r/FawltyTowers

This is maybe too literal-minded, but it occurred to me after watching the full series for the first time on BritBox - I wondered if the actual four-year gap between the two series is meant to have taken place for the characters. It seems hard to imagine Polly and Manuel enduring their jobs (and for Manuel that is a two-way street - he has to endure Basil and Basil has to endure him) for four years.

It was interesting that the very last episode seemed to be the only one with clear time markers. First a mention of strikes (endemic in Britain and winter 1978/79, but a problem in previous years also) and then a completely unambiguous mention of Annie Hall (released 1977).

There probably is no right answer, but I wondered if longtime fans had ever thought about this.

I'd seen a few bits and pieces over the years, my daughter had never seen any of it, we thought we'd give it a try. The first ten minutes kinda dragged, Basil was just kind of vaguely annoying and his aspiration to attract a better class of customers seemed like just normal business. But then it just kept building and building, somehow when it repeated the same jokes over and over it got funnier every time. My daughter expressed a strong dislike for Basil when we were done so I said OK, we'll watch something else tomorrow. She paused and said well, actually, she would like to watch some more episodes.

"Bloody television exploding again"