Guests at an upmarket hotel will be subjected to Fawlty Towers-style chaos this weekend.

The normally comfortable, elegant Spread Eagle Hotel in Midhurst will be transformed into a shambles on Saturday evening.

There will be a barmy hotel owner, a raving chef and a bumbling Spanish waiter - and general manager Ian Fleming reckons the guests will love it.

Mr Fleming is organising a Fawlty Towers dinner, based on the classic TV hotel comedy, as part of an Easter weekend break.

Actors will play the parts of the show's main characters Basil Fawlty, Sybil, Manuel and Polly, as well as posing as guests.

Favourite scenes to be recreated include the 'don't mention the war' episode when Basil upsets a group of German guests.

Mr Fleming said: "Every hotel on the planet seems to organise Easter egg hunts and Easter bunny competitions.

"I wanted to come up with something which would catch the imagination and be different.

"It should be great fun, although we have had to reassure some guests that it is going to be professionally run.

"I'm not going to be playing Basil Fawlty, I'm leaving that to an actor. If anyone has any complaints they can take it up with him!"

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