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This is a '''list of episodes''' for the ] ''''']''''', written by ] and ], which was broadcast on ] from ] to ] ]. The first series was directed by ], the second by ].


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==Series One==
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! # !! Title !! Featuring !! Sign reads !! Original airdate
{{Episode list
|Title A Touch of Class
|Aux1=] as Lord Melbury and ] as Danny Brown
|Aux2=FAWLTY TOWERS (the S is crooked)
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=1
|ShortSummary=Basil is delighted when a member of the aristocracy chooses to stay at the hotel, snubbing the normal guests who frequent the hotel. Unknown to Basil, however, the man is a ] who attempts to purloin Basil's collection of rare coins. As Basil's desperation to keep such an 'upstanding' guest increases, Basil becomes increasingly tolerant towards the man's behaviour, only to have the guest arrested in a CID raid on the hotel.<br>'''Sign''': The lettering on the sign is larger than it would be in other episodes, and the sign itself also appears to shaped somewhat differently, thinner with a longer pointing "finger", but this may be due to its being shown at a flatter angle, which makes it appear to be pointing more at the back of the building than the front.
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=] as O'Reilly and ] as Lurphy
|Aux2=FAWLTY TOWER (the L is crooked)
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=2
|ShortSummary=When some work is required on the hotel lobby, Basil goes for the cheapest quote, from an Irish builder by the name of O'Reilly, the moment his wife is out of the way. O'Reilly and his workers botch the job, fitting doors where they shouldn't be and vice versa. As a result, Sybil is forced to call in a proper builder, only to suffer embarrassment when O'Reilly returns to fix the mess he made. However, Sybil soon realises that the hotel is no longer structurally sound.
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=] as Alan
|Aux2=FAW TY TOWER (the second W is crooked)
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=3
|ShortSummary=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.
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=] and ]
|Aux2=FAW TY TO ER
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=4
|ShortSummary=When Basil hears of hotel inspectors anonymously roaming Torquay, he realises with horror that the man he has been monstering could easily be one of them. <br>'''Featuring''': ] and James Cossins play men who turn out not to be hotel inspectors.
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=], ] and Ann Way
|Aux2=WA RTY TOWELS
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=5
|ShortSummary=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 reaches the hotel, he finds he has accidentally collected a trifle instead. <br>'''Featuring''': ] is Andre, ] is Colonel Hall and Ann Way is Mrs. Hall.
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=Brenda Cowling as Sister
|Aux2=N/A
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=6
|ShortSummary=A fire drill leaves Basil concussed in hospital, but somehow he still manages to nip back to the hotel in time to treat his German visitors to some of his unique welcoming methods. This episode is the origin of the line "Don't mention the war".<br>'''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 ] in ] was used instead. Thus, the sign is not shown.
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==Series Two==
The second series was transmitted three and a half years later, with the first episode being broadcast on ] ]. Due to an industrial dispute at the ], which resulted in a strike, the final episode was not completed until well after the others, being finally shown as a one-off instalment on ] ]. The cancelled episode on ] was replaced with a repeat of "Gourmet Night" from Series 1.

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! # !! Title !! Featuring !! Sign reads !! Original airdate
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=] as Mrs Richards
|Aux2=FAWLTY TOWER (the L is crooked) - same opening shot as in "The Builders" from Series 1
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=7
|ShortSummary=The arrival of the "guest from hell" — Mrs. Richards, a rather deaf and hot-tempered widow — interferes with Basil's attempts to prevent the money he won on a racehorse from being discovered by Sybil, who disapproves of gambling.
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=] as Mrs Abbott, ] as Mr Johnson and ] as Raylene Miles
|Aux2=WATERY FOWLS
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=8
|ShortSummary=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 also visits, but has many awkward interactions with Fawlty.
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=] as Mr Hamilton
|Aux2=FLAY OTTERS
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=9
|ShortSummary=Basil is not altogether keen on an American guest who demands a higher class of service — and food — than Fawlty Towers is accustomed to providing.
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=] as Dr Price
|Aux2=FATTY OWLS
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=10
|ShortSummary=A guest dies of natural causes in bed, another faints at the sight of the body, and Basil frantically tries to hide the out-of-date breakfast kipper which he is convinced was responsible — besides attempting to move the corpse downstairs unseen. Meanwhile, Dr. Price is kept waiting for his sausages.
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=] as Reg and ] as Alice
|Aux2=FLOWERY TWATS
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=11
|ShortSummary=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'...
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{{Episode list
|Title=]
|Aux1=] as the Health Inspector.
|Aux2=FARTY TOWELS
|OriginalAirDate=] ]
|EpisodeNumber=12
|ShortSummary=The local health inspector issues a long list of hygienic aberrations which the staff immediately sort out. Sadly, they had not reckoned with Manuel's pet — a 'Siberian hamster' — escaping on the same day.
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