The Builders is the second episode in the first series of the BBC TV
sitcom Fawlty Towers.As Fawlty Towers is undergoing renovations over
the weekend, Basil informs Major Gowen, Miss Tibbs, and Miss Gatsby
that they will have to have dinner at the Gleneagles Hotel. Basil and
Sybil themselves are going on a golfing holiday in Paignton with
friends, leaving Polly and Manuel in charge of the hotel. Before they
leave, Basil reminds Polly that the workmen are to block off the
drawing room door and build a door leading into the kitchen at the
bottom of the stairs. Sybil believes the renovations will be carried
out by workmen from the professional (albeit expensive) Stubbs, but
Basil tells Polly that he is actually hiring the cheaper O'Reilly, an
Irish "cowboy" builder with very little understanding of his trade.
Sybil warns Basil not to hire O'Reilly, as they hired him to build a
wall a few months ago which still has not been built yet.After the
Fawltys depart, Polly goes to her room for a short nap and tells
Manuel to wake her as soon as the builders arrive. As Manuel mans the
front desk, a delivery man arrives to deliver a garden gnome Sybil has
ordered, but confuses Manuel into thinking that he wants a room for
it. When the builders arrive, confusion arises again when Manuel keeps
asking them if they are "Orally men." Manuel goes upstairs to wake
Polly, but decides not to disturb her upon seeing her sleeping
peacefully. He then answers a call from someone he believes is asking
for Basil. Despite telling them that Basil is not available, the phone
rings several times and eventually Manuel insults the caller out of
frustration, but drops the receiver in shock when he realizes that the
caller is Basil himself. In retaliation, Basil tricks Manuel into
calling one of the builders "a hideous orangutan", resulting in Manuel
getting punched in the face. The Builders Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter