Manuel | Fawlty Towers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia "You'll have to forgive him. He's from Barcelona." ―Basil Fawlty Manuel is a fictional character from the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers . Played by Andrew Sachs, he is an iconic character in British comedy history. He reappeared for a small sketch with John Cleese in We Are Most Amused in November 2008. Manuel is a well-meaning but disorganised and constantly confused waiter from Barcelona, Spain with a limited grasp of the English language (including mispronouncing 'Pigeon' and 'Cholesterol', not knowing what 'S L E E P' spells and misunderstanding what is being said) and customs and frequently needs orders simplified or repeated in Spanish by Polly, however Manuel often gets confused when Basil speaks Spanish, Basil states that this is because he learnt classical Spanish and "not that strange dialect he (Manuel) seems to have picked up" however Basil's grasp of Spanish doesn't appear to be as good as he claims it is. He is constantly verbally and physically assaulted by his boss, including being hit with a saucepan and insulted. He is afraid of Mr.

Fawlty's quick temper and violent assaults, yet often expresses his appreciation for being given the position. In multiple episodes he shown to be capable of playing the guitar and singing to some extent and in the last episode it is shown he owned a rat (whom he thought was a Siberian Hamster) named Basil after his boss for over a year. Manuel has a mother, five brothers and four sisters. When told by either Basil , Sybil or Polly what to do, he frequently answers "sí" ('yes'), and "¿qué?" ('what?') which once led to a particularly dotty guest (Mrs Richards) believing Basil's name to be "C. K. Watt". Actor Andrew Sachs, a German by birth, dubbed Manuel's lines for the German dub however had some trouble with speaking German with a Spanish accent. At another point whilst doing a stunt that involved John Cleeses's character, Basil, hitting Sachs' with a saucepan, Sachs made an unexpected move despite having practiced the scene for five days previously and Sachs got genuinely hit with the saucepan and had a headache for two days afterwards.

During the filming of another episode where his character was supposed to be set on fire the special effects department put acid on the jacket Sachs was wearing and the fire on the sleeves burnt through and burnt Sachs' arms, he still has the scars. The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Encyclopedia of Television - Fawlty Towers FAWLTY TOWERS British Situation Comedy Considered to be one of the finest and funniest examples of British situation comedy, Fawlty Towers has become a critical and popular success throughout the world to the extent that all twelve of its episodes can stand as classics in their own right. The series succeeded in combining the fundamentals of British sitcom both with the traditions of British theatrical farce and with the kind of licensed craziness for which John Cleese had already gained an international reputation in Monty Python's Flying Circus. Comic writing of the highest quality, allied to painstaking attention to structure and detail, enabled Fawlty Towers to depict an extraordinarily zany world without departing from the crucial requirement of sitcom--the maintenance of a plausible and internally consistent setting.

Like so many sitcoms, the premise was simple, stable and rooted in everyday life (reputedly being based on the proprietor of a genuine Torquay hotel in which Cleese and the Monty Python team stayed whilst shooting location footage). Basil Fawlty (Cleese) and his wife Sybil (Prunella Scales) ran the down-at-heel seaside hotel of the title hampered by a lovingly-drawn cast of believable characters embellished in varying degrees from comic stereotype. Yet Fawlty Towers stood out from the commonplace through its intensity of pace and exceptional characterisation and performance, with the result that otherwise simple narratives were propelled, through the pandemonium generated by Basil and Sybil's prickly relationship, to absurd conclusions. Cleese played Basil as a man whose uneasy charm and resigned awkwardness scarcely contained his inner turmoil. An inveterate snob, he was trapped between his dread of Sybil's wrath and his contempt for the most of the hotel's guests--the "riff-raff" whose petty demands seemed to interfere with its smooth running.

In Sybil, Prunella Scales created a character which was the equal of Basil in plausible idiosyncrasy--more practical than him but entirely unsympathetic to his feelings, a gossiping, over-dressed put-down expert who could nevertheless be the soul of tact when dealing with guests. Fawlty Towers turned on their relationship--an uneasy truce of withering looks and acidic banter born of her continual impatience at his incompetence and pomposity. For Basil, Sybil was "a rancorous coiffeured old sow" while she called him "an ageing brilliantined stick insect". With Basil capable of being pitched into wild panic or manic petulance at the slightest difficulty, the potential was always present for the most explosive disorder. Powerless against Sybil, Basil vented his frustrations on Manuel (Andrew Sachs), the ever-hopeful Spanish waiter, whom he bullied relentlessly and with exaggerated cruelty. Manuel's few words of English and obsessive literalism ("I know nothing") drew on the comic stereotype of the "funny foreigner" but reversed it to make him the focus of audience sympathy, especially in later episodes.

When the final show revealed Manuel's devotion to his pet hamster (actually a rat!), it was gratifying to find it named "Basil". Connie Booth, co-writer of the series and Cleese's wife at the time, completed the principal characters as Polly, a beacon of relative calm in the unbalanced world of Fawlty Towers. As a student helping out in the hotel, her role was often to dispense sympathy, ameliorating the worst of Basil's excesses or Manuel's misunderstandings. Such was Cleese's reputation, however, that even the smaller roles could be cast from the top-drawer of British comedy actors. Amongst these were Bernard Cribbins, Ken Campbell and, most notably of all, Joan Sanderson, whose performance as the irascible and deaf Mrs. Richards remains her most memorable in a long and successful career. Beyond the tangled power relations of its principal characters, a large part of the comic appeal of Fawlty Towers lay in its combination of the familiar sitcom structure with escalating riffs of Pythonesque excess.

