"has seen, and not altogether certain that he did see it. Sybil ends the series with the line ""I'm afraid it's started to rain again,"" in an attempt to distract Carnegie as Manuel drags Basil, who has fainted off-screen, out of the dining room. With: In 1994, ""Basil The Rat"" was one of two ""Fawlty Towers"" episodes that were adapted for the stage and performed at the Theatre Geo in Hollywood. The other was ""The Kipper and the Corpse"". Basil the Rat ""Basil the Rat"" is the sixth and final episode of the second series of the BBC sitcom ""Fawlty"
"Sybil (""Did you ever see that film, ""How to Murder Your Wife""? ... Awfully good. I saw it six times."") and to the guests (""May I suggest that you consider moving to a hotel closer to the sea? Or preferably in it.""). Basil's physical outbursts are primarily directed at Manuel, an emotional but largely innocent Spaniard whose confused English vocabulary causes him to make elementary mistakes. At times, Basil beats Manuel with a frying pan and smacks his forehead with a spoon. The violence towards Manuel caused rare negative criticism of the show. Sybil and Polly, on the other hand,"
"school, and then Cambridge-educated Cleese and the working class, self-educated Mancunian Dawson) were marked, but both worked well together from series 8 onwards until the series ended in 1976. Cleese achieved greater prominence in the United Kingdom as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in ""Fawlty Towers"", which he co-wrote with his wife Connie Booth. The series won three BAFTA awards when produced and in 2000, it topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The series also featured Prunella Scales as Basil's acerbic wife Sybil, Andrew Sachs as the much abused Spanish waiter Manuel"
"holds at least ""some"" loyalty to Manuel. Sybil also appears to hold Manuel in low esteem, dryly remarking, ""It'd be quicker to train a monkey."" When told by either Basil, Sybil or Polly what to do, he frequently answers """"Sí"""" (""Yes""), or """"¿Qué?"""" (""What?"") or """"¿Cómo?"""" (a more polite way of ""What?""), which once led to a particularly harebrained guest (Mrs. Richards) believing Basil's name to be ""C. K. Watt"". By the time of the second series, Manuel's English is shown to have improved, while still limited. Basil hired Manuel because he was very cheap labour. Basil's excuse for everything"
"Mason, whose case became the subject of the book, ""Sybil,"" the 1976 television miniseries ""Sybil starring Sally Field, and the 2007 television movie ""Sybil"" starring Jessica Lange. In the 1960s, Spiegel saw Mason for approximately four years after Mason's regular therapist, Dr. Cornelia B. Wilbur, sought Siegel's assistance in sharpening the diagnosis. According to Siegel, Wilbur had diagnosed Sybil at the time as a schizophrenic. Siegel examined Sybil and discovered that she was highly hypnotizable. Siegel used Sybil for a number of studies and as a demonstration case in his classes on hypnosis at Columbia. He developed a rapport with"
"""while learning two Oriental languages."" Like Manuel, she has a room of her own at the hotel. Manuel, a waiter played by Andrew Sachs, is a well-meaning but disorganised and confused Spaniard from Barcelona with a poor grasp of the English language and customs. He is verbally and physically abused by his boss. When told what to do, he often responds, ""¿Qué?"" (""What?""). Manuel's character is used to demonstrate Basil's instinctive lack of sensitivity and tolerance. Every episode involves Basil becoming enraged at Manuel's confusion at his boss's bizarre demands and even basic requests. Manuel is afraid of Fawlty's quick"
"When Basil is alerting Manuel, he notices that he is keeping a pet rat, having been conned into thinking that it's a Siberian hamster. Basil, afraid that the health inspector will take issue with it, removes it. Infuriated, Manuel threatens to resign, and it is debated what to do with it. Eventually, it is agreed that it will be moved to a friend of Polly, but she and Manuel secretly hide it in a shed nearby. Foolishly, Manuel lets it out to exercise, and it escapes back into the hotel, prompting a discreet rat hunt. Unfortunately, Basil learns of it"
"the stairs. Sybil believes the renovations will be carried out by workmen from the professional (albeit expensive) Stubbs, but Basil tells Polly that he is actually hiring the cheaper O'Reilly, an Irish ""cowboy"" builder with very little understanding of his trade. Sybil warns Basil not to hire O'Reilly, as they hired him to build a wall a few months ago which still has not been built yet. After the Fawltys depart, Polly goes to her room for a short nap and tells Manuel to wake her as soon as the builders arrive. As Manuel mans the front desk, a delivery"
