Fawlty Towers
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1975 - 1979
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about a hotel and its owner, a man of infinite rudeness with a rabid dislike of almost all guests. Stars John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Ballard Berkeley and more.
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Fawlty Towers hotel to be demolished: to become flats
The Gleneagles Hotel inspired John Cleese to write the classic sitcom but closed this year after it struggled to drum up business.
Nick Irving, The Mirror, 11th November 2015Why I ❤ Fawlty Towers
It's 40