For the next few hours I felt like Basil Fawlty loose in cattle administration.

Similarly, for my father, imagining Basil Fawlty's school career was a creative exercise.

Thus, Basil Fawlty was born, and here he is in all his frustrated, agonising glory.

It made me think that Basil Fawlty and Manuel had found work here.

Basil Fawlty would have been proud of the answer.

Torquay, our next stop, appears to have made its peace with Basil Fawlty.

She is Basil Fawlty's wife, and the only recurring character in the series who refers to him by his first name.

The second time, they wrote the character of Basil Fawlty out of the series.

It is the kind of quandary that kept Basil Fawlty crazed.

But perhaps with one more nod to Basil Fawlty.

For the next few hours I felt like Basil Fawlty loose in cattle administration.

Similarly, for my father, imagining Basil Fawlty's school career was a creative exercise.

Thus, Basil Fawlty was born, and here he is in all his frustrated, agonising glory.

It made me think that Basil Fawlty and Manuel had found work here.

Basil Fawlty would have been proud of the answer.

Torquay, our next stop, appears to have made its peace with Basil Fawlty.

She is Basil Fawlty's wife, and the only recurring character in the series who refers to him by his first name.

The second time, they wrote the character of Basil Fawlty out of the series.

It is the kind of quandary that kept Basil Fawlty crazed.

But perhaps with one more nod to Basil Fawlty.