Basil the Rat has seen, and not altogether certain that he did see it. Sybil ends the series with the line "I'm afraid it's started to rain again," in an attempt to distract Carnegie as Manuel drags Basil, who has fainted off-screen, out of the dining room. With: In 1994, "Basil The Rat" was one of two "Fawlty Towers" episodes that were adapted for the stage and performed at the Theatre Geo in Hollywood. The other was "The Kipper and the Corpse". Basil the Rat "Basil the Rat" is the sixth and final episode of the second series of the BBC sitcom "Fawlty
The Kipper and the Corpse are out of date. Despite his protestations, he is reassured by Terry and overruled by Sybil, who orders him to take the breakfast upstairs. So distracted by fury at industrial action reported in that morning's papers, he fails to notice that Leeman has died, assuming that his silence is due simply to rudeness, and instead rants about the strike while tidying the room and opening the curtains. Moments later, Polly takes up the milk which had been mistakenly omitted from Leeman's breakfast tray, realises immediately that Leeman is dead and hurries downstairs to tell everyone. Recalling the "Sell-By" date he