| "The Hotel Inspectors" | |
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| Fawlty Towers episode | |
| Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | John Howard Davies |
| Written by | |
| Original air date | 10 October 1975 |
| Running time | 35 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"The Hotel Inspectors" is the fourth episode of the first series of the British television sitcom Fawlty Towers. Written by John Cleese and Connie Booth and directed by John Howard Davies, it was first broadcast on BBC2 on 10 October 1975.[1]
The episode revolves around the arrival of two guests, Mr Hutchinson and Mr Walt. When Sybil receives a phone call from a friend, warning her of the presence of hotel inspectors in the area, Basil must decide which of his new guests could be the inspector.
The episode has been cited as having borrowed plot elements from Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector. Bernard Cribbins's performance as Mr Hutchinson has been widely praised.