The Hotel Inspectors
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"The Hotel Inspectors" is a celebrated episode of the British sitcom *Fawlty Towers*, in which Basil Fawlty’s paranoia about undercover hotel critics leads to a series of farcical misunderstandings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hotel Inspectors canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fawlty Towers episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | colour ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | John Howard Davies ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 4 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Basil Fawlty
NERFINISHED
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Manuel ⓘ Mr Hutchinson ⓘ Mr Walt ⓘ Polly Sherman ONNED1 ⓘ Sybil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ hotel inspectors ⓘ |
| featuresPerformanceBy |
Andrew Sachs
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Connie Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ Prunella Scales ⓘ |
| genre |
sitcom
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television comedy ⓘ |
| hasNotableElement |
Basil’s obsequious behaviour toward a guest he misidentifies as an inspector
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farce based on escalating misunderstandings ⓘ |
| hasNotableScene |
Basil fawns over Mr Hutchinson, believing him to be a hotel inspector
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Basil insults and mistreats Mr Walt, not realising he is the real inspector ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and snobbery
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customer service in hotels ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ paranoia about undercover hotel critics ⓘ |
| mainLocation | Fawlty Towers hotel ONNED1 ⓘ |
| originalBroadcaster | BBC ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two ⓘ |
| partOf | British television comedy canon ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Fawlty Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Basil Fawlty becomes paranoid about the arrival of undercover hotel inspectors and mistakes an obnoxious guest for one of them, leading to escalating farcical misunderstandings. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 30 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Connie Booth
NERFINISHED
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John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season |
Fawlty Towers
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surface form:
Fawlty Towers series 1
|
| seriesNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| setting | Torquay ⓘ |
| writer |
Connie Booth
NERFINISHED
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John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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