Fawlty Towers: Vermin

From the episode "Basil The Rat" - When the Major discovers the loose rat in the hotel, he does his best to handle it.

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[georgejacob]

Ballard Berkeley was brilliant as the confused Major. His timing was impeccable.

[lml]

1:41 I love Cleese’s slow facial change from annoyed to confusion to comprehension to anger

[x.x.]

What a delight.
I used to watch FT with my grandparents when I was five or six. They allways laughed their head off and I didn´t understand why. Sweet memories. When I watch the crappy tv program now I could cry.

[ADCFproductions]

"no germans this week Major!" Brilliant comedy XDDDD

[michaelturner]

The Major fires his shotgun..“bloody television exploding again"
Haha

[diegocobosanchez]

"Stay where you are, old chap. Don't move". 👍
He may be a background character, but "Fawlty Towers" wouldn't be the best TV ever had to offer without Major Gowen. Ballard Berkeley, thank you SO MUCH 👏!!
PS: Thanks for the clip, Fawlty's Vault!

[SnabbKassa]

I just realised that if the Major has had a shotgun hidden in his room for months or years without Polly finding it, she isn't a very good cleaner.

[Raider]

Ballard Berkeley is basically playing the same character he did in the TV series Father Dear Father(1969-73). Sort of Scatterbrain ex military person.

[albertdewulf]

You can hear a feller in the audience goin' "Oh, no..." when the major goes after his shotgun, at 0:30

[olivergrumitt]

“Strike, strike, strike - why do we bother Fawlty?”, says the old major in this clip. With all the current disputes going on in Britain at the moment, this quote remains as relevant as ever as when it was first broadcast - in 1979, the year of the Winter of Discontent.

[sashaking]

Ballard Berkeley had fabulous facial expressions!! He deserves more credit for his sublime acting ability

[bobpage]

"Bloody television exploding again!" 🤣 Because exploding televisions are a

[wonderb]

This one's got to be my favourite episode hahaha A vermin, a dirty rat hahaha It cracks me up every time hahahaha

[westboundbadger]

A lot of other comedy programmes don't stand the test of time, ....But FT is just comedy gold and will just be funny for the rest of eternity, ....

[ghtrdr]

Timeless classics. Absolutely 1 of the best of British comedy. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[tangerinedream]

A wonderful series of bygone days, these small local hotels were the backbone of seaside towns, remember as a kid before we had a touring caravan, a holiday in Blackpool, hotel in a side road north shore, a couple staying there had a new E Type jaguar, I was very impressed, we had a ford Zodiac.
Mid eighties I had to go on a visit to Sidmouth to sort out some shopfitting, it'd be late November, windy, raining, waves crashing in on the beach, seafront hotel lit up by orange lights, I checked in and was told they'd saved me a sea view room.

[brendagilson]

Eating the nuts if you please. Classic.

[johnbull]

'Everybody stay in your rooms. There's an insane guest with a gun!'

[Sjmby]

It's brilliant from start to finish

[belperite]

"It wasn't a television at all, it was just this gun!" 😂