Fawlty Towers back on BBC One and vinyl box set

[amateur]

Noticed a plot hole in this! When Basil and Manuel are in Mrs Richards' room, there's this exchange:

MRS RICHARDS: I haven't got it turned on at the moment.

BASIL: Why not?

MRS RICHARDS: The battery runs down.

Which Polly then references alone with Mrs Richards later on:

MRS RICHARDS: Didn't God give you eyes?

POLLY: Yes, but I don't use 'em, 'cause it wears the batteries out.

But she wasn't around for the previous conversation. I guess we're to assume Basil told her later, but as we don't see it, feels a bit of a leap.

Cancel everyone involved immediately.

[Magnum Valentino]

That's a great spot

[canadagoose]

Vinyl! Get them on Blu-Ray, much better

[TheMonk]

But she wasn't around for the previous conversation. I guess we're to assume Basil told her later, but as we don't see it, feels a bit of a leap.

Seems very plausible. Why would he not repeat this interesting interaction?

[Magnum Valentino]

Aye like when Phoebe makes the joke about Princess Leia to Ross in that episode of Friends after he tells Rachel about that fantasy in bed, despite Phoebe not being in the bed.

This is the perfect analogy to satisfy me in putting this behind me.

[amateur]

You're a bigger person than me, then. I'm not having it.

[Glebe]

Just watched Comedy Legends with Barry Cryer on Sky Arts, Cleese was the subject of this episode.

[Dead Soon]

Seems very plausible. Why would he not repeat this interesting interaction?

Absolutely. No doubt in my mind that this joke works under the presumption that Basil mithers Polly with the latest tattle about their 'nightmare guest'. I work in a hotel and these behind their back conversations about twatty guests are utterly par for the course. It'd be more surprising if Basil kept quiet.

[Better Midlands]

Nice photo of Prunella Scales all smiles there too.

Anyone else found that Sybil is increasingly attractive as they get older?

[Jockice]

Anyone else found that Sybil is increasingly attractive as they get older?

That's me.

[kalowski]

Thing I love about Fawlty Towers are the real life stories Palin and Cleese tell of the guy who was the inspiration for Basil.

"I'd like an alarm call, please."
"Oh, really? When? What time."
"Well, I don't know. Shall we say seven?"
"Seven! Really? Oh..ok, then, I suppose."

[Attila]

Anyone else found that Sybil is increasingly attractive as they get older?

I was just a girl-kid when I saw the series originally (so, 12 or 13, and so am now mid-50s woman), and revisit the series often, including currently while doing steps in the evenings. Yep, the older I get, the more I realise how attract Sybil is, and even with her mad wigs and all that, she's put herself well together. When I was a kid, I just thought she was a general 'old woman.' ! 

[Echo Valley 2-6809]

This is on Fawlty Towers now and the chef's pissed, superb.

Just saw that André Maranne died last month - he played André, the restaurateur who tries to save Basil's evening. Also played Clouseau's Sergeant in several Pink Panther films.