A Touch of Class
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"A Touch of Class" is the first episode of the British sitcom Fawlty Towers, introducing the chaotic world of Basil Fawlty as he disastrously attempts to raise his hotel's tone by courting supposedly aristocratic guests.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Touch of Class canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
sitcom episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | original material for Fawlty Towers ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | first episode of Fawlty Towers to be broadcast ⓘ |
| conflictType | social embarrassment and deception in a hotel setting ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Basil Fawlty trying to make his hotel more aristocratic
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Basil neglecting ordinary guests in favour of a fake aristocrat ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalCharacter |
Basil Fawlty
NERFINISHED
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Manuel ⓘ Polly Sherman ⓘ Sybil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalLocation |
Fawlty Towers Hotel
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surface form:
Fawlty Towers hotel
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| franchise | Fawlty Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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sitcom ⓘ |
| hasBroadcastMedium | television ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Fawlty Towers universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | half‑hour comedy episode ⓘ |
| hasSeries |
Fawlty Towers
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surface form:
Fawlty Towers series 1
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| introductionOf |
the chaotic world of Fawlty Towers hotel operations
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the character dynamics between Basil and Sybil Fawlty ⓘ the character of Manuel as the confused waiter ⓘ the character of Polly as the waitress and helper ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Basil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Basil’s attempts to impress a supposedly aristocratic guest ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
pretension and status anxiety
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social class snobbery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Fawlty Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary |
Fawlty Towers Hotel
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surface form:
Basil Fawlty attempts to raise the tone of his Torquay hotel by attracting upper‑class guests.
Basil Fawlty ⓘ
surface form:
Basil Fawlty is impressed by a guest calling himself Lord Melbury and fawns over him while neglecting other guests.
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| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| setting | hotel in Torquay, England ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| title | A Touch of Class ⓘ |
| tone |
farce
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satire of the British class system ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom television production ⓘ |
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