"man arrives to deliver a garden gnome Sybil has ordered, but confuses Manuel into thinking that he wants a room for it. When the builders arrive, confusion arises again when Manuel keeps asking them if they are ""Orally men."" Manuel goes upstairs to wake Polly, but decides not to disturb her upon seeing her sleeping peacefully. He then answers a call from someone he believes is asking for Basil. Despite telling them that Basil is not available, the phone rings several times and eventually Manuel insults the caller out of frustration, but drops the receiver in shock when he realizes"
"a box. Polly takes their order, and of course, they ask for veal. When Basil explains that the veal is off, only for them to see Sybil serve Carnegie his veal (which Basil claims is ""veal substitute""), the couple decide to dine elsewhere, but Polly informs Basil that the rat is in Quentina's handbag. She catches him trying to fish it out, and he is only saved from a ""bunch of fives"" from an indignant Ronald after Polly says that there has been a bomb scare. Unfortunately, the rat bites Basil and escapes into the dining room. Manuel catches and"
"had to cook his own sausages before realising that they were off), Mr. and Mrs. White (whose room was once again intruded upon), and Mrs. Chase (whose dog is ill from the tabasco sauce and the vet she requested hasn't been called), begin complaining. Basil discreetly calls the laundry men and tells the guests that Sybil (who has done little while Basil, Manuel, and Polly have been trying to hide the body) will explain everything. As the guests round on Sybil, Basil hides in the basket and is taken away by the laundry men. Leeman is subsequently seen by all"
"including the fifteen ""Old Mother Riley"" films). Francis Durbridge licensed the television rights in his characters to the BBC, who between 1969 and 1971 produced fifty two colour 50-minute episodes of a drama series entitled ""Paul Temple"". It starred Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, and co-starred Ros Drinkwater as his wife Steve, with George Sewell as Sammy Carson. None of the television scripts were written by Durbridge. The 52 episodes, made over 4 seasons, were co-produced with ZDF, a West German television station based in Munich, making it the very first international co-production of the TV era. This made it"
"are more patient and understanding toward Manuel; everyone's usual excuse for his behaviour to guests is, ""He's from Barcelona,"" Manuel even having once used the excuse for himself. Basil longs for a touch of class, sometimes by playing recordings of classical music. In one episode he is playing music by Brahms when Sybil remarks, after pestering him asking to do different tasks: ""You could have them both done by now if you hadn't spent the whole morning skulking in there listening to that racket."" Basil replies, with exasperation, ""Racket?? That's Brahms! Brahms' Third Racket!"" Basil often displays blatant snobbishness as"
"""an absolutely awful human being"" but says that in comedy if an awful person makes people laugh they unaccountably feel affectionate towards him. Indeed, he is not entirely unsympathetic. The ""Hotel Inspectors"" and ""Gourmet Night"" episodes feature guests who are shown to be deeply annoying, with constant and unreasonable demands. In ""Gourmet Night"" the chef gets drunk and is unable to cook dinner, leaving Basil to scramble in an attempt to salvage the evening. Much of the time, Basil is an unfortunate victim of circumstance. Sybil Fawlty, played by Prunella Scales, is Basil's wife. Energetic and petite, she prefers a"
"a painting in the lobby and type the lunch menus. Sybil confronts Basil about an expensive advertisement that he has placed in an upscale magazine. He explains that he is trying to attract guests of a higher social class, and that an aristocratic couple, Sir Richard and Lady Morris, will be arriving that evening. Soon after, a leather-jacketed Cockney guest, Danny Brown, turns up asking for a room, much to Basil's annoyance. Basil – who has claimed to speak ""Classical Spanish"" – is further put out when Mr. Brown shows that he can communicate better than he with Manuel, as"
"girl in the series pilot. Sable (TV series) Sable is an American drama series that aired on ABC during the 1987-1988 season, and is based on the comic book, ""Jon Sable: Freelance"", by Mike Grell. Seven episodes of the series aired. The show was a one-hour adventure/drama about mercenary and vigilante Jon Sable (Lewis Van Bergen), who by day was children's book author Nicholas Fleming. The program ran on Saturdays at 8:00, and aired its final episode on January 2, 1988. Rene Russo had her first television role on the series. Lara Flynn Boyle also had one of her first"
