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Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)

TV Series  -  30 min  -  Comedy
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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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Season:

2 | 1

Year:

1979 | 1975
4 wins & 2 nominations See more awards »
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Cast

Complete series cast summary:
John Cleese ...
Basil Fawlty (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Prunella Scales ...
Sybil Fawlty (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Andrew Sachs Andrew Sachs ...
Manuel (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Connie Booth Connie Booth ...
Polly Sherman (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Ballard Berkeley Ballard Berkeley ...
Major Gowen (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Gilly Flower Gilly Flower ...
Miss Agatha Tibbs (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Renee Roberts Renee Roberts ...
Miss Ursula Gatsby (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Brian Hall 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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Plot Keywords:

Hotel | English | Manic | Waiter | Guest  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

A Grande Barraca See more »

Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(12 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Martin Scorsese has said he is a great fan of Fawlty Towers. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: The layout of the hotel from interior shots would place the windowless kitchen hard against the front left of the building, as seem from the outside (if there were space for it at all). In exterior shots there is a large bow window here. See more »

Quotes

Basil Fawlty: Do you remember when we were first *manacled* together? We used to laugh quite a lot.
Sybil Fawlty: Yes, but not at the same time, Basil.
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Crazy Credits

In the titles sequence of each episode, some of the letters on the Fawlty
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 »

Connections

Referenced in "Community: Advanced Criminal Law (#1.5)" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Fawlty Towers"
Written by Dennis Wilson
Performed by Dennis Wilson Quartet See more »