The opening of each episode (with hackneyed theme, stock shots and inexplicably rearranged name-board) and the satisfying circularity of their plotting shared with the audience a "knowingness" about the norms of sitcom. Yet it was this haven of predictable composition which gave licence to otherwise grotesque or outlandish displays which challenged the bounds of acceptability in domestic comedy. Basil thrashing his stalled car with a tree-branch, concealing the corpse of a dead guest or breaking into Hitlerian goose-stepping before a party of Germans were incidents outside the traditional capacity of the form which could have been disastrous in lesser hands. Fawlty Towers The British practice of making sitcoms in short series gave Cleese and Booth the luxury of painstaking attention to script and structure which was reflected in the show's consistent high quality. An interval of nearly four years separated the two series of Fawlty Towers and some episodes took four months and as many as ten drafts to complete. Perhaps as a result, the preoccupations of the series reflected those of the authors themselves. Basil's character was a study in the suppression of anger, a subject later explored in Cleese's popular psychology books.

This, together with an acute concern with class, contributed to the peculiarly English flavour of the series and may have had its roots in his boyhood. A long-standing fascination with communication problems seems to have been the motivation for the creation of Manuel and is characteristic of much of the interaction in the show (as well as being the title of the episode involving Mrs. Richards). Fawlty Towers has been shown repeatedly throughout the world. In 1977-78 alone it was sold to 45 stations in 17 countries, becoming the BBC's best-selling programme overseas for the year, although the treatment of Manuel caused great offence at the 1979 Montreux Light Entertainment Festival where Fawlty Towers was a notorious flop. More recently, however, it has successfully been dubbed into Spanish with Manuel refashioned as an Italian. In Britain, Fawlty Towers has almost attained the status of a national treasure and Basil's rages and many of his more outlandish outbursts ("He's from Barcelona", "Whatever you do, don't mention the war", "My wife will explain") have passed into common currency.

-Peter Goddard CAST Basil Fawlty ..........................................John Cleese Sybil Fawlty..................................... Prunella Scales Manuel ..............................................Andrew Sachs Polly................................................... Connie Booth Major Gowen ...................................Ballard Berkeley Miss Tibbs............................................ Gilly Flower Miss Gatsby ......................................Renee Roberts PRODUCERS Fawlty Towers characters - British Comedy Guide Manager. Played by: John Cleese Rude, snobbish, obtuse and with little patience, entering the hospitality industry was probably never the best move for Basil Fawlty. He is constantly frustrated by his wife and the guests who he considers a nuisance to the smooth running of his hotel. He'd dearly love to attract a higher class of clientele, but his own behaviour and knack of getting into sticky situations will forever be his downfall. Sybil Fawlty Played by: Prunella Scales Sybil is Basil's nemesis. She's domineering and controlling, has a fiery temper, but manages to keep her cool much of the time. She takes a more pragmatic, collected and considered approach to the business and the hotel industry than Basil, although her lack of ambition does frustrate him. Manuel Waiter.

Played by: Andrew Sachs Manuel is Fawlty Towers' waiter, bell-boy, porter, and all-round dogsbody. Basil has hired him - with the intention of teaching him English - because he's cheap, but any attempt at having him do something useful is thwarted due to Basil's only rudimentary grasp of 'classical' Spanish, rather than the contemporary dialect Manuel is fluent in. However, even were he fluent in English, Manuel probably wouldn't be an awful lot more useful... Polly AKA: Polly Sherman. Waitress. Played by: Connie Booth Polly is the only member of Fawlty Towers' staff with a sign of ability or competence, and so the part-time waitress ends up doing almost everything. When not struggling to calm down Basil, placate Sybil or instruct Manuel, she can often be found doodling sketches, of which she sells enough "to keep me in waitressing". Fawlty Towers (Television Series) | Fawlty Towers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Fawlty Towers (Television Series) Share Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975.

Twelve television program episodes were produced (two series each of six episodes). The show was written by John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth, both of whom played major characters. The first series in 1975 was produced and directed by John Howard Davies; the second in 1979 was produced by Douglas Argent and directed by Bob Spiers. Inspired by the rude behaviour of the proprietor of a hotel in the seaside town of Torquay, on the "English Riviera", the show follows Basil Fawlty (Cleese) in his running of the fictional Fawlty Towers hotel in the same area. Contents Edit The series focuses on the exploits and misadventures of short-fused hotelier Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil and their employees, porter and waiter Manuel, maid Polly, and (in the second series) chef Terry. The episodes typically revolve around Basil's efforts to succeed in 'raising the tone' of his hotel and his increasing frustration at the numerous complications and mistakes, both his own and those of others, which prevent him from doing so.

Much of the humour comes from Basil's overly aggressive manner, engaging in angry but witty arguments with guests, staff and in particular his formidable wife, whom he addresses (in a faux-romantic way) with insults such as "that golfing puff adder", "my little piranha fish" and "my little nest of vipers". Despite this, he frequently feels intimidated, she being able to stop him in his tracks at any time, usually with a short, sharp cry of "Basil!" At the end of some episodes, Basil succeeds in annoying (or at least bemusing) the guests and frequently gets his comeuppance. Characters Sybil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers (UK) Characters - ShareTV Sybil Fawlty: Now, we've got apples... Basil Fawlty: [hysterical] Oh! Terrific! We'll celebrate! We'll have an apple party! Everyone cores his own apple and stuffs them down somebody's throat! Season 2 / Episode 3: - Waldorf Salad Basil Fawlty: Well, goodbye, dear. It's been an interesting fifteen years, but all good things must come to an end.

I hope you enjoy your new work here: helping to run a hotel. Goodbye, Major. Goodbye, ladies. Give my regards to Polly and Manuel. Bye, dear. Sybil Fawlty: You've forgotten your keys, Basil. Basil Fawlty: Sorry. Force of habit, I guess. Well, goodbye to the rest of you. I hope you enjoy your stay here. Don't forget: any complaints, just call my wife. Any hour of the day or night, just shout. Bye! Season 2 / Episode 2: - The Psychiatrist Sybil Fawlty: Old people are wonderful when they have so much life, aren't they? Gives us all hope, doesn't it? My mother on the other hand is a little bit of a trial, really. You know, it's alright when they have the lifeforce but Mother - well she's got more of the deathforce really. She's a worrier. She has these, well, morbid fears they are, really. Vans is one. Rats. Doorknobs. Birds. Heights. Open spaces. Confined spaces.

