- 9.2/1017 votes
#1 - 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
- 9.2/1016 votes
#2 - Communication Problems
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/1979
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
Writer: Connie Booth
- 9.2/1017 votes
#3 - Basil the Rat
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1979
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
Writer: Connie Booth
- 9.1/1017 votes
#4 - The Psychiatrist
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/26/1979
A psychiatrist and his wife come to stay and Basil thinks Sybil is telling them all about his life.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Connie Booth
- 8.9/1016 votes
#5 - The Kipper and the Corpse
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/12/1979
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
Writer: Connie Booth
- 8.8/1019 votes
#6 - 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
- 8.5/1018 votes
#7 - 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
- 8.3/1022 votes
#8 - 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
- 8.3/1018 votes
#9 - 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
- 8.2/1025 votes
#10 - 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
- 8.2/1017 votes
#11 - Waldorf Salad
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/5/1979
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
Writer: Connie Booth
- 7.8/1017 votes
#12 - The Anniversary
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/1979
Sybil leaves before Basil's surprise anniversary party and Basil spends the evening trying to convince their friends she's ill.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Connie Booth