From impersonating a goose-stepping Nazi in front of German guests, to thrashing his red Austin car after it failed to start, Basil Fawlty was the most gloriously haphazard of hotel owners. They became the inspiration for Basil and Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers after Monty Python's John Cleese visited the hotel with his co-stars and encountered the 'wonderfully rude' Sinclair. …