It's very difficult getting the space right for her really, you know. Footballs. Bicycles. Cows. And she's always on about men following her, I don't know what she thinks they're going to do to her. Vomit on her, Basil says. Season 2 / Episode 1: - Communication Problems (a.k.a. Theft) Sybil Fawlty: [calling to Mrs. Richards as she to her room after being injured] Are you sure you can manage? Basil Fawlty: And if you give us any more trouble, I shall visit you in the small hours and put a bat up your nightdress. Sybil Fawlty: Basil! Basil Fawlty: Well, that was fun, wasn't it dear, the odd moment like that? It's almost worth staying alive for, isn't it? It's nice to share a moment like that, isn't it, dear? It's what marriage is all about. I know - I read it on the back of a matchbox. Sybil Fawlty: [annoyed] Basil, sometimes...

Basil Fawlty: [putting an arm around Sybil] Seriously, Sybil, do you remember, when we were first manacled together, we used to laugh quite a lot? Sybil Fawlty: [she pushes him off and exits] Yes, but not at the same time, Basil. Basil Fawlty: [to himself] Ah, that's true. That was a warning all right, I guess? Should have spotted that, shouldn't I? Zhoom! What was that? That was your life, Mate! Oh, that was quick. Do I get another? Sorry, Mate. That's your lot. "Fawlty Towers" Basil the Rat (TV Episode 1979) - Quotes - IMDb Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Mr. Carnegie : I think these premises do not come up to the standard required by this authority.

Unless appropriate steps are taken instantly, I shall have no alternative but to prosecute or recommend closure to the appropriate committee of the council, uh, specifically: The lack of proper cleaning routines, dirty and greasy filters, greasy and encrusted deep fat fryer, dirty, cracked and stained food preparation surfaces, dirty, cracked and missing wall and floor tiles, dirty, marked and stained utensils, dirty and greasy interior surfaces of the ventilator hood... Basil Fawlty : Yes, about the deep fat fryer... Mr. Carnegie : ...inadequate temperature control and storage of dangerous foodstuffs, storage of cooked and raw meat in same trays, storage of raw meat above confectionery with consequent dripping of meat juices onto cream products, refrigerator seals loose and cracked, ice box undefrosted, and refrigerator overstocked... Polly Shearman - Fawlty Towers (UK) Characters - ShareTV Polly Shearman Booth secured parts in episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus and in the Python film And Now for Something ... Character Bio Polly Sherman, played by Connie Booth , is a waitress and general helper at the hotel.

She is the most competent of the hotel's staff and the voice of sanity during chaotic moments, but is frequently embroiled in ridiculous masquerades as she loyally attempts to aid Basil in trying to cover a mistake or keep something from Sybil. In " The Anniversary " she snaps and refuses to help Basil out when he wants her to impersonate Sybil in semi-darkness in front of the Fawltys' friends, Basil having dug himself into a hole by claiming Sybil was ill instead of admitting that she had stormed out earlier. Polly only finally agrees on condition that he lends her money to purchase a car, which he has previously refused to do. Polly is generally good-natured but sometimes shows her frustration, and has odd moments of malice. In " The Kipper and the Corpse ", the pampered shih-tzu dog of an elderly guest bites Polly and Manuel. As revenge Polly laces the dog's sausages with hot pepper, chilli powder and Tabasco sauce ("bangers a la bang"), making it ill.

Despite her part-time employment (during meal times), Polly is frequently saddled with many other duties, including manager in " The Germans " when Sybil and Basil are both incapacitated. In the first series Polly is said to be an art student who, according to Basil, has spent three years at university. In one episode, she is seen to draw a sketch (presumably an impressionistic caricature ) of Basil, which everyone but Basil immediately recognises. Polly is not referred to as a student in the second series, although in both series she is shown to have a flair for languages, displaying ability in both Spanish and German. In "The Germans" Basil alludes to Polly's polyglot inclination by saying that she does her work "while learning two oriental languages". Like Manuel, she has a room of her own at the hotel.

Episode Screenshots LEGO Fawlty Towers: the video game | LEGO Fanonpedia | Fandom powered by Wikia LEGO Fawlty Towers: the video game 1,007pages on Share LEGO Fawlty Towers: the video game is a video game based upon one of Britain's most popular and iconic television shows, Fawlty Towers, written by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth, and also starring Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs and Ballard Berkeley. It features twelve levels, which must be played in order. The first is unlocked after the Introduction is completed. The game features some significant differences to other LEGO games, as detailed below. _ [ show ] Unique Aspects LEGO Fawlty Towers: the video game adopts a significantly different approach to most other LEGO games, as the majority of each level takes place in the hotel. For this reason, throughout each level, every part of the hotel is available, other than those areas (usually the area outside the kitchen, the roof, and the drawing room) which are only accessible with certain abilities.

For example: an entire level might take place on the ground floor of the hotel, but at any time, the player can go upstairs to find extras in the other rooms, some of which may be open and some of which may require a certain ability to enter. Ghost studs, left by the hotel cat, lead the way back to the actual task. The game also introduces new abilities, and only the five main characters are unlocked; all others become purchasable when a character token is found, in a level or around the HUB. Levels also contain keys (explained below) and five Moose's Heads, which build minikits. _ The HUB: Fawlty Towers The HUB of the game, as with the levels, consists of the whole hotel, with the centre being the main reception. Levels can be selected and played from the newspapers on the table in the middle of the reception; characters can be purchased from the bar and the dining room; extras can be purchased from the safe in the dining room; cutscenes can be viewed in the drawing room; and custom characters can be created in the kitchen. Initially, only these rooms, and the upstairs landing, are available.

