Fawlty Towers
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1975 - 1979
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about a hotel and its owner, a man of infinite rudeness with a rabid dislike of almost all guests. Stars John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Ballard Berkeley and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 6 - The Germans
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 24th October 1975
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 31 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Wednesday 29th December 2010 | 9:40pm | Dave |
Monday 20th June 2011 | 10:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 21st June 2011 | 12:10am | Gold |
Saturday 13th August 2011 | 11:40pm | Gold |
Sunday 14th August 2011 | 9:35pm | Dave |
Monday 15th August 2011 | 10:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 16th August 2011 | 12:00am | Gold |
Tuesday 14th February 2012 | 10:40pm | Gold |
Wednesday 15th February 2012 | 1:45am | Gold |
Friday 27th April 2012 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 28th April 2012 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Monday 16th July 2012 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Tuesday 17th July 2012 | 12:25am | Gold |
Friday 9th November 2012 | 9:50pm | Gold |
Saturday 10th November 2012 | 1:40am | Gold |
Sunday 20th January 2013 | 6:30pm | BBC2 Scot |
Sunday 20th January 2013 | 7:30pm | BBC2 |
Saturday 23rd March 2013 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Sunday 24th March 2013 | 7:55pm | Gold |
Friday 28th June 2013 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 29th June 2013 | 12:25am | Gold |
Saturday 17th August 2013 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 17th August 2013 | 11:55pm | Gold |
Wednesday 11th September 2013 | 12:05am | Gold |
Wednesday 11th September 2013 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Monday 25th November 2013 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Tuesday 26th November 2013 | 1:50am | Gold |
Friday 7th February 2014 | 10:20pm | Gold |
Friday 14th February 2014 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 20th July 2014 | 10:05pm | Gold |
Monday 21st July 2014 | 12:50am | Gold |
Sunday 9th November 2014 | 10:20pm | Gold |
Monday 10th November 2014 | 9:20pm | Gold |
Wednesday 31st December 2014 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 21st January 2015 | 1:10am | Gold |
Wednesday 21st January 2015 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 21st April 2015 | 9:20pm | Gold |
Friday 1st May 2015 | 12:20am | Gold |
Friday 1st May 2015 | 10:15pm | Gold |
Saturday 12th September 2015 | 10:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 19th September 2015 | 12:35am | Gold |
Saturday 19th September 2015 | 9:05pm | Gold |
Wednesday 4th November 2015 | 11:25pm | Gold |
Thursday 5th November 2015 | 9:25pm | Gold |
Monday 29th February 2016 | 11:20pm | Gold |
Tuesday 1st March 2016 | 9:25pm | Gold |
Tuesday 19th April 2016 | 9:15pm | Gold |
Monday 16th May 2016 | 9:45pm | Gold |
Monday 15th August 2016 | 10:20pm | Gold |
Tuesday 13th September 2016 | 9:20pm | Gold |
Tuesday 24th January 2017 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Wednesday 25th January 2017 | 1:20am | Gold |
Tuesday 7th March 2017 | 7:20pm | Gold |
Tuesday 7th March 2017 | 10:50pm | Gold |
Wednesday 22nd March 2017 | 7:20pm | Gold |
Friday 31st March 2017 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Tuesday 12th September 2017 | 11:00pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 13th September 2017 | 9:00pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 31st January 2018 | 9:20pm | Gold |
Monday 9th April 2018 | 10:00pm | Gold |
Friday 1st June 2018 | 9:20pm | Gold |
Friday 15th June 2018 | 9:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 16th June 2018 | 2:30am | Gold |
Monday 1st April 2019 | 11:20pm | Gold |
Tuesday 2nd April 2019 | 9:20pm | Gold |
Wednesday 16th October 2019 | 12:10am | Yesterday |
Wednesday 16th October 2019 | 10:20pm | Yesterday |
Sunday 24th November 2019 | 11:20pm | Gold |
Monday 25th November 2019 | 9:15pm | Gold |
Monday 13th January 2020 | 9:35pm | Gold |
Tuesday 14th January 2020 | 12:50am | Gold |
Monday 19th April 2021 | 8:30pm | BBC1 |
Monday 26th April 2021 | 8:30pm | BBC1 |
Wednesday 17th November 2021 | 8:40pm | Gold |
Thursday 18th November 2021 | 3:20pm | Gold |
Monday 7th March 2022 | 9:20pm | Gold |
Tuesday 8th March 2022 | 3:20pm | Gold |
Sunday 22nd May 2022 | 7:05pm | Gold |
Cast & crew
John Cleese | Basil Fawlty |
Prunella Scales | Sybil Fawlty |
Andrew Sachs | Manuel |
Connie Booth | Polly |
Ballard Berkeley | Major Gowen |
Gilly Flower | Miss Tibbs |
Renee Roberts | Miss Gatsby |
Claire Davenport | Mrs. Wilson |
Brenda Cowling | Sister |
Louis Mahoney | Doctor |
John Lawrence | Mr. Sharp |
Iris Fry | Mrs. Sharp |
Willy Bowman | German Guest |
Nick Kane | German Guest |
Lisa Bergmayr | German Guest |
Dan Gillan | German Guest |
John Cleese | Writer |
Connie Booth | Writer |
John Howard Davies | Director |
John Howard Davies | Producer |
Bob Rymer | Editor |
Peter Kindred | Production Designer |
Dennis Wilson | Composer |
Video
Basil Fawlty .v. The Germans
One of the most famous British comedy scenes. Basil waits on some Germans in the Fawlty Towers restaurant.
Featuring: John Cleese (Basil Fawlty), Connie Booth (Polly), Willy Bowman (German Guest), Nick Kane (German Guest), Lisa Bergmayr (German Guest) & Dan Gillan (German Guest).
Press
Even Fawlty Towers is being erased in crazed witch-hunt
We need a massive pushback against the paternalistic culture of woke censorship and cultural control. Defend Fawlty Towers, by all means, but let's also initiate a genuine democratic resistance to the wokeness, identitarianism and middle-class paternalism that are doing so much harm to public life.
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked, 12th June 2020Fawlty episode featuring N-word released on Britbox
In 2013 the BBC removed all racial language from its broadcast - but a Fawlty Towers episode featuring the N-word has been released by the BBC on its streaming service.
Jerry Lawton, Daily Star, 9th December 2019