The Germans' sees Basil failing to cope with a fire drill and the arrival of some German guests while Sybil is in hospital. I feel this booklet could have been much better, it's a bit short but I suppose the extras on the third disc make up for it a bit. Most of the other episodes follow a pattern, in which Basil is trying to hide some sort of disaster from someone else (his hotel's inadequacy, a drunk chef, racetrack winnings, etc.

This is done with the normal sound reduced a bit in the background with the director commenting over the top. Maybe it's ironic to criticize the end of her long-lasting silence on the subject given that I'm sure I'd have criticized her omission had I reviewed the initial DVDs, but her insights, well-intentioned as they are, come off slightly awkward and placid.The box set contains three DVD discs: Series One and Two are on a disc each plus a third disc of Special Features. Written by John Cleese and Connie-Booth, Fawlty Towers remains one of the most inspired and best-loved TV series of all time.

These both take the form of a still photograph with lists of their other TV/film credits with a spoken bio about the person. Denis Norden has probably bought the rights to all the good out takes, surely there are more and better? Many of these extras are holdovers from the previous DVD set, which "Fawlty Towers" fans will already be familiar with: the audio commentaries on all episodes by John Howard Davies (Season One) and Bob Spiers (Season Two), Interviews with John Cleese (52:49), Andrew Sachs (24:57) and Prunella Scales (7:49), "Torquay Tourist Office" (11:38), the Cheap Tatty Review (0:58), Outtakes (1:33), and "Helpful Staff"/"Guest Registry", which lead to amusingly outdated narrated filmographies. The friendly, even wistful discussion includes plenty of praise for the actors with smaller roles, discussion of he and Connie Booth's writing process, and some perfectionist criticism of the little things that could have been done better.In ‘The Psychiatrist’, Basil begins behaving even more oddly than usual when he learns that a psychiatrist is staying at the hotel. Fawlty Towers is a classic comedy which reflects the broadcast standards, language and attitudes of its time.