Somewhere in each level, a key is hidden, which unlock another location; the car park, the space outside the kitchen (including the tool shed), the conservatory, the roof, Basil and Sybil's bedroom, Manuel's bedroom, the Major's bedroom, and five guest bedrooms. Another ten keys, for further guest bedrooms, can be purchased from the reception, for £100,000 each. In each of these locations, at least one character token can be found. When minikits are built, they appear around the hotel, sometimes in a location where they can be accessed instantly, and sometimes in a room where a key is needed to gain entrance. Interacting with these minikits (e.g. the antique coin collection) also unlocks character tokens. _ Introduction Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Sybil Fawlty, Polly Sherman, Manuel, Major Gowen Overview: Because the game introduces brand new abilities, there is an introduction before the first level, taking place in the HUB. The characters must work together to find the pieces needed to build the newspaper table, where levels are played.

Basil Fawlty must use his Super Sarcasm; Sybil Fawlty must use her Telephone Ability; Polly must use her Sanity and her Strong abilities; Manuel must use Clumsiness; and the Major must use his Eccentricity. Once the table is built, the introduction is over, and levels can be played. _ A Touch of Class Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Sybil Fawlty, Manuel, Polly Sherman, Danny Brown Overview: While desperately trying to attract a higher class of guests, Basil gets distracted, much to his wife's frustration. Sybil and he must find the bill for Mr Mackenzie, prepare the menus for lunch, and find the painting which Sybil wants to hang. Before Basil has hung it, however, Danny Brown arrives, to whom Basil takes an instant dislike. Lord Melbury later arrives, much to Basil's delight; he and Manuel have to work together to move the Wareing family away from the window seat, so that Melbury will have a nice place to eat. Basil accidentally knocks Melbury over, but is later forgiven, and Melbury asks him to cash a cheque. Polly is sent to do this.

In town, she meets Danny Brown, actually a policeman, and they work together to follow Melbury, who, it is explained, is a confidence trickster. At the hotel, Basil, in the middle of serving the Wareings' drinks, is informed of the deception, and works with Polly and Manuel to fight Lord Melbury. Each time he is attacked, he flees, and Basil becomes uncontrollable with rage; both times, Polly and Manuel must find a way to revive him. Melbury is arrested, but Basil has, in his rage, accidentally scared away genuinely higher class guests, Sir Richard and Lady Morris. Mr Wareing, impatient for his drink, loses his temper; Basil and Manuel must destroy Sybil's painting and find the drinks, throwing them at Mr Wareing and his family.

Boss(es): Lord Melbury (3 hearts), The Wareings (3 hearts) Character tokens: Sir Richard Morris, Lady Morris, Mr Mackenzie Key: Room 1 The Builders Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Polly Sherman, Manuel, Builder Kerr, Major Gowen, Mr O'Reilly Overview: As Basil and Sybil head out for a golfing weekend, Basil leaves Polly in charge of overseeing work being done, sealing the door to the drawing room, and putting in a door from the reception to the kitchen. He also informs her that the men will be from O'Reilly's, not Stubbs', as his wife believes. When O'Reilly rings, Basil and Polly must create distractions to stop Sybil from answering the phone. Basil and Sybil then leave, but Polly, tired, puts Manuel in charge, and goes to sleep. After the delivery of a garden gnome, the builders arrive. The short-tempered Lurphy grows angry with Manuel's incompetence, and Manuel and Kerr, the more patient builder, must find a way to calm him down.

When Basil returns, he find that a door has been put at the bottom of the stairs, and the dining room has been sealed off; O'Reilly has messed up. Along with the Major, he must build a cannon to fire Manuel into the sealed dining room door. When he cannot break through, he calls O'Reilley. Sybil returns early, and decides to call Stubbs, then leaves. O'Reilly and Basil opt to fix their mistake before Sybil and Stubbs arrive. They must work together to carry out the repairs. However, when Stubbs and Sybil arrive, they find that the repairs have made matters worse, and the whole wall could fall down. While Sybil loses her patience, Basil heads off to "insert a large garden gnome" into Mr O'Reilly. Boss(es): Builder Lurphy (3 hearts) Character tokens: Builder Kerr, Builder Jones, Mr Stubbs Key: Kitchen Courtyard The Wedding Party Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Manuel (Birthday), Mrs Peignoir, Mrs Lloyd, Basil (Pyjamas), Sybil Fawlty Overview: In the midst of a heatwave, Basil grows frustrated when an unmarried couple, Alan and Jean, seek to stay in the same room.

Meanwhile, eccentric French antique dealer Mrs Peignoir takes a shine to Basil. Manuel, who is about to leave (as it is his birthday) and Basil must find peanuts for the bar, and batteries for Alan. Then, late that night, Mrs Peignoir arrives back and causes a commotion. Basil and her work to clean the mess, but she ends up sat on him, much to Alan and Jean's amusement. The next day, Mr and Mrs Lloyd arrive, and Basil observes strange encounters between Mr Lloyd, Al and Jean, and Polly. Determined to keep Mrs Lloyd away, he must take her into the kitchen, where they must free Manuel from the linen basket, and then upstairs to the wrong room, where they become trapped and must find a way to escape. Basil then decides that everyone, including Polly, must be asked to leave. After telling them this, Sybil tells him that the Lloyds are Jean's parents, and Polly is an old schoolmate. Basil apologises to them all, saying that his wife made a mistake. That night, Sybil is away visiting a friend, and Basil is hiding from Mrs Peignoir.

When Sybil returns unexpectedly, she hears Manuel crashing around, and mistakes him for a burglar. Basil and she must fight Manuel in the darkness. This ends with Basil, in his pyjamas, straddled over the waiter, with Alan, Jean, and the Lloyds watching with horror, having just returned from Al and Jean's wedding. Boss(es): Manuel (Birthday) (3 hearts) Character tokens: Mrs Peignoir, Mr Lloyd, Jean Wilson Key: Basil and Sybil's Bedroom Minikit: Umbrella Stand The Hotel Inspectors Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Mr Hutchinson, Manuel, Sybil Fawlty, Polly Sherman, Mr Walt Overview: When a pompous guest, Mr Hutchinson, asks for directions, Basil - with much sarcasm and irritation - must work with the man to find a box of pens, so that he can draw a map. Meanwhile, a frustrated Mr Walt waits for service. After Basil is done, Sybil informs him that hotel inspectors are in town, and a comment that Hutchinson makes leads Basil to believe it is him. When Hutchinson returns, Basil must work with him to find a way of fixing the hotel television, the table tennis table, and the telephone.

