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Fawlty Towers

Series 1

1975 · 6 episodes · 3h 0m in all · 8.3/10

Episodes

  1. 1. A Touch of Class

    19 Sept 1975 · 30 min · 8.1/10

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

  2. 2. The Builders

    26 Sept 1975 · 28 min · 8.1/10

    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.

  3. 3. The Wedding Party

    3 Oct 1975 · 33 min · 8.1/10

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

  4. 4. The Hotel Inspectors

    10 Oct 1975 · 29 min · 8.5/10

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

  5. 5. Gourmet Night

    17 Oct 1975 · 29 min · 8.2/10

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

  6. 6. The Germans

    24 Oct 1975 · 31 min · 8.6/10

    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.

Fawlty Towers Series 1: quick answers

How many episodes are in Fawlty Towers Series 1?

Series 1 of Fawlty Towers has 6 episodes, about 3 hours in total.

When did Fawlty Towers Series 1 come out?

Series 1 premiered on 19 Sept 1975.

What is the best episode of Fawlty Towers Series 1?

By viewer score, episode 6, “The Germans”, at 8.6/10.

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