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
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