Later, at lunch, Mr Walt asks for wine, and Basil and Manuel must find the three bottles. Then, Mr Hutchinson receives the wrong meal, and Basil, Polly and Sybil must work together to find the ingredients for the correct order in the kitchen. Sybil then informs Basil that, having overheard his telephone conversation, she knows Hutchinson is not the inspector. Basil then thinks it is Mr Walt, but, in his anger with Hutchinson, knocks him unconscious. Later, Basil is talking to Mr Walt, when Hutchinson attacks, and the two men must fight him. Basil explains to Walt that it is a joke the two of them play, but learns that Mr Walt is not the inspector either. As Mr Hutchinson leaves later that day, Basil and Manuel ambush him, and must build a catapult to launch cream pies at him. Only after assaulting Hutchinson does Basil learn that the real inspectors are actually at the front desk, watching the attack.

Boss(es): Mr Hutchinson (5 hearts), Mr Hutchinson (Disgraced) (3 hearts) Character tokens: Mr Walt, Hotel Inspector 1, Hotel Inspector 2 Key: Room 2 Gourmet Night Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Manuel, Mr Heath, Polly, Andre Overview: In the car park, Basil is trying to fix his vehicle. Manuel arrives, and the two must find the parts to try and repair it. Before Basil finishes, Manuel takes him inside, where Sybil has learnt that the hotel's gourmet night will only have four guests. At dinner, Basil and Sybil meet with Andre, a friend who found them a new chef Kurt. Basil also speaks to the Heath family, and when the son loses his temper, Mr Heath and Basil must find the chips, bread and salad cream to calm him. At the gourmet night, while Basil welcomes Colonel and Mrs Hall and the Twitchens, Kurt drinks to excess and tries to kiss Manuel. Polly and Manuel fight Kurt, but he falls unconscious. Basil decides to contact Andre and ask him to prepare the meal, but this means the entire meal is changed, with Basil claiming that it is all "off".

At Andre's restaurant, Basil and Andre must find the duck and the two sauces. When back at the restaurant, however, Manuel drops and steps on the duck, so Basil and Manuel return to Andre's, with Basil picking up the wrong dish. On the way back to the hotel, the car stops working, so Basil and Manuel must give it a "damn good thrashing" by toppling the nearest tree onto it, and then return to the hotel. When Basil finally serves the meal, it is actually a cake. The duck, apparently, is "off". Boss(es): Chef Kurt (3 hearts) Character tokens: Andre, Mrs Heath, Ronald Heath Key: Car Park The Germans Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Doctor Finn, Sister, Manuel, Polly, Basil (Concussion), Major Gowen Overview: Sybil is in hospital, but is still barking out orders. Basil, Doctor Finn and the Sister must work together to find the items she wants, then Basil leaves. At the hotel, he is expected to hang a moose head, and works with Manuel to move the item from the office to the front desk, by finding bricks to slide it along.

While Manuel is behind the moose head, he practises his English, leading the Major to think he is having a conversation with the moose head. After it is up, Basil and Polly prepare for a fire drill, but lose the key, so must work to find three keys which might work. Sybil then rings and reveals it is in the safe, but Basil starts the burglar alarm, and argues with the guests who think it was the fire alarm. Meanwhile, Manuel starts a fire in the kitchen. Basil and Polly must work together to save Manuel, and then find a fire extinguisher, which explodes in Basil's face. Waking up in hospital, Basil sneaks back to the hotel against Doctor Finn's orders, and encounters the German guests. Due to his concussion, he does not listen as he discusses the war with them. Doctor Finn arrives, and must work with Polly and Manuel to fight an angry Basil. Basil hits Manuel to cause a distraction, but the moose falls on Manuel's head. Confused and scared, Basil and the Major must fight them, and everyone ends up in a heap on the floor, much to the bemusement of the Germans.

Boss(es): Basil (Concussion), Manuel (Moose Head) Character tokens: Doctor Finn, Sister, German Man 1 Key: The Major's Bedroom Communication Problems Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Manuel, Polly Sherman, Major Gowen Overview: The aggressive, deaf and short-sighted Mrs Richards arrives, arguing with Polly that she should be served before Mr Thurston (who was already at the reception). Meanwhile, Basil receives a horse racing tip from Mr Firkin, which Sybil will not allow him to pursue. Manuel and Basil are called to Mrs Richards' room, where they must build her bath, open her blinds, and find and start the radio, none of which is enough to satisfy her. Basil then asks Manuel to go to the betting shop for him. His horse wins him £75, but Manuel gives the money to Polly. Sybil sees her with the money and grows suspicious, so Basil asks the Major to keep hold of it overnight. Mrs Richards declares she has no lavatory paper, but Polly and Manuel misunderstand and must find three packs of writing paper. Outraged, Mrs Richards returns to her room, and declares that £85 has been stolen from it.

Sybil questions Polly, who lies and says she won the money seen before on the horse. Basil tries to collect his money from the Major, who forgets where it is, so the two of them must go to his room and find it. But the Major shouts that he found it, leading Mrs Richards to believe it is hers. Basil is forced to give it to her, along with an additional £10, but a delivery man arrives and reveals that Mrs Richards left her money - actually £95 - in a vase that she bought. However, just as Sybil arrives to see Basil with his money, and holding Mrs Richards' vase, the Major remembers where the money really came from. Sybil takes it from him, and he drops the vase. He and the Major must fight Mrs Richards and repair the vase, but it smashes each time she loses a life. In the end, Basil is forced to pay Mrs Richards the price of the vase - £75.

