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Fawlty Towers (TV Series 1975–1979)
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Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. |
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Cast
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Basil Fawlty
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Prunella Scales | ... |
Sybil Fawlty
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Andrew Sachs | ... |
Manuel
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Connie Booth | ... |
Polly Sherman
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Ballard Berkeley | ... |
Major Gowen
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Gilly Flower | ... |
Miss Agatha Tibbs
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Renee Roberts | ... |
Miss Ursula Gatsby
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Brian Hall | ... |
Terry
(6 episodes, 1979)
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Storyline
Inept and manic English hotel owner and manager, Basil Fawlty, isn't cut out for his job. He's intolerant, rude and paranoid. All hell frequently breaks loose as Basil tries to run the hotel, constantly under verbal (and sometime physical) attack from his unhelpful wife Sybil, and hindered by the incompetent, but easy target, Manuel; their Spanish waiter. Written by Rob Hartill
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Runtime:
(12 episodes)Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Lord Melbury: Melbury.
[the phone rings; Basil picks it up]
Basil Fawlty: [to Melbury] One second please.
[to phone]
Basil Fawlty: Hello?... Ah, yes Mr O'Reilly, well it's perfectly simple. When I asked you to build me a wall I was rather hoping that instead of just dumping the bricks in a pile you might have found time to cement them together... you know, one on top of another, in the traditional fashion.
[to Melbury, testily]
Basil Fawlty: Could you fill it in, please?
[to phone]
Basil Fawlty: Oh, splendid! Ah, yes, but *when*, Mr O'Reilly?
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Towers sign are usually mixed up or missing altogether. The signs appear
as follows:
1. Fawlty Towers
2. Fawlty Tower
3. Fawty Tower
4. Fawty Toer
5. Warty Towels
6. NO SIGN
7. Fawlty Tower
8. Watery Fowls
9. Flay Otters
10. Fatty Owls
11. Flowery Twats
12. Farty Towels See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
Andrew Sachs is German by birth and was asked to dub his own lines into German when the series was exported. Being a native German speaker he had no problem with the script, but it took him quite a while to work out how to speak German with a Spanish accent. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The room numbers in the hotel frequently changed from episode to episode. See more »Quotes
Basil Fawlty: Your *name*, please, could I have your name?Lord Melbury: Melbury.
[the phone rings; Basil picks it up]
Basil Fawlty: [to Melbury] One second please.
[to phone]
Basil Fawlty: Hello?... Ah, yes Mr O'Reilly, well it's perfectly simple. When I asked you to build me a wall I was rather hoping that instead of just dumping the bricks in a pile you might have found time to cement them together... you know, one on top of another, in the traditional fashion.
[to Melbury, testily]
Basil Fawlty: Could you fill it in, please?
[to phone]
Basil Fawlty: Oh, splendid! Ah, yes, but *when*, Mr O'Reilly?
[...]
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Crazy Credits
In the titles sequence of each episode, some of the letters on the FawltyTowers sign are usually mixed up or missing altogether. The signs appear
as follows:
1. Fawlty Towers
2. Fawlty Tower
3. Fawty Tower
4. Fawty Toer
5. Warty Towels
6. NO SIGN
7. Fawlty Tower
8. Watery Fowls
9. Flay Otters
10. Fatty Owls
11. Flowery Twats
12. Farty Towels See more »
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