Fawlty Towers Series 1, Episode 6 - The Germans - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Sybil's in hospital, receiving treatment for an ingrowing toenail. Basil's left at the hotel to carry out a fire alarm test and oversee a group of German guests. What could possibly go wrong?
Broadcast details
Date
Friday 24th October 1975
Time
9pm
Channel
Length
31 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
| 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 |
Writing team
| John Cleese | Writer |
|---|---|
| Connie Booth | Writer |
Production team
| 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 2020