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Fawlty Towers: Season 1

6 episodes Premiered Sep 19, 1975

Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

A Touch of Class

Sep 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.

S1·E2 Core

The Builders

Sep 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.

S1·E3 Core

The Wedding Party

Oct 3, 1975

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

S1·E4 Core

The Hotel Inspectors

Oct 10, 1975

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

S1·E5 Mytharc

Gourmet Night

Oct 17, 1975

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

S1·E6 Mytharc

The Germans

Oct 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 Germa