"Hardluck Hotel"
The fabled 13th episode of Fawlty Towers. Season 1 Episode 15 (episode 15 overall) Original broadcast date: 13 December 1988 Writer: Brian Trueman, John Broadhead and Joyce MacAleer Additional voices: Hotel Manager/Sviatoslav: Jimmy Hibbert Dmitri: Brian Trueman Gloria: Ruby Wax Travel location: Cactus beach (not via castle) Joke credit: Film Location - Erland Hodge Castle transport visual not used. Duckula takes a break away from the castle and ends up having an arguably worse experience than he usually would if he'd not bothered. Soaked through, with luggage to carry and no taxis or buses in sight, he treads an angry web-footed path to a seaside hotel apparently run by a popular John Cleese character. This series generally averted topical pop culture referencing, which is a blessing, as it could so very easily have become dated. Apart from some typically 80s