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 Sitcom. Manic proprietor Basil Fawlty owner of Torquay
hotel Fawlty Towers manages to cause chaos all about him as well as making the life of his Spanish bellboy,
Manuel, a misery. Often sited as one of the pinnacles of British Sitcom the show
really does contain some superb moments (Basil beating up on his car, the
entire Germans episode to name but two of many). Cleese is supposed to have
based Fawlty on a hotel owner he encountered whilst filming Monty Python's Holy
Grail movie. Each week the sign outside the Fawlty Towers hotel changed to a
different funny name each week (Fatty Owls etc). In Spain when Fawlty
Towers was first shown Manuel was changed into an Italian. The final episode ("Basil The Rat") was not shown until 7 months after the rest of the second season. It's original scheduled broadcast was delayed because of a BBC strike and the unmarked original tape then went missing and was only recovered by chance.
UK Format Video Available:
Fawlty Towers - Complete Set (DVD)
With:-
JOHN CLEESE as Basil Fawlty /
PRUNELLA SCALES as Sybil Fawlty /
ANDREW SACHS as Manuel / CONNIE
BOOTH as Polly Sherman / BALLARD
BERKELY as Major Gowen /
GILLY FLOWER as Miss Tibbs / RENEE
ROBERTS as Miss Gatsby / BRIAN HALL as Terry (Season 2)
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BBC2 / 12x30m-e / 1975/79
