Watch fawlty towers season 2 episode 6 basil the rat bona on dailymotion. Basil heads back to andres for another duck, but when hes there, he grabs the wrong covered dish in the kitchen. Polly and manuel are left to run the hotel when basil and sybil take a holiday and they must oversee the renovation of t. Find out where fawlty towers is streaming, if fawlty towers is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Fawlty towers was a british television sitcom that was broadcast on bbc2 from 1975 to 1979. The episode began with the fawlty towers title sequence from the anniversary at this point, the most recent episode. Meanwhile, polly and manuel entertain the hungry guests with music, and sybil tells them stories.
Bekijk fawlty towers s02e06 basil the rat guido goetstouwers op dailymotion. John cleese discusses his experience of playing basil fawlty and picks out his favourite moments from the show. The british sitcom by which all other british sitcoms must be judged, fawlty towers withstands multiple viewings, is eminently quotable dont. Wasnt the last episode basil the rat, i actually thought that was quite a fitting final episode as it showed what we had seen all along that fawlty towers should of been closed down years ago and then that last scene with the inspector finding the rat meant that closure was surely to follow. A touch of class basil is delighted when a member of the aristocracy chooses to stay at the fawlty towers, snubbing the normal guests who frequent the hotel. Television tends to prefer characters with some endearing qualitiesralph kramden may have raged and threatened to abuse alice, but in the end of almost every episode, he was very loving towards her.
Stubbs in the buildersrobert arnold as arthur in the anniversaryelizabeth benson is mrs. His biggest headache is a nest of vipers his nagging wife sibyl prunella scales. What wouldve happened after the basil the rat episode of. Characters such as this evoke our sympathy because they say and do the things which we, on some level of our most primal instincts, wish we could say and do. The episode began with the fawlty towers title sequence from the anniversary at this point, the most recent. Fawlty towers, the complete collection remastered on itunes. John cleese basil fawlty, connie booth polly, willy bowman german guest, nick kane german guest, lisa bergmayr german guest, dan gillan german guest. Basil and the rest of the staff are in deep trouble when the health inspector turns up and delivers an enormous list of problems with the hotel. Fawlty towers s02e06 basil the rat dailymotion video. Basil is a much putupon, hardworking hotel manager whose life is plagued by dead guests, hotel inspectors and riffraff.
Watch fawlty towers season 2, episode 6 basil the rat. Hotel owner basil fawltys incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. To mark its passing weve unearthed 20 of our favourite quotes from the classic programme. Fawlty towers, the anniversary and basil the rat by les chappell, june 12, 20 by les chappell. We love basil fawlty because, in some parts of our psyches, we are basil fawlty. The unfortunate fawlty towers cat which only seems to make an appearance in basil the rat determines which of the fillets is ok or otherwise. Fawlty towers is a bbc television sitcom that was first broadcast on bbc2 in 1975 and 1979. On yesterday now, seen all the clips a million times but, dear me, this is outstanding, top class comedy. Fawlty towers s 2 e 6 basil the rat video dailymotion. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 greatest british television programmes drawn up by the british film institute in 2000, and in 2019 it was named the greatest ever british tv sitcom by a panel of comedy experts.
Fawlty towers was famously inspired by a seethingly rude hotel proprietor john cleese encountered whilst away filming with the monty python team. Basil the rat from season 2 at my watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Together they run their hotel, fawlty towers, with a little help from the unflappable polly connie booth, and hardly any help at all. It was written by john clees and coonie booth and spawned 12 episodes over 2 series. Fawlty towers, john cleese, connie booth, prunella scales, andrew sachs, john howard davies, bob spiers, monty python fawlty towers is a bbc television sitcom that was first broadcast on bbc2 in 1975 and 1979. Basil waits on some germans in the fawlty towers restaurant. Others have been good but none have been quite as great as the action set at the fawlty towers hotel. Unwittingly, donald sinclair became the blueprint for basil fawlty, the epitome of frustrated, social climbing middleenglanders. Unfortunately sybil flounces off to the golf course leaving basil up to his neck floundering in guests, lies and mayhem. We may not be basil fawlty one would hope, but we sometimes want to be him, and that is the secret to his. Are you being served oh what a tangled web s4 finale. Nov 27, 2015 the hotel that inspired fawlty towers is to be demolished, following a decision made today by torbay council.
