The Germans
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This article is about the TV episode. For the German people, see Germans. For other uses, see German.
"The Germans" (named on some releases as "Fire Drill")[1] is the sixth episode of the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. In the episode, while suffering the effects of a concussion, Basil Fawlty waits on a party of hotel guests from West Germany. Despite warning his staff "They're Germans! Don't mention the war", he keeps obliviously ignoring his own advice. His barrage of anti-German sentiment culminates in a goose-stepping impersonation of Adolf Hitler. The Germans are first deeply hurt, but are ultimately left wondering aloud how such idiots as Basil Fawlty and Major Gowen could ever have beaten their ancestors in two World Wars.[2]
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Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 6 | ||
Directed by | John Howard Davies | ||
Written by | John Cleese and Connie Booth | ||
Original air date | 24 October 1975 (1975-10-24) | ||
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