Basil,
in a effort to raise the class of guest at Fawlty Towers places an advert in the
upper class magazine Country Life, much to the annoyance of Sybil who is
not worried about the class of guests as long as they pay their bills. One of
Basil's upper class guests, Lord Melbury, is not quite who he seems, and Basil
is very nearly parted with £200 and his coin collection. Much to Basil's
disgust Lord Melbury's plans are thwarted by one of the hotel's lower class
guests, who turns out to be a member of C.I.D.
Misunderstandings
occur at Fawlty Towers when Basil secretly bets on a winning race horse, without
Sybil knowing. Then a hard of hearing guest, Mrs Richards, alleges she has had
some money stolen from her room. Basil can't admit that the money won on the
horse is his (Sybil would do worse than kill him) and so the winning money is
given to Mrs Richards. When her money later turns up, Basil is happy once more,
but he ends up having to give the money away once again.
The Hotel Inspectors
Basil
learns that there are some hotel inspectors in the area, and goes out of his way
to be nice to a guest who he believes is an inspector. It turns out that he is
not and Basil is first rude to him and then assaults him in the dining room.
Basil then realises that another guest could well be an inspector and confronts
him, but once again he is mistaken. In a final act of revenge he custard pies
the first guest, in full view of the real hotel inspectors who have just entered
the lobby.
Basil,
in a effort to raise the class of guest at Fawlty Towers places an advert in the
upper class magazine Country Life, much to the annoyance of Sybil who is
not worried about the class of guests as long as they pay their bills. One of
Basil's upper class guests, Lord Melbury, is not quite who he seems, and Basil
is very nearly parted with £200 and his coin collection. Much to Basil's
disgust Lord Melbury's plans are thwarted by one of the hotel's lower class
guests, who turns out to be a member of C.I.D. 
Misunderstandings
occur at Fawlty Towers when Basil secretly bets on a winning race horse, without
Sybil knowing. Then a hard of hearing guest, Mrs Richards, alleges she has had
some money stolen from her room. Basil can't admit that the money won on the
horse is his (Sybil would do worse than kill him) and so the winning money is
given to Mrs Richards. When her money later turns up, Basil is happy once more,
but he ends up having to give the money away once again. 
Basil
learns that there are some hotel inspectors in the area, and goes out of his way
to be nice to a guest who he believes is an inspector. It turns out that he is
not and Basil is first rude to him and then assaults him in the dining room.
Basil then realises that another guest could well be an inspector and confronts
him, but once again he is mistaken. In a final act of revenge he custard pies
the first guest, in full view of the real hotel inspectors who have just entered
the lobby.