The Kipper and the Corpse the guests, including a horrified Miss Tibbs, as Sybil desperately calls out Basil's name. With: In 1994, "The Kipper and the Corpse" was one of two "Fawlty Towers" episodes which were adapted for the stage and performed at the Theatre Geo in Hollywood. The other was "Basil the Rat". The Kipper and the Corpse "The Kipper and the Corpse" is the fourth episode of the second series of the British sitcom "Fawlty Towers". It first aired at 9.00pm on 12 March 1979 on BBC2. Distinguishing it from other episodes is its heavy use of black comedy. During the early 1970s,
Kipper New Brunswick, Canada, is one of the world's largest producers of sardines and herring. Their "kippered snacks", are smoked and salted, undyed. The Manx word for kipper is , literally "red herring"; the Irish term is "scadán dearg" with the same meaning. "Kipper time" is the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden in Great Britain, originally the period 3 May to 6 January, in the River Thames by an Act of Parliament. "Kipper season" refers (particularly among fairground workers, market workers, taxi drivers and the like) to any lean period in trade, particularly the first three or four