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#REDIRECT [[Fawlty_Towers#Series_2_(1979)]] |
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{{Infobox Television episode |
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| title = Communication Problems |
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| series = [[Fawlty Towers]] |
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| image = |
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| caption = |
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| season = 2 |
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| episode = 1 |
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| airdate = 19 February 1979 |
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| production = |
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| writer = [[John Cleese]] & [[Connie Booth]] |
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| director = [[Bob Spiers]] |
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| guests = [[Joan Sanderson]] |
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| episode_list =List of Fawlty Towers episodes |
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| prev = [[The Germans]] |
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| next = [[The Psychiatrist (Fawlty Towers)|The Psychiatrist]] |
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'''"Communication Problems"''' is the first episode of the second series of [[BBC]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' and the seventh episode overall. It is also known as ''Mrs Richards'' and 'Communication's Problems'. |
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On 2 December 2016, the episode was repeated on BBC One in memory of cast member [[Andrew Sachs]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/01/andrew-sachs-dies-after-alzheimers-aged-86|title=Andrew Sachs, Manuel from Fawlty Towers, dies aged 86|last=Weaver|first=Matthew|date=2 December 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
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Basil gets a tip on [[horse racing]] from a satisfied customer. Knowing Sybil does not approve of his gambling, he gives money to Manuel to place the bet and to not mention it to Sybil. |
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Meanwhile, Mrs. Richards, a [[short-sighted]], [[deaf]], and short-tempered old woman checks into the hotel. While she is quick to criticize others, many of these faults are due to her not using her [[hearing aid]] or refusing to use her glasses. Basil tries to have Sybil deal with Mrs. Richards' complaints. |
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Basil's horse wins, and he has Manuel go to collect the £75 winnings and turns those over to Polly to give to Basil later. Mrs. Richards comes to complain to Sybil that £85 has gone missing out of her room, and claims to have seen Polly counting it, when Polly was actually counting Basil's winnings. Polly feigns that she had bet on a horse, raising Sybil's attention. Basil quickly gives the money to the Major for safekeeping. The next morning, Basil goes to ask the Major for the money, but the Major has forgotten what happened yesterday, and when he finds the money, claims he just found it in front of Sybil and Mrs. Richards. Sybil hands the money to Mrs. Richards, who notes it is still £10 short. Basil tries to convince her otherwise, but with the Major's lack of memory and Manuel sticking to his promise to keep quiet, cannot change her mind. As he prepares to give her £10 from the register, a delivery man arrives with a vase for Mrs. Richards and the £95 she had left at the store when she purchased it. Basil takes the money, paying an extra £10 to Mrs. Richards. |
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Basil later counts his winnings in the office, but Sybil catches him. Polly again asserts those are her winnings and Basil was putting it into the safe. Just then, the Major walks by, having recalled that Basil gave him the money for safekeeping yesterday, and that Basil had won it on a horse. Basil inadvertently drops Mrs. Richards' vase, and Sybil takes the £75 the vase cost to give back to Mrs. Richards. |
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==Cast== |
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Episode-credited cast: |
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*[[John Cleese]] as [[Basil Fawlty]] |
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*[[Prunella Scales]] as [[Sybil Fawlty]] |
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*[[Joan Sanderson]] as Mrs Alice Richards |
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*[[Andrew Sachs]] as [[Manuel (Fawlty Towers)|Manuel]] |
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*[[Connie Booth]] as [[Polly Sherman (Fawlty Towers)|Polly Sherman]] |
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*[[Ballard Berkeley]] as [[Major Gowen]] |
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*[[Brian Hall (actor)|Brian Hall]] as Terry the Chef |
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*[[Gilly Flower]] as [[Miss Tibbs & Miss Gatsby|Miss Abitha Tibbs]] |
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*[[Renee Roberts]] as [[Miss Tibbs & Miss Gatsby|Miss Ursula Gatsby]] |
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With: |
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*Bill Bradley as Mr Mackintosh |
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*Robert Lankesheer as Mr Thurston |
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*George Lee as the delivery man |
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*Mervyn Pascoe as Mr Yardley |
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*[[Johnny Shannon]] as Mr Firkin |
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==Production== |
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Interior scenes of this episode were recorded on 21 January 1979, in Studio TC1 of the [[BBC Television Centre]], before a live audience.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/tv%20centre%20history.htm |title=An unreliable and wholly unofficial history of BBC Television Centre... |last1=Kempton |first1=Martin |last2= |first2= |date= |website=An incomplete history of London's television studios |publisher= |accessdate=17 December 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220032259/http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/tv%20centre%20history.htm |archivedate=20 December 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==Further reading== |
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* ''Fawlty Towers: A Worshipper's Companion'', Leo Publishing, {{ISBN|91-973661-8-8}} |
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* ''The Complete Fawlty Towers'' by John Cleese & Connie Booth (1988, Methuen, London) {{ISBN|0-413-18390-4}} (the complete text) |
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==External links== |
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*{{BBC episode|b0078krm}} |
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*{{IMDb episode|0578586}} |
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{{Fawlty Towers}} |
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[[Category:1979 British television episodes]] |
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[[Category:Fawlty Towers episodes]] |
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[[Category:Television episodes about gambling]] |
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