The Builders

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Fawlty Towers episode television episode

"The Builders" is a classic episode of the British sitcom Fawlty Towers in which a disastrously cheap construction job wreaks havoc on Basil Fawlty's hotel.

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The Builders canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fawlty Towers episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
basedOnCharacterCreatedBy Connie Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Basil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manuel ⓘ
O'Reilly ⓘ
Polly Sherman ⓘ
Sybil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director John Howard Davies ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 2 ⓘ
featuresActor Andrew Sachs ⓘ
Ballard Berkeley ⓘ
Connie Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ
David Kelly ⓘ
Gilly Flower ⓘ
John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prunella Scales ⓘ
Renée Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Basil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Major Gowen ⓘ
Manuel ⓘ
Miss Gatsby ⓘ
Miss Tibbs ⓘ
Mr Stubbs ⓘ
Mrs Stubbs ⓘ
O'Reilly ⓘ
Polly Sherman ⓘ
Sybil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre sitcom ⓘ
television comedy ⓘ
mainPlot Basil Fawlty hires cheap builder O'Reilly instead of reputable builder Stubbs to carry out construction work at the hotel ⓘ
Shoddy building work causes chaos and damage at Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Sybil discovers Basil has disobeyed her instructions about which builder to use ⓘ
network BBC Two ⓘ
notableElement depicts Basil Fawlty attempting to cut costs by hiring an incompetent builder ⓘ
known for slapstick physical comedy involving collapsing walls and misplaced doors ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Fawlty Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedBy Andrew Sachs ⓘ
Connie Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ
David Kelly ⓘ
John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prunella Scales ⓘ
producer John Howard Davies ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
seriesNumber 1 ⓘ
setting Fawlty Towers ⓘ
surface form: Fawlty Towers hotel in Torquay
title The Builders self-link ⓘ
writer Connie Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Fawlty Towers → hasEpisode → The Builders ⓘ
The Builders → title → The Builders self-link ⓘ