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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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Season 1

8.4/102,935 votes
A Touch of Class
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1975
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
Writer: Connie Booth, John Cleese
8.4/102,670 votes
The Builders
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1975
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
Writer: Connie Booth, John Cleese
8.4/102,488 votes
The Wedding Party
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1975
Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: Connie Booth, John Cleese
8.8/102,507 votes
The Hotel Inspectors
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1975
Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: Connie Booth, John Cleese
8.7/102,438 votes
Gourmet Night
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1975
To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: Connie Booth, John Cleese
9.3/103,198 votes
The Germans
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1975
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
Writer: Connie Booth, John Cleese