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Basil: Is something wrong?

German guest: Will you please stop talking about the war?

Basil: Me? You started it.

German guest: We did not.

Basil: Yes you did, you invaded Poland.

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Mistakes

At the end of the end of the episode where everyone is cleaning up, there is a shadow of the boom mic on the wall. See more...

Trivia

The recording of the final episode, "Basil the Rat", was cancelled due to a BBC strike, and therefore the episode was not broadcast until October 1979, six months after the rest of the series. See more...

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Fawlty Towers (1975) - 11 episodes with mistakes

Directed by John Howard Davies, starring Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, John Cleese, Prunella Scales (add more)

Below is a list of every episode on the site for Fawlty Towers which has mistakes in it - if your favourite episode's not listed, that just means it's flawless! So far... "All of series 1" and similar entries are those mistakes which apply an entire series, but not across the whole show. They're also counted as episodes, so don't be surprised if the total up top doesn't reflect the actual number of episodes recorded for a show. This list is ordered by series, then episode title by default - click the options below to change the ordering.

Sort by: series / episode title / mistake count

Episode title Mistakes
Across whole show 2
Series 1
A Touch of Class 6
The Builders 6
Gourmet Night (a.k.a. Gourmet's Paradise) 14
The Germans 7
Series 2
Communication Problems (a.k.a. Theft) 3
The Psychiatrist 7
Waldorf Salad 5
The Kipper and the Corpse (a.k.a. Death) 16
The Anniversary 4
Basil the Rat (a.k.a. Rats) 2