Series 1

1975

•6 Episodes

Episodes

1. A Touch of Class

Sep 19, 1975

30 min

8.1

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. The Builders

Sep 26, 1975

28 min

8.1

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. The Wedding Party

Oct 3, 1975

33 min

8.1

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

4. The Hotel Inspectors

Oct 10, 1975

29 min

8.6

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

5. Gourmet Night

Oct 17, 1975

29 min

8.3

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

6. The Germans

Oct 24, 1975

31 min

8.7

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.