Summaries

Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.

Inept and manic English hotel owner and manager, Basil Fawlty, isn't cut out for his job. He's intolerant, rude and paranoid. All hell frequently breaks loose as Basil tries to run the hotel, constantly under verbal attack (and sometime physical) from his unhelpful wife Sybil, and hindered by the incompetent, but easy target, Manuel, their Spanish waiter.—Rob Hartill

An elderly male, his wife, and their friends do their best to maintain and work at a hotel. Along the way, as all types of guests stay at the hotel, something always goes wrong in some way. They all do their best to make that the hotel is fine for everyone and not a disaster.—RECB3

A hotel by the sea is run by a stressed and moronic lunatic who can't seem to please his guests, has a shaky marriage with a cruel and self-centered woman, and a Spanish porter who can barely speak English. Fortunately, he has an intelligent and attractive maid to help him out of the various situations he gets into.—Bloggers!

Details

Keywords
  • slapstick comedy
  • farce
  • snob
  • manic
  • class prejudice
Genres
  • Comedy
Release date Sep 18, 1975
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-PG
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English Spanish
Filming locations Wooburn Grange Country Club, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production companies British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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