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Basil the Rat | Fawlty Towers | Slate

Basil the Rat

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Fawlty Towers

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Rated 8.5 on TMDB

Basil the Rat

Season 2, Episode 6

The health inspector is coming and Basil tells Manuel to get rid of his pet rat, which he later finds out is named Basil.

Aired: 25 Oct 1979
Runtime: 34m

Direction and writing

Connie BoothWriter

John CleeseWriter

Bob SpiersDirector

Cast

John CleeseBasil Fawlty
Prunella ScalesSybil Fawlty
Connie BoothPolly Sherman

Andrew SachsManuel

Ballard BerkeleyMajor Gowen

Brian HallTerry the Chef

Gilly FlowerMiss Tibbs

Renee RobertsMiss Gatsby

Full cast and crew

Season 2

S2E3Waldorf Salad
S2E4The Kipper and the Corpse
S2E5The Anniversary
S2E6Basil the Rat

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