L'hôtel en folie: A Touch of Class

Basil Fawlty wants to upgrade his hotel giving a touch of class and spends 40 pounds in an expensive advertisement in the newspaper to attract the upper class under the protest of his wife Sybil.

While having troubles for communicating with his Spanish employee Manuel and hanging a picture for Sybil, the aristocratic Lord Melbury checks in for the delight of Basil. Basil dedicates his full attention to the Lord, ignoring his usual guests. When Lord Melbury asks to cash a 200 pound check and to evaluate his collection of coins, Basil's employee Polly Sherman goes to the bank and meets MI5 undercover agent Brown that tells her the truth about Lord Melbury, for the disappointment of Basil.

"A Touch of Class" is the opening of this hilarious series, where the characters and the Fawlty Towers are introduced. The jokes and gags flow in a fast pace, with John Cleese magnificent as usual performing a man that wants to be sophisticated. But Andrew Sachs is fantastic in the role of Manuel, a bellboy and waiter that can neither speak English nor communicate with Fawlty, who claims to know "Classic Spanish". It began a feast of laughter.