The Best Episodes of Fawlty Towers Season 1

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8.2/10(2880 votes)
#1 - 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
8.2/10(2629 votes)
#2 - 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
8.3/10(2451 votes)
#3 - 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
8.7/10(2472 votes)
#4 - 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
8.4/10(2398 votes)
#5 - 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
8.7/10(3152 votes)
#6 - 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