Series 1

1975-09-19 · 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.

1975-09-26 · 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.

1975-10-03 · 33m

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

1975-10-10 · 29m

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

1975-10-17 · 29m

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

1975-10-24 · 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.