List of Fawlty Towers episodes

This is a list of episodes for the British sitcom Fawlty Towers, written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, which was broadcast on BBC 2 from 19 September 1975 to 25 October 1979. The first season was directed by John Howard Davies, the second by Bob Spiers.

Season 1 (1975)

#	Title	Sign Reads:	Original Airdate
1 (1)	"A Touch of Class"	FAWLTY TOWERS (Crooked S)	September 19, 1975 (1975-09-19)
A member of the aristocracy, Lord Melbury, decides to stay at the hotel. At first, he seems like a nice guy, until Polly discovers the truth about him. Featuring: Michael Gwynn as Lord Melbury and Robin Ellis as Danny Brown.
2 (2)	"The Builders"	FAWLTY TOWER (Crooked L)	September 26, 1975 (1975-09-26)
Work needs to be done in the lobby, but when Basil, Sybil and Polly aren't around, Manuel is left in charge of everything. When the builders come in, things start getting chaotic. Featuring: David Kelly as O'Reilly and Michael Cronin as Lurphy.
3 (3)	"The Wedding Party"	FAW TY TOWER (Crooked W)	October 3, 1975 (1975-10-03)
Wherever he turns, Basil sees guests fraternising in what he considers an immoral way, while he tries to hide an infatuation with a charming French female guest. But he is the one who ends up with his trousers down in public, while the guests' behaviour turns out to have an innocent explanation. Featuring: Trevor Adams as Alan and Yvonne Gilan as Mrs. Peignoir.
4 (4)	"The Hotel Inspectors"	FAW TY TO ER	October 10, 1975 (1975-10-10)
When Basil hears of hotel inspectors roaming Torquay incognito, he realises with horror that the man he has been monstering could easily be one of them. Basil becomes increasingly concerned as he is unsure who he needs to impress. Unfortunately none of the suspected men are actual hotel inspectors, causing Basil a lot of frustration. Featuring: Bernard Cribbins and James Cossins play the men who turn out not to be hotel inspectors.
5 (5)	"Gourmet Night"	WA RTY TOWELS	October 17, 1975 (1975-10-17)
Basil is thrilled when local VIPs accept an invitation to a gourmet evening ("no riff-raff"). Basil then embarrasses himself and annoys the guests by addressing the short Mrs. Hall as "Mrs. Small" and fainting when introducing the Colonel, who has an unfortunate twitch, to a Lionel Twitchen. Meanwhile his new chef gets drunk and can't cook, forcing Basil to order a duck from a local restaurant. On the way to collect it, his car breaks down, and when he finally arrives back at Fawlty Towers, he finds he has accidentally collected a trifle instead of a duck. Featuring: André Maranne as Andre, Allan Cuthbertson as Colonel Hall and Ann Way as Mrs. Hall.
6 (6)	"The Germans"	N/A	October 24, 1975 (1975-10-24)
Basil is anxious when he finds out that the hotel will be having German guests. With lingering feelings about World War II, the Major isn't happy either. After a fire evacuation practice gone wrong, Basil wakes up, concussed and returns to the hotel talking non-stop about the war. This episode is the origin of the line "Don't mention the war". Sign: This is the only episode in the entire series that did not feature the hotel as the backdrop for the titles: footage of the Northwick Park Hospital in Middlesex was used instead hence the sign is not shown. Featuring: Brenda Cowling as Sister

Season 2 (1979)

The second season was transmitted three and a half years later, with the first episode being broadcast on 19 February 1979. Due to an industrial dispute at the BBC, which resulted in a strike, the final episode was not completed until well after the others, being finally shown as a one-off installment on 25 October 1979. The cancelled episode on 19 March was replaced with a repeat of "Gourmet Night" from Season 1. In the second season the anagrams were created by Ian McClane, Bob Spier's assistant floor manager.

#	Title	Sign Reads:	Original Airdate
1 (7)	"Communication Problems"	FAWLTY TOWER (Crooked L) The same opening shot as in "The Builders" from Season 1	February 19, 1979 (1979-02-19)
The arrival of the "guest from hell" — Mrs. Richards, a rather deaf, dotty and bad-tempered woman — interferes with Basil's attempts to prevent the money he won on a racehorse from being discovered by Sybil, who disapproves of gambling. Featuring: Joan Sanderson as Mrs Richards.
2 (8)	"The Psychiatrist"	WATERY FOWLS	February 26, 1979 (1979-02-26)
A psychiatrist and his wife — also a doctor — come to the hotel for a weekend break, and cannot help but notice the eccentricities of their host, who is perturbed when he discovers their professions. A very attractive Australian girl also visits, who goes on to have certain awkward interactions with Fawlty as he seeks to uncover a non-paying guest he believes Mr Johnson (Nicky Henson) has in his bedroom. But Fawlty only finds Mr Johnson's mother in the room. Featuring: Elspet Gray as Mrs Abbott, Nicky Henson as Mr Johnson and Luan Peters as Raylene Miles.
3 (9)	"Waldorf Salad"	FLAY OTTERS	March 5, 1979 (1979-03-05)
Basil is not altogether keen on a loud and demanding American guest who demands a higher class of service — and food — than Fawlty Towers is accustomed to providing. Basil soon learns that the American guest will not tolerate any shenanigans. Featuring: Bruce Boa as Mr Hamilton and Claire Nielson as Mrs Hamilton.
4 (10)	"The Kipper and the Corpse"	FATTY OWLS	March 12, 1979 (1979-03-12)
With no regard to Basil's blood pressure, a guest dies at the hotel and Basil and the staff are left with the unpleasant task of removing the body discreetly while the doctor staying at the hotel, Dr. Price, waits for his sausages. Also, Polly and Manuel feed an elderly woman's pampered pet dog some extra spicy sausages after it bites them both. Featuring: Geoffrey Palmer as Dr Price.
5 (11)	"The Anniversary"	FLOWERY TWATS	March 26, 1979 (1979-03-26)
Basil invites some friends for a surprise wedding anniversary party, but Sybil assumes he has forgotten their anniversary and storms off, leaving her husband and Polly, in disguise, desperately telling the others she is 'ill'… Featuring: Ken Campbell as Roger and Una Stubbs as Alice.
6 (12)	"Basil the Rat"	FARTY TOWELS	October 25, 1979 (1979-10-25)
The local health inspector issues a long list of hygienic aberrations (including two dead pigeons in the water tank) which the staff must immediately sort out. After Manuel's hamster turns out to be a rat and escapes from his cage and is loose in the hotel, Basil and Sybil must catch it (or at least kill it) before the inspector finds it first. Featuring: John Quarmby as the Health Inspector.