"off Polly and assaults Manuel before phoning O'Reilly and threatening to ""insert a large garden gnome"" in him if he does not return to rectify the work within 20 minutes. While imploring O'Reilly to fix the renovations, Basil notices that Sybil has returned early as well, having forgotten her golf shoes. Sybil, suspicious upon seeing O'Reilly's van outside, confronts Basil, who blames the situation on Stubbs and falsely claims that O'Reilly has come to fix it. To Basil's surprise, Sybil seems to believe him. Polly calls the front desk impersonating Stubb's secretary, but is almost immediately caught by Sybil. Enraged"
"The Basil Brush Show The Basil Brush Show is a British children's television sitcom series, starring the glove puppet fox Basil Brush. It was produced for six series by The Foundation, airing on CBBC from 27 September 2002 to 7 December 2007. The show is a spin-off from the original 1960s–1970s BBC television series, but without any of the original cast. The series is set in a colourful modern penthouse flat, which is jointly owned by Basil and his sidekick, Stephen (Christopher Pizzey). Living with them are Stephen's nephew and niece, Molly (Georgina Leonidas), and Dave (Michael Hayes). They are"
"misanthrope who is desperate to belong to a higher social class. He sees a successful hotel as a means of achieving this, yet his job forces him to be polite to people he despises. He is intimidated by his wife Sybil Fawlty. He yearns to stand up to her, but his plans frequently conflict with her demands. She is often verbally abusive (describing him as ""an ageing, brilliantined stick insect"") but although he towers over her, he often finds himself on the receiving end of her temper, verbally and physically (as in ""The Builders""). Basil usually turns to Manuel or"
"Prunella Scales Prunella Margaret Scales (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932), is an English actress best known for her role as Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil in the BBC comedy ""Fawlty Towers"" and her BAFTA award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in ""A Question of Attribution"" (""Screen One"", BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett. Scales was born in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, the daughter of Catherine (née Scales), an actress, and John Richardson Illingworth, a cotton salesman. She attended Moira House Girls School, Eastbourne. She has a younger brother, Tim (""Timmo""). Scales' parents moved their family to Bucks Mill near Bideford in Devon"
"Cybill Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her big show business break. Alicia Witt and Dedee Pfeiffer co-starred as Sheridan's daughters, with Alan Rosenberg and Tom Wopat playing their respective fathers, while Christine Baranski appeared as Cybill's hard-drinking friend Maryann. The sitcom was produced by Carsey-Werner Productions and YBYL Productions, with Shepherd, Lorre, Howard M. Gould,"
"of whether more episodes would be produced, Cleese revealed (in an interview for the complete DVD box set, which was republished in the book ""Fawlty Towers Fully Booked"") that he once had the genesis of a feature-length special – possibly sometime during the mid-1990s. The plot, never fleshed out beyond his initial idea, would have revolved around the chaos that a now-retired Basil typically caused as he and Sybil flew to Barcelona to visit their former employee Manuel and his family. Of the idea, Cleese said: We had an idea for a plot which I loved. Basil was finally invited"
"to help, Manuel accidentally smacks Basil in the head with a frying pan he had been using to try to smother the flames and knocks Basil out. Basil comes to in the hospital, where he is being treated for a concussion. Due to his concussion, he begins acting strangely. The confused, disoriented Basil insults the Sister and insists on going home, saying the hotel needs him as ""Polly cannot cope"". Sybil sarcastically refers to Basil falling over waiters, getting jammed under desks, etc., as evidence of his ability to cope. Dr. Finn arrives and puts him to bed, but after"
"been renewed for a second season. 2017 also saw the debut of ""This Beautiful Fantastic"", an indie film in which Brown-Findlay starred as Bella Brown, a repressed foundling who forms a new life through her relationships with a curmudgeonly neighbor (Tom Wilkinson), a gifted cook (Andrew Scott) and an eccentric inventor (Jeremy Irvine). That same year, she voiced the character of Fay in the animated film, ""Monster Family"". Jessica Brown Findlay Jessica Rose Brown Findlay (born 14 September 1989) is an English actress, most widely known for her role as Lady Sybil Crawley in the ITV television period drama series"""
"Sable (TV series) Sable is an American drama series that aired on ABC during the 1987-1988 season, and is based on the comic book, ""Jon Sable: Freelance"", by Mike Grell. Seven episodes of the series aired. The show was a one-hour adventure/drama about mercenary and vigilante Jon Sable (Lewis Van Bergen), who by day was children's book author Nicholas Fleming. The program ran on Saturdays at 8:00, and aired its final episode on January 2, 1988. Rene Russo had her first television role on the series. Lara Flynn Boyle also had one of her first acting roles playing a kidnapped"
