Fawlty Towers - Series 1 - Episode 1
Basil is delighted when Lord Melbury comes to the hotel. At last, a guest with real class.
Episodes: 6 | Released: 1975 | Certificate: 12 | Genre: Comedy | Director: John Howard Davies
Actors: John Cleese
, Prunella Scales
, Andrew Sachs
, Connie Booth
Basil is delighted when Lord Melbury comes to the hotel. At last, a guest with real class.
Basil hires his usual firm of incompetent builders to carry out some hotel alterations.
Basil is outraged by an outbreak of promiscuity at his hotel, and engages in a losing battle to thwart the efforts of the unmarried couples to sully his hotel's reputation. But Basil has got the wrong end of the stick, and his efforts are further hampered by Manuel's birthday celebrations.
Basil is petrified when he learns that undercover hotel inspectors are in town.
Kurt the chef is drunk so Basil takes to the kitchen to save his night of fine-dining.
Basil is left in charge, but a moose's head, concussion and German guests don’t mix.