Series 1

E1. A Touch of Class

Sep 19, 1975 · 30m

A confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.

E2. The Builders

Sep 26, 1975 · 28m

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.

E3. The Wedding Party

Oct 3, 1975 · 33m

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

E4. The Hotel Inspectors

Oct 10, 1975 · 29m

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

E5. Gourmet Night

Oct 17, 1975 · 29m

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

E6. The Germans

Oct 24, 1975 · 31m

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.