"at last and is surprised that she is only a little girl. Sybil embraces a weeping Peggy. A voiceover from Dr. Wilbur explains that after this incident, Sybil recovered her memories and went on to live a full and happy life as an academic. Sally Field stars in the title role, with Joanne Woodward playing the part of Sybil's psychiatrist, Cornelia B. Wilbur. Woodward herself had starred in ""The Three Faces of Eve"", in which she portrayed a woman with three personalities, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for the role. Based on the book ""Sybil"" by Flora Rheta"
"Mabel"" began on September 20, 1955, and ran ""for only a few weeks"", then returned on June 26, 1956, and ran until September 25, 1956. The show's premise was that Mabel was eager to marry Joe, who loved her but was reluctant to commit to marriage. Joe and his friend Mike (also a cab driver) often hung out at a diner, where Harry worked at the counter. The program's characters and the actors who portrayed them are shown in the table below. Ezra Stone, Daniel Petrie, and Paul Bogart were directors. Alex Gottlieb and Bogart were producers, and Marlo Lewis"
"- something he severely struggles with. His much more customer-friendly wife Sybil often has to deal with the fallout of Basil's bad treatment of the guests, to varying success. In the episode ""Communication Problems,"" Manuel said Basil is from Swanage, however it should be noted that Manuel is prone to making mistakes. Basil has staunch right-wing and traditionalist views about most things, for example in ""The Wedding Party"", he shows open disgust towards a young unmarried couple having an active sex life. In ""The Germans"" he appears to blame the failure of the hotel's fire extinguisher on ""bloody Wilson"", referencing"
"finds out. Sybil is the archetypal nagging wife, getting in the way of Basil 'enjoying himself' when he squabbles with the guests by forcing him to do unnecessary chores. Notable examples of this appear in the episodes ""A Touch of Class"" and ""The Germans"". She sometimes flirts with guests, notably Mr. Johnson (Nicky Henson) in ""The Psychiatrist"", but gets angry whenever Basil flirts with someone. Prunella Scales has said that the reason Sybil married Basil was because his origins were of a higher social class than hers; in ""Gourmet Night"", she recounts an anecdote about 'Uncle Ted and his crate"
"tries to placate Terry, Sybil leaves in a huff, frustrated and angry believing Basil really has forgotten their anniversary again. Basil realises only too late as he chases after her car, just before the first of their friends pull into the driveway. Polly comes up with the idea of saying that Sybil is ill and resting in bed upstairs: Basil tells them she has developed what sound like horrific symptoms - she has lost her voice and has puffy eyes, but Polly mis-hears him and says she has ""puffy thighs"". Their friends are keen to see Sybil nonetheless, and Basil"
"series on DVD in the UK. Cybill Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her big show business break. Alicia Witt and Dedee Pfeiffer co-starred as Sheridan's daughters, with Alan Rosenberg and Tom Wopat playing their respective fathers, while Christine Baranski appeared as Cybill's hard-drinking friend Maryann. The sitcom was produced by Carsey-Werner Productions and YBYL Productions,"
"starring Bea Arthur, notable for switching the sexes of its Basil and Sybil equivalents. It also failed to pick up a major audience and was dropped after eight episodes had been aired, although 13 episodes were shot. A third remake, called ""Payne"" (produced by and starring John Larroquette), was produced in 1999, but was cancelled shortly after. Nine episodes were produced of which eight aired on American television (though the complete run was broadcast overseas). A German pilot based on the sitcom was made in 2001, named ""Zum letzten Kliff,"" but further episodes were not made. The popular sitcoms ""3rd"
"(Mignon Elkins). Amy and Jessie were once friends, but they fell out over dating Michael Jr. and were now bitter enemies. Much of the focus of the series was Neal counseling his many clients, who were members of the larger Cambridge/Cambridgeport communities, and/or Delaney College's students and faculty, whilst his own troubles mounted. Neal had to deal with the trauma of realizing that Jessie wasn't his and Helen's daughter at all. She was revealed to be the daughter of Helen's sister, fashion coordinator, Paula Myles (Nuala Fitzgerald), whom she left with her sister and brother-in-law when she knew she couldn't"