Boss(es): Mrs Richards (3 hearts) Character tokens: Mr Firkin, Mr Mackintosh, Delivery Man Key: Room 3 The Psychiatrist Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Raylene Miles, Manuel Overview: Basil is disgruntled when Mr Johnson, an arrogant open-shirted young man, arrives at the hotel and charms Sybil, asking about a room for his mother who is arriving the next day. Meanwhile, Dr. and Dr. Abbot arrive, over whom Basil fawns endlessly. The attractive Raylene Miles arrives, and Basil escorts her to her room and must help her fix her bathroom light. However, while reaching for the light switch, Basil touches her inappropriately, just as Sybil arrives. At dinner, Basil learns that (Mr) Dr. Abbot is a psychiatrist, and panics. He also believes (correctly) that Johnson has smuggled a girl into his room. He is seen by the Abbots listening at the door, and then he and Manuel must go outside, and find and build a ladder. Basil looks through the wrong window, at the Abbots, and then the ladder breaks.

Manuel fetches Sybil, who grows angry, thinking Basil was trying to spy on Raylene, so she locks Basil out of their bedroom that night. Basil and Manuel hide in a cupboard so as to catch the girl, leaping out and fighting her - but they realise that it is actually Raylene. Sybil arrives and only sees Basil's handprints on her shirt. Basil grows angry, and forces everybody to watch as he and Manuel burst into Mr Johnson's room. They must fight Mr Johnson, and then Basil demands to see the woman. Mr Johnson obliges, allowing Basil to meet his aged mother. (Mr) Dr Abbot views Basil's subsequent meltdown, but decides that, as he is on holiday, it is best to ignore it. Boss(es): Raylene Miles (3 hearts), Mr Johnson (3 hearts) Character tokens: (Mrs) Dr.

Abbot, Raylene Miles, Johnson's Mother Key: Conservatory _ Waldorf Salad Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Chef Terry, Sybil Fawlty, Major Gowen, Miss Abitha Tibbs, Miss Ursula Gatsby Overview: At dinner, Mr and Mrs Johnston's prawns are off, Mr and Mrs Arrad have been waiting half an hour, Miss Hare and Miss Gurke have poor quality meat, and Mr Libson is being bored by Sybil. Basil, meanwhile, goes to reception, where Mrs Hamilton is checking in. He is bribed by the American Mr Hamilton to keep the kitchen open slightly longer. Basil goes to the kitchen and bribes Terry, and the two must clean the room. Terry eventually agrees to stay, but Polly reveals he was going on a date (not a karate lesson, as he had claimed). Basil sends him away, and pretends that there is still a chef to the Hamiltons, who order a Waldorf Salad and a Screwdriver, neither of which does Basil understand.

Sybil finds out, and must help Basil to find the ingredients for the salad - celery, apples, walnuts, grapes, and a mayonnaise sauce - but Mr Hamilton discovers that there is no chef. Angry, he threatens to leave. The guests gather, with the Major defending the hotel; and Basil and he must work to find Miss Tibbs, Miss Gatsby, Mr Arrad, Miss Hare, and Miss Gurke, who do not complain. However, Mr Johnston does then criticise the hotel, prompting other guests to do so; Basil, the Major and the Ladies must find a way to scare the crowds away, and fight an angry Mr and Mrs Hamilton (whenever he loses a life, she attacks, but is easier to defeat). Sybil arrives and forces Basil to leave the hotel; he does, but returns moments later, seeking a room, a Waldorf Salad and lashings of hot Screwdriver.

Boss(es): Mr Hamilton (3 hearts), Mrs Hamilton (6 hearts) Character tokens: Mrs Hamilton, Terry (Night Off), Mr Arrad Key: Room 4 The Kipper and the Corpse Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Polly Sherman, Manuel, Doctor Price Overview: Trying to ignore Mrs Chase and her savage dog Prince, Basil is fawning over Doctor Price, a man yearning for sausages, when the unwell Mr Leeman arrives. The next morning, Basil thinks that the kippers are out of date, but is told to serve them to Leeman in bed regardless. When Polly takes the milk up, she finds him dead. Basil, terrified, must work with Polly to find hiding places for the three kippers; but Doctor Price reveals that Leeman died during his sleep, and says the body should be moved. Basil, Polly and Manuel must work to move the body out of its room, but Miss Tibbs sees it and grows hysterical. They must fight her, ultimately knocking her unconscious. Both bodies must then be moved into the wardrobe of the nearest bedroom, to avoid Mr and Mrs White from seeing them.

After they have gone, Miss Tibbs regains consciousness, so Basil and Manuel return to moving the body. They put it into the office, but Tibbs finds it and faints again, so they move him to the kitchen, where an impatient Doctor Price has resolved to cook his own sausages. He demands it cannot stay, so must all work together to build the linen basket, put Leeman inside, and move it into the hall. Leeman's colleagues (Xerzes, Young and Zebedee) arrive, but Basil thinks they are undertakers. He opens the linen basket, which is empty - the other has already been collected. Basil and Polly must find a way to stop the truck from driving away, and move the linen basket with the body back to the hotel. The confusion is explained, but all the guests arrive. In the middle of the confusion, Basil leaves the body in a nearby chair, and climbs into the linen basket himself, as the laundry men take it away.

Boss(es): Miss Abitha Tibbs (3 hearts) Character tokens: Mrs Chase, Mr Leeman, Mr Xerxes Key: Room 5 The Anniversary Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Polly Sherman, Alice, Roger, Arthur Overview: On the morning of his wedding anniversary, Basil pretends he has forgotten. He has arranged a surprise party and asked Manuel to prepare a paella (angering Terry), but at the last moment, a furious Sybil leaves. When Alice and Roger arrive, Polly says that Sybil is ill and cannot come downstairs. When Virginia and Arthur arrive, Virginia reminds Basil that she is a nurse, so Basil and Polly must find a way to seal the stairway before she can go up. Then, Reg and Kitty arrive, believing they saw Sybil in town. Basil pretends it was a woman known to look like Sybil. Roger is still skeptical, so Basil uses reverse psychology, which backfires when Roger decides they should go up. Polly eventually agrees to dress up as Sybil, so Basil and she must go upstairs, and find a wig, sunglasses, and a nightdress. They must also close the curtains and destroy the lamps.

