Gilly Flower

Beating the car? Basil the rat? The joy of an uneaten kipper? Which is your favourite moment from British comedy classic Fawlty Towers? Join John Cleese in this interview as he reveals the secrets behind the most popular scenes from the much loved hotel sitcom, Fawlty Towers.

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

What should a hotelier do when he serves a guest breakfast in bed and finds that guest dead? Whatever that something may be, Basil does not do it.

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