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A German pilot based on the sitcom was made in 2001, named Zum letzten Kliff (To the last cliff), but further episodes were not made after its first series.

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With no regard to Basil's blood pressure, a guest dies at the hotel and Basil and the staff are left with the unpleasant task of removing the body discreetly while the doctor staying at the hotel, Dr. For the exterior filming, the Wooburn Grange Country Club in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire was used instead of a hotel. Also happens in "The Wedding Party" when Basil keeps getting caught by the guests in Not What It Looks Like situations with Manuel. He continues guessing even after Sybil is out of earshot, and mentions other anniversaries (none of which happened on 17 April), including the Battle of Trafalgar and Yom Kippur, just to enhance the surprise.At Your Service was released in 1982, and contained the audio from "The Kipper and the Corpse" (as "Death") and "The Germans" (as "Fire Drill"). In " The Anniversary" she snaps and refuses to help Basil out when he wants her to impersonate Sybil in the semi-darkness of her bedroom in front of the Fawltys' friends, Basil having dug himself into a hole by claiming Sybil was ill instead of admitting she had stormed out earlier in annoyance with him.

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In the same episode, he also demonstrates his outdated racial attitudes when he comments about the ethnic difference between " wogs" and " niggers". Richards, a rather deaf, domineering and bad-tempered woman — interferes with Basil's attempts to prevent the money he won on a racehorse from being discovered by Sybil, who disapproves of gambling. The local health inspector issues a long list of hygienic aberrations which the staff must immediately sort out, or else face closure.

Aside Glance: The series is been fairly good at avoiding this, but it does occur once in "The Wedding Party" when a drunk Manuel knocks Basil over and exclaims "I love you" a guest who stumbles across them at just this moment looks at the screen in horror before running off. All There in the Script: The scripts reveal that un-named or one-shot characters — such as hotel guests only appearing and speaking briefly — are given names of ancient kings like "Xerxes", "Darius", "Nebuchadnezzar", etc. The fire drill scene in The Germans is perhaps the funniest single scene in any sitcom, yet when you think of the episode it's always the bit right at the end with the silly walk etc that most people think of. I seem to remember that the choice to end after 2 series was quite deliberate, to avoid this sort of thing. Bumbling Sidekick: Manuel often gets dragged into whatever mad scheme someone else at the hotel has cooked up.