The Anniversary
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"The Anniversary" is a celebrated episode of the British sitcom *Fawlty Towers* in which Basil Fawlty’s misguided attempts to stage a surprise for his wife Sybil spiral into farcical chaos.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Anniversary canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Fawlty Towers episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | original script for Fawlty Towers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Basil Fawlty
NERFINISHED
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Major Gowen ⓘ Manuel ⓘ Mr Johnston ⓘ Mr Lloyd ⓘ Mrs Johnston ⓘ Mrs Lloyd ⓘ Mrs Wilson ⓘ Polly Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sybil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry the chef ⓘ the Colonel ⓘ
surface form:
The Colonel
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| followedBy | Basil the Rat ⓘ |
| genre |
sitcom episode
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television comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
deception and misunderstanding
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marital conflict ⓘ social embarrassment at formal dinners ⓘ |
| mainPlot |
Basil Fawlty attempts to stage a surprise wedding anniversary party for his wife Sybil
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Basil lies to Sybil that he has forgotten their anniversary to heighten the surprise ⓘ Basil pretends that Sybil is ill in bed to avoid admitting she has left ⓘ Polly disguises herself as Sybil in bed to maintain Basil’s deception ⓘ Sybil leaves the hotel after an argument with Basil ⓘ the deception unravels in front of the dinner guests ⓘ |
| network | BBC2 ONNED1 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Basil’s increasingly desperate lies
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farce built around a surprise anniversary party gone wrong ⓘ use of disguise and mistaken identity involving Polly as Sybil ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Fawlty Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 5 ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Kipper and the Corpse ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| season | Series 2 ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| setting |
Fawlty Towers Hotel
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surface form:
Fawlty Towers hotel in Torquay
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| stars |
Andrew Sachs
NERFINISHED
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Connie Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ Prunella Scales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starsAsCharacter |
Andrew Sachs as Manuel
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Polly Sherman ⓘ
surface form:
Connie Booth as Polly Sherman
John Cleese as Basil Fawlty ⓘ Prunella Scales as Sybil Fawlty ⓘ |
| title | The Anniversary ⓘ |
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