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Fawlty Towers

  • TV Series
  • 1975–19791975–1979
  • 14+14+
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
93K
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POPULARITY
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John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, and Prunella Scales in Fawlty Towers (1975)
Fawlty Towers
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Comedy
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
93K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,630
15
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    • Stars
      • John Cleese
      • Prunella Scales
      • Andrew Sachs
    Top credits
    • Stars
      • John Cleese
      • Prunella Scales
      • Andrew Sachs
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 191User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
    Top rated TV #58
    • Won 3 BAFTA Awards
      • 5 wins & 2 nominations total

    Episodes12

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    Fawlty Towers
    Trailer 1:45
    Fawlty Towers
    Don't Mention the War!
    Video 1:50
    Don't Mention the War!
    I Know Nothing!
    Video 1:45
    I Know Nothing!
    The Making of Fawlty Towers
    Video 7:19
    The Making of Fawlty Towers

    Photos317

    John Cleese, Trevor Adams, Prunella Scales, and April Walker in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    Steve Plytas and Andrew Sachs in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    John Cleese and Joan Sanderson in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    John Cleese and Andrew Sachs in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    John Cleese and Connie Booth in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    John Cleese and Bernard Cribbins in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    John Cleese and Andrew Sachs in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    John Cleese and Luan Peters in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    Brian Hall and Prunella Scales in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, and Prunella Scales in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, and Prunella Scales at an event for Fawlty Towers (1975)
    John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, and Prunella Scales at an event for Fawlty Towers (1975)

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    John Cleese
    John Cleese
    • Basil Fawlty
    12 episodes12 eps • 1975–1979
    Prunella Scales
    Prunella Scales
    • Sybil Fawlty
    12 episodes12 eps • 1975–1979
    Andrew Sachs
    Andrew Sachs
    • Manuel
    12 episodes12 eps • 1975–1979
    Connie Booth
    Connie Booth
    • Polly Sherman
    12 episodes12 eps • 1975–1979
    Ballard Berkeley
    Ballard Berkeley
    • Major Gowen
    12 episodes12 eps • 1975–1979
    Gilly Flower
    • Miss Agatha Tibbs
    12 episodes12 eps • 1975–1979
    Renee Roberts
    • Miss Ursula Gatsby
    12 episodes12 eps • 1975–1979
    Brian Hall
    Brian Hall
    • Terry
    6 episodes6 eps • 1979
    Terence Conoley
    • Mr. Johnston…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975–1979
    Elizabeth Benson
    • Mrs. Heath…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975–1979
    George Lee
    • Delivery Man…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975–1979
    Bernard Cribbins
    Bernard Cribbins
    • Mr. Hutchinson
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Michael Gwynn
    Michael Gwynn
    • Lord Melbury
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    André Maranne
    André Maranne
    • André
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Geoffrey Palmer
    Geoffrey Palmer
    • Dr. Price
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Nicky Henson
    Nicky Henson
    • Mr. Johnson
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Bruce Boa
    Bruce Boa
    • Mr. Harry Hamilton
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
    Joan Sanderson
    Joan Sanderson
    • Mrs. Alice Richards
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Andrew Sachs (Manuel) was paid damages for his injuries by the BBC after a jacket was treated with acid by the special effects department to look as if it was on fire. It really did burn through to his skin and he bore the scars for a long time until they peeled off.
    • Goofs
      Many times through every episode, the walls wobble, revealing them as set walls.
    • Quotes

      Basil Fawlty: Where's Sybil?

      Manuel: ¿Que?

      Basil Fawlty: Where's Sybil?

      Manuel: Where's... the bill?

      Basil Fawlty: No, not a bill! I own the place!

    • Crazy credits
      The Fawlty Towers hotel sign has its letters missing, or scrambled up to make new words. The sign presents a different error with each episode.
    • Alternate versions
      For German TV-runs the main-theme was changed to "funnier" music.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Pythons (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Fawlty Towers
      Written by Dennis Wilson
      Performed by Dennis Wilson Quartet
      [series theme tune]

    User reviews191

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    Top review
    10/10
    This is what comedy is all about!
    This is pure comedy. It is genius. It is hilarity that transcends the boundary of comedy. Fawlty Towers is the kind of comedy that has you on the floor gasping for air in a puddle of your own tears. John Cleese has created one of the defining characters of comedy in Basil Fawlty. Manuel Sachs is superb as Manuel, the confused waiter from Barcelona. Prunella Scales is brilliant as the tyrannical wife. Connie Booth is very good as Polly, the hassled waitress. Put it all together inside a small hotel in Torquay and you get one of the greatest, most alluring comedies ever to grace the screen. The only bad thing about Fawlty Towers is that they didn't make more.

    Fawlty Towers will always be tearfully, heart stoppingly, deadly, and disasterously funny.
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    • jdmu7
    • Jul 7, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 19, 1975 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Das verrückte Hotel - Fawlty Towers
    • Filming locations
      • Wooburn Grange Country Club, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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