Box set: Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection
Barcode 794051157522
Release Date 10/16/2001

Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection
BBC Home Video (1975)
TV Series  /  Comedy
In Collection
#415
0*
Seen ItYes
794051157522
IMDB   8.8
374 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
John Cleese Basil Fawlty
Connie Booth Polly Sherman
Andre Maranne André
Andrew Sachs Manuel
Prunella Scales Sybil Fawlty
Ballard Berkeley Major Gowen
Renee Roberts Miss Ursula Gatsby
Gilly Flower Miss Agatha Tibbs
Steve Kelly Lorry Driver
David Kelly O'Reilly
Michael Cronin Lurphy - Workman #1
Claire Davenport Mrs. Wilson
James Cossins Mr. Walt
Bernard Cribbins Mr. Hutchinson
Louis Mahoney Doctor
Michael Halsey Jones - Workman #2
Michael Gwynn Lord Melbury
Allan Cuthbertson Colonel Hall
George Lee Delivery Man
Michael Dalton Waiter
Pat Gorman Hotel Guest
Steve Plytas Kurt
Ann Way Mrs. Hall
Robin Ellis Danny Brown
Brenda Cowling Sister
Director
John Howard Davies
Producer John Howard Davies
Writer John Cleese
Connie Booth
Musician Dennis Wilson

Fawlty Towers (1975–1979) is a British television sitcom about hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance that form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.


Although only twelve episodes were produced, the programme has had a lasting and powerful legacy.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/19/1975  1.  S1E1: A Touch of Class
An confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.
Guest starring:  Michael GwynnRobin Ellis, Martin Wyldeck, Pat Symons
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/26/1975  2.  S1E2: The Builders
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.
Guest starring:  David KellyMichael Cronin, James Appleby
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/3/1975  3.  S1E3: The Wedding Party
Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
Guest starring:  Trevor Adams, Yvonne Gilan
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/10/1975  4.  S1E4: The Hotel Inspectors
Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.
Guest starring:  Bernard CribbinsJames Cossins
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/17/1975  5.  S1E5: Gourmet Night
To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/24/1975  6.  S1E6: The Germans
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.
Guest starring:  Brenda Cowling
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/19/1979  7.  S2E1: Communication Problems
A selectively deaf woman named Mrs Richards insists that she has had a large amount of money stolen at the hotel, and against Sybil's wishes Basil puts a fiver on Dragonfly.
Guest starring:  Joan Sanderson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/26/1979  8.  S2E2: The Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist and his wife come to stay and Basil thinks Sybil is telling them all about his life.
Guest starring:  Basil Henson,  Elspet GrayNicky Henson, Luan Peters
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/5/1979  9.  S2E3: Waldorf Salad
An American and his wife get unsatisfactory service at Fawlty Towers when he orders a Waldorf salad, after the kitchen has closed.
Guest starring:  Bruce Boa, Claire Nielson, Norman Bird,  Stella Tanner
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/12/1979  10.  S2E4: The Kipper and the Corpse
Unknown to Basil, a guest dies in the night and he tries to serve him breakfast anyway and an obnoxious woman insists on service for her dog.
Guest starring:  Geoffrey PalmerDerek Royle, Richard Davies, Elisabeth Benson, Mavis Pugh
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/26/1979  11.  S2E5: The Anniversary
Sybil leaves before Basil's surprise anniversary party and Basil spends the evening trying to convince their friends she's ill.
Guest starring:  Ken CampbellUna StubbsPat Keen
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/25/1979  12.  S2E6: Basil the Rat
The health inspector is coming and Basil tells Manuel to get rid of his pet rat, which he later finds out is named Basil.
Guest starring:  John Quarmby
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/19/1975  13.  A Touch of Class
An confidence trickster comes to stay at the hotel, just after Basil has taken an ad in a posh magazine to upgrade the clientele.
Director:  John Howard Davies  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  Michael GwynnRobin Ellis, Martin Wyldeck, Pat Symons
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/26/1975  14.  The Builders
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.
Director:  John Howard Davies  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  David KellyMichael Cronin, James Appleby
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/3/1975  15.  The Wedding Party
Basil wants 'none of that' going on in his rooms and suspects some guests and Polly of carrying on.
Director:  John Howard Davies  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  Trevor Adams, Yvonne Gilan
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/10/1975  16.  The Hotel Inspectors
Some inspectors are in town and Basil gets paranoid, so he alternately fawns over and offends his guests.
Director:  John Howard Davies  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  Bernard CribbinsJames Cossins
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/17/1975  17.  Gourmet Night
To bring the right type of crowd into the hotel Basil establishes a Gourmet Night.
Director:  John Howard Davies  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  André MaranneAllan CuthbertsonAnn WaySteve Plytas
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/24/1975  18.  The Germans
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.
Director:  John Howard Davies  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  Brenda Cowling
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/19/1979  19.  Communication Problems
A selectively deaf woman named Mrs Richards insists that she has had a large amount of money stolen at the hotel, and against Sybil's wishes Basil puts a fiver on Dragonfly.
Director:  Bob Spiers  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  Joan Sanderson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/26/1979  20.  The Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist and his wife come to stay and Basil thinks Sybil is telling them all about his life.
Director:  Bob Spiers  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  Basil Henson,  Elspet GrayNicky Henson, Luan Peters
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/5/1979  21.  Waldorf Salad
An American and his wife get unsatisfactory service at Fawlty Towers when he orders a Waldorf salad, after the kitchen has closed.
Director:  Bob Spiers  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  Bruce Boa, Claire Nielson, Norman Bird,  Stella Tanner
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/12/1979  22.  The Kipper and the Corpse
Unknown to Basil, a guest dies in the night and he tries to serve him breakfast anyway and an obnoxious woman insists on service for her dog.
Director:  Bob Spiers  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  Geoffrey PalmerDerek Royle, Richard Davies, Elisabeth Benson, Mavis Pugh
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/26/1979  23.  The Anniversary
Sybil leaves before Basil's surprise anniversary party and Basil spends the evening trying to convince their friends she's ill.
Director:  Bob Spiers  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  Ken CampbellUna StubbsPat Keen
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/25/1979  24.  Basil the Rat
The health inspector is coming and Basil tells Manuel to get rid of his pet rat, which he later finds out is named Basil.
Director:  Bob Spiers  Writer:  John Cleese  / Connie Booth 
Guest starring:  John Quarmby
Edition Details
Series Fawlty Towers
Distributor BBC Warner
Release Date 10/16/2001
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; French; German; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 3

Features
Disc 01 Deleted Scenes Scene Selection