Basil and his friends make their way upstairs, and as they go to see "Sybil", Basil leaves them. Kitty and Reg both trip over in the darkness, and Polly bites Virginia when she tries to examine her. The others must locate the three injured people in the darkness, and help them out of the room. They come downstairs as Sybil returns to the hotel. Basil takes her and locks her in the kitchen, where Manuel and Terry are fighting; he tells his friends that it was, in fact, Sybil's lookalike, interested in buying a fridge. Once the guests have left, Basil claims to Polly that the easy part is over; now, when he releases Sybil, will be the difficult bit. Boss(es): None Character tokens: Roger, Alice, Audrey Key: The Roof _ Basil the Rat Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Miss Abitha Tibbs, Miss Ursula Gatsby, Manuel (Basil the Rat), Polly Sherman, Major (Rifle), Sybil Fawlty, Chef Terry, Manuel Overview: Basil arrives at the hotel to find the health inspector, Mr Carnegie, waiting with a lengthy list of problems - having only seen the kitchen.

Basil has 24 hours to put things right, or the hotel will close. He goes to Manuel's room, only to find that Manuel has a pet "pedigree Siberian hamster", aka a rat. Assisted by Miss Tibbs and Miss Gatsby, Basil must fight Manuel and move the rat downstairs, where Polly says a friend of hers will look after it. Manuel and Polly head out, but must actually go to the tool shed, and find a way to open it. The rat is kept there instead, but Manuel leaves the cage open and the rat goes back indoors. The next day, the Major sees it in the bar, and collects his gun, just as Mr Carnegie returns. Basil stops the Major and learns of the rat. The two of them must open the window and release three starlings, which Basil claims the Major was shooting at. He then goes to the dining room, where Terry, Polly and Manuel are looking for the rat, itself named Basil. Basil leaves a veal covered in rat poison on the floor, but it gets put with other veal, which the hotel's cat tries to eat.

When the veal is ordered by Mr Carnegie, Basil, Sybil and Terry must find the cat, to find out if the piece it ate is alright. They manage to serve Carnegie unpoisoned meat, but then see the rat in a guest's handbag. The guests try to leave, so Basil and Manuel must fight the man, Ronald, and try to steal Quentina's bag. Polly says there was a bomb scare, and they are allowed to look inside. Basil gets the rat, and hides it in the biscuit box, just as Mr Carnegie orders cheese and biscuits. They are served to him, and the rat peers out at him, until Basil casually has it removed. While Sybil continues to make casual conversation with a bewildered Mr Carnegie, Manuel and Polly must build a bed, onto which Basil promptly faints.

Boss(es): Manuel (3 hearts), Ronald (Basil the Rat) (3 hearts) Character tokens: Mr Carnegie, Major (Rifle), Polly (Cat) Key: Manuel's Bedroom Bonus Level Playable characters: Basil Fawlty, Manuel (Basil the Rat), Polly Sherman, Sybil Fawlty, Major Gowen Overview: The five main characters (Manuel in his variation where Basil the rat can be played) have 10 minutes to collect £1,000,000 from around the hotel. This can be achieved by smashing items, by building iconic items (such as the Moose Head), or by fighting bosses (scattered throughout guest rooms). Once the player reaches 900,000, they are automatically transported to the main lobby, where Donald Sinclair (upon whom the character of Basil was based) appears, and must be fought to end the level. When the level is complete, iconic scenes from the series (such as the "Your Horse Nitwit" conversation, the end of "The Hotel Inspectors", and the end of "Gourmet Night") are added to the cutscenes selection, recreated shot-by-shot in LEGO.

The Fawlty Towers sign is also immediately unlocked as a minikit.

Optional Boss(es): Lord Melbury (3 hearts), Mr Hutchinson (3 hearts), Mrs Richards (3 hearts), Mr Hamilton (3 hearts) Boss(es): Donald Sinclair (10 hearts) Key: None Major Gowen - available from beginning Miss Abitha Tibbs - character token in HUB: Reception - £45,000 Miss Ursula Gatsby - character token in HUB: Reception - £45,000 Chef Terry - character token in HUB: Kitchen - £50,000 _ Lord Melbury - character token from Level 1 Minikit: Antique Coin Collection - £450,000 Sir Richard Morris - character token in Level 1: A Touch of Class - £100,000 Lady Morris - character token in Level 1: A Touch of Class - £100,000 Mr Mackenzie - character token in Level 1: A Touch of Class - £15,000 Danny Brown - character token in HUB: Room 1 - £75,000 Mr Wareing - character token in HUB: Extra Room 1 - £45,000 _ Basil (Garden Gnome)

 - character token from Level 2 Minikit: Garden Gnome - £1,000,000 Builder Kerr - character token in Level 2: The Builders - £50,000 Builder Jones - character token in Level 2: The Builders - £50,000 Mr Stubbs - character token in Level 2: The Builders - £100,000 Builder Lurphy - character token in HUB: Kitchen Courtyard - £75,000 Delivery Man (Garden Gnome) - character token in HUB: Extra Room 2 - £55,000 Mr O'Reilly - character token in HUB: Car Park - £300,000 _ Manuel (Birthday) - character token from Level 3 Minikit: Umbrella Stand - £900,000 Mrs Peignoir - character token in Level 3: The Wedding Party - £250,000 Mr Lloyd - character token in Level 3: The Wedding Party - £100,000 Jean Wilson - character token in Level 3: The Wedding Party - £125,000 Mrs Lloyd - character

 token in HUB: Kitchen - £100,000 Alan Bruce - character token in HUB: First Floor Landing - £125,000 Basil (Pyjamas) - character token in HUB: Basil and Sybil's Bedroom - £1,000,000 _ Mr Hutchinson - character token from Level 4 Minikit: Wine Bar - £500,000 Mr Walt - character token in Level 4: The Hotel Inspectors - £200,000 Hotel Inspector 1 - character token in Level 4: The Hotel Inspectors - £50,000 Hotel Inspector 2 - character token in Level 4: The Hotel Inspectors - £45,000 Hotel Inspector 3 - character token in HUB: Extra Room 3 - £40,000 Mr Hutchinson (Disgraced) - character token in HUB: Room 2 - £450,000 _ Chef Kurt - character token from Level 5 Minikit: Basil's Car - £400,000 Andre - character token in Level 5: Gourmet Night - £300,

