INFORMATION

Fawlty Towers is one of the best-known, and most-loved, series from the heavenly days of British comedy – the 1970s.

John Cleese was inspired to write what became Fawlty Towers after he and the rest of the Monty Python team were staying at a hotel in Torquay called the Gleneagles while filming a TV series in the early 1970s. The “wonderfully rude” hotel owner endeared himself to the Monty Python team by throwing Eric Idle's briefcase out of the hotel “in case it contained a bomb,” complaining about Terry Gilliam's table manners, and throwing a bus timetable at another guest after he dared to ask the time of the next bus to town.

There were only 2 seasons made of Fawlty Towers, each carrying 6 episodes.

About the episode

Episode 4, Series 1 : The Hotel Inspectors.

First shown 10 October 1975
The Hotel Inspectors is all about Basil at his two-faced best. His double-sided personality allows him to change perfectly between being sarcastic, rude and insulting one second and a slimy flatterer the next.
Sybil has heard from a friend, whilst gossiping on the phone (her hobby), that there are three hotel inspectors in town. Basil is horrified — he has just had a battle of wits with a guest at reception. Surely he can’t be a…