Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~30 min/episode
- Length
- 2 seasons · 12 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most series in the catalogue.
The story
Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.
- hotel
- waitress
- married couple
- slapstick comedy
- chef
- waiter
- sitcom
- angry
- paranoid
- torquay
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ballard Berkeley
- Brian Hall
- Gilly Flower
- Renee Roberts
- Michael Gwynn
- Diana King
- David Kelly
- Brenda Cowling
- Norman Bird
- Nicky Henson
- Bernard Cribbins
- Directed
- Bob Spiers, John Howard Davies
- Created
- Connie Booth, John Cleese
- Written
- Connie Booth, John Cleese
Production
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 836 ratings
- Network & studio
- BBC Two, BBC
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