000 Mrs Heath - character token in Level 5: Gourmet Night - £75,000 Ronald Heath - character token in Level 5: Gourmet Night - £100,000 Mr Heath - character token in HUB: Car Park - £60,000 Colonel Hall - character token in HUB: Dining Room - £200,000 Mrs Hall - character token in HUB: Bar - £150,000 Mr Twitchen - character token in HUB: Extra Room 4 - £100,000 Mrs Twitchen - character token in HUB: Car Park - £100,000 _ Manuel (Moose Head) - character token from Level 6 Minikit: Fire Extinguisher - £900,000 Doctor Finn - character token in Level 6: The Germans - £100,000 Sister - character token in Level 6: The Germans - £150,000 German Man 1 - character token in Level 6: The Germans - £50,000 German Man 2 - character token in HUB: Major's Bedroom

 - £35,000 German Woman 1 - character token in HUB: Major's Bedroom - £35,000 German Woman 2 - character token in HUB: Extra Room 5 - £35,000 Sybil (Hospital) - character token in HUB: Basil and Sybil's Bedroom - £700,000 Basil (Concussion) - character token in HUB: Office - £1,000,000 _ Mrs Richards - character token from Level 7 Minikit: Bathtub - £500,000 Mr Firkin - character token in Level 7: Communication Problems - £35,000 Mr Mackintosh - character token in Level 7: Communication Problems - £35,000 Delivery Man - character token in Level 7: Communication Problems - £45,000 Mr Thurston - character token in HUB: Extra Room 6 - £55,000 Mrs Richards (Nightdress) - character token in HUB: Room 3 - £550,000 _ (Mr) Dr.

Abbot - character token from Level 8 Minikit: Broom Cupboard - £500,000 (Mrs) Dr.

Abbot - character token in Level 8: The Psychiatrist - £500,000 Raylene Miles - character token in Level 8: The Psychiatrist - £200,000 Johnson's Mother - character token in Level 8: The Psychiatrist - £80,000 Johnson's Girlfriend - character token in HUB: Extra Room 7 - £45,000 Mr Johnson - character token in HUB: Conservatory - £150,000 Paperboy - character token in HUB: Car Park - £250,000 _ Mr Hamilton - character token from Level 9 Minikit: Suitcases - £400,000 Mrs Hamilton - character token in Level 9: Waldorf Salad - £350,000 Terry (Night Off) - character token in Level 9: Waldorf Salad - £500,000 Mr Arrad - character token in Level 9: Waldorf Salad - £35,000 Mrs Arrad - character token in HUB: Room 4 - £35,000 Miss Hare - character token in HUB: Room 4

 - £45,000 Miss Gurke - character token in HUB: Room 4 - £45,000 Mr Johnston - character token in HUB: Extra Room 8 - £50,000 Mrs Johnston - character token in HUB: Extra Room 8 - £45,000 Mr Libson - character token in HUB: Conservatory - £35,000 Polly (Night Off) - character token in HUB: Car Park - £800,000 Manuel (Night Off) - character token in HUB: Manuel's Bedroom - £900,000 _ The Kipper and the Corpse Doctor Price - character token from Level 10 Minikit: Linen Basket - £450,000 Mrs Chase - character token in Level 10: The Kipper and the Corpse - £250,000 Mr Leeman - character token in Level 10: The Kipper and the Corpse - £50,000 Mr Xerxes - character token in Level 10: The Kipper and the Corpse - £25,00

0 Miss Young - character token in HUB: Room 5 - £30,000 Mr Zebedee - character token in HUB: Room 5 - £25,000 Mr White - character token in HUB: Extra Room 9 - £30,000 Mrs White - character token in HUB: Extra Room 9 - £30,000 Mr Leeman (Corpse) - character token in HUB: Car Park - £50,000 _ Polly (Sybil Disguise) - character token from Level 11 Minikit: Golf Clubs - £800,000 Roger - character token in Level 11: The Anniversary - £250,000 Alice - character token in Level 11: The Anniversary - £250,000 Audrey - character token in Level 11: The Anniversary - £35,000 Virginia - character token in HUB: The Roof - £250,000 Arthur - character token in HUB: The Roof - £100,000 Kitty - character token in HUB: First Floor Landing - £100

,000 Reg - character token in HUB: Basil and Sybil's Bedroom - £100,000 Chef Manuel - character token in HUB: Manuel's Bedroom - £900,000 Major (Golf) - character token in HUB: The Major's Bedroom - £600,000 _ Manuel (Basil the Rat) - character token from Level 12 Minikit: Siberian Hamster Cage - £900,000 Mr Carnegie - character token in Level 12: Basil the Rat - £100,000 Major (Rifle) - character token in Level 12: Basil the Rat - £600,000 Polly (Cat) - character token in Level 12: Basil the Rat - £800,000 Ronald (Basil the Rat) - character token in HUB: Extra Room 10 - £45,000 Quentina - character token in HUB: Extra Room 10 - £35,000 Basil (Basil the Rat) - character token in HUB: Manuel's Bedroom - £1,000,00

0 _ Donald Sinclair - character token from Bonus Level Minikit: Fawlty Towers Sign - £10,000,000 _ Character Abilities Super Sarcasm An ability for characters who are particularly sarcastic, arrogant, rude, short-tempered, or volatile.

It allows them to locate invisible LEGO items, and can be used as a form of attack. Characters with this ability are: Basil Fawlty

Question: Which TV series contained the characters Sybil, Polly, Basil and Manuel?
Answer: Fawlty Towers