Fawlty Towers: Series 1, Episode 3 - The Wedding Party - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Fawlty Towers. Image shows from L to R: Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), Mrs. Peignoir (Yvonne Gilan). Copyright: BBC

A group of guests arriving at the hotel in preparation for a nearby wedding raise Basil's anger levels when he mistakes them for swingers and sex addicts.

Broadcast details

Date

Friday 3rd October 1975

Time

9pm

Channel

BBC Two

Length

33 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast

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

Guest cast

Yvonne Gilan Mrs. Peignoir
Conrad Phillips Mr. Lloyd
Diana King Mrs. Lloyd
Trevor Adams Alan
April Walker Jean
Jay Neill Bar Guest

Writing team

John Cleese Writer
Connie Booth Writer

Production team

John Howard Davies Director
John Howard Davies Producer
Peter Kindred Production Designer
Dennis Wilson Composer

Press

Fawlty Towers guest star Conrad Phillips has died

Among his notable TV roles was as Mr Lloyd in the 1975 Wedding Party episode of Fawlty Towers, playing the father of a family that hotelier Basil (John Cleese) mistakenly believes to be a wife-swapping group involving maid Polly.

Nicola Agius, The Mirror, 14th January 2016