The Wedding Party is the third episode of the BBC sitcom Fawlty
Towers.In the episode, Basil is disgusted when two young lovers, Alan
and Jean, begin 'hanky-pankying' under his very nose while checking
in. He becomes convinced that they and two other guests (a couple
called the Lloyds) are engaged in group sexual misbehaviour, somehow
also involving Polly. Meanwhile, another guest, Mrs Peignoir, has
become attracted to Basil, and circumstances conspire to put him in
apparently compromising situations whenever any of the aforementioned
are around.A heatwave has hit Torquay, bringing Basil's
incompetenceâ€"not to mention his intoleranceâ€"to an all-time high.
When he realises that the two young lovers Alan and Jean, who are
checking in, aren't married,[note 1] he tries to force them into
single rooms on separate floors. Meanwhile, Mrs. Peignoir, an
attractive French antique dealer, seems to have taken a shine to
Basil, much to Sybil's annoyance. Alan returns to the lobby and asks
Basil if he knows whether any chemists are still open. Basil initially
assumes he wants to buy condoms, then when Alan says he wants
batteries, Basil â€" still assuming it must be sex-related â€" tells
him that is "disgusting". When Alan explains that he wanted batteries
for his electric razor, Basil tries to save the situation. Later that
evening, Mrs. Peignoir arrives home and drunkenly trips over Basil as
he crouches on the floor picking up her purse that she has dropped,
ending up sitting on him. At that moment Alan and Jean also arrive,
witnessing what appears to them to be a very intimate situation. Later
that same night Manuel, who had been out celebrating his birthday,
returns home drunk with his umbrella (a birthday gift from Basil)
outside Basil and Sybil's door and accidentally hits Basil over the
head with the umbrella. As Basil crumples to the floor in pain, Manuel
drunkenly sits over him, saying "Mr Fawlty, I love you, I love you
...." and once more Alan walks in on the situation. Then Basil
strangles Manuel. The Wedding Party (Fawlty Towers) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter