A Touch of Class (Fawlty Towers) - Connections and Errors

Connections and Errors

• After this episode modifications were made to the set. For example, in the next episode the wallpaper is a completely different colour, and the hotel layout slightly wider. The theme music was also re-recorded.
• Basil keeps getting distracted from hanging the picture on the wall. Throughout the episode the picture clearly has no glass covering it, yet at the end when Basil smashes the picture on the ground we hear the distinct sound of glass breaking.
• Another continuity error occurs when Basil goes outside to collect Lord Melbury's cases. The cases have switched hands when he returns to the lobby.
• Additionally, in the scenes filmed outside, Basil's hair is noticeably shorter (and groomed differently) than in the indoor scenes, indicating these scenes were filmed on a different day.
• In the BBC television series The Real Hustle, Alex uses the name "Lord Melbury" to confidence trick a hotel.
• John Cleese enjoyed performing with Terence Conoley so much that he cast him in the episode Waldorf Salad of the second series, playing an entirely different character but with an equally-irritable personality.