery, leaving Basil to cope with a fire drill single-handed. After a couple of …