This is fawlty towers 1 by nicholas simpson on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Fawlty towers is a british television sitcom written by john cleese and connie booth and broadcast on bbc2 in 1975 and 1979. The restaurant wouldve been closed down, a hygene rating of 0 wouldve been given and it wouldve probably ended up in the newspaper. Together they run their hotel, fawlty towers, with a little help from the unflappable polly connie booth, and hardly any help at all from manuel andrew sachs, the trainee waiter. Sep 27, 2007 the british sitcom by which all other british sitcoms must be judged, fawlty towers withstands multiple viewings, is eminently quotable dont mention the war, and stands up to this day as a. The last shot of basil the rat at the reveal is of an obvious puppet in a biscuit tin operated by connie booth. The one that always got me was the joke about butter. Theres a extra episode in which basil calls someone requesting a cheap, tatty revue. Watch fawlty towers season 1, episode 2 the builders.
Fawlty towers which celebrates the 40th anniversary of its first broadcast this saturday, and was written by cleese together with his then wife connie booth is the finest british sitcom ever. Download the rat hunt begins fawlty towers bbc comedy greats. Stephen hall second from left has the herculean task of bringing the basil fawlty to life in fawlty towers live, and his unflagging energy is remarkable. In the episode, basil hears of hotel inspectors roaming torquay incognito and realises with horror that a guest he has been verbally abusing could easily be one of them. However basil is certain that the pet shop has conned the gull. Search, watch, and cook every single tasty recipe and video ever all in one place. In fact, basil has arranged a surprise party, with all of sybils friends on the fawlty towers invitation list. In 1979 john cleese appeared in the pilot of the bbc sketch comedy not the nine oclock news. The real rats appearances in studio shot scenes were prerecorded due to fears it could run into the studio audience. Fawlty towerss02e06 basil the rat video dailymotion. The names of the regular cast members link to the pages for the actor and for the fawlty towers character trevor adams as alan in the wedding party. Basils car breaks down on the way back to fawlty towers, and after he beats it with a tree branch, basil goes the rest of the way on. How he came up with writing a line like that without it seeming forced is beyond me, cleese is a genius.
John cleese and connie booth fawlty towers discogs. Fawlty towers s02e06 basil the rat video dailymotion. Watch fawlty towers s02e06 stephaniebarnes83 on dailymotion. Fawlty towers, a touch of class and the builders by les chappell, august 1, 2012 by les chappell. Hotel owner basil fawlty s incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. Fawlty towers is a good show, although its reputation has a tendency to get blown out of proportion for instance, actor david kelly proclaims in the extras that basil fawlty is the funniest character ever broadcast on television anywhere in the world.
Apr, 2016 the restaurant wouldve been closed down, a hygene rating of 0 wouldve been given and it wouldve probably ended up in the newspaper. Fawlty towers basil the rat tv episode 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The real rat s appearances in studio shot scenes were prerecorded due to fears it could run into the studio audience. The hotel inspectors is the fourth episode of the bbc sitcom fawlty towers. The show was written by john cleese and connie booth, who both also starred in the show. Basils best bits a special tribute to the peerless sitcom.
Trump abruptly leaves press conference after clash with. Basil the rat is the sixth and final episode of the second series of the bbc sitcom fawlty towers, and the twelfth and final episode of the programme as a. Fawlty towers season 2 episode 6 basil the rat video dailymotion. With john cleese, prunella scales, andrew sachs, connie booth. In the episode, basil hears of hotel inspectors roaming torquay incognito and realises with horror that a guest he has been verbally abusing could easily be one of them the episode appears to have drawn some inspiration from nikolai gogols similarly themed the government inspector. Its not every television show that can pinpoint one exact event for its inspirationmost shows being a composite of ideas from various writers and actorsbut every so often there stands one person, place or event whos so distinct that it sets off a creative firecracker. If youre not over here in 20 minutes with my door, i shall come over there and insert a large garden gnome in you. Its a brilliant comedic swerve right where you didnt expect it. Together they run their hotel, fawlty towers, with a little help from the unflappable polly, and manuel, the trainee waiter from barcelona with marginally more intelligence than a monkey.
The hotel that inspired fawlty towers is to be demolished, following a decision made today by torbay council. What wouldve happened after the basil the rat episode. In basil the rat, waiter manuel andrew sachss siberian hamster turns out to be a rat, which goes missing just in time for a visit from the hotel inspector. In an interview conducted for the complete fawlty towers box set, john cleese told the interviewer that at one point he had an idea for a featurelength fawlty towers special following the conclusion of the second series. John cleeses basil fawlty is one of the greatest comedy creations ever conceived. Fawlty towers began in september 1975, two months before francisco francos death. Fawlty towers episode guides fawlty towers the classic. Download fawlty towers the complete collection 19751979. Communication problems sees basil cleese forced to deal with a deaf guest while attempting to conceal his gambling win from sybil prunella. News that john cleese has given his imprimatur to a fawlty towers stage revival in australia might have some fans celebrating but many, me included, are left with an unshakeable sinking feeling. Manuel insists that his pet rodent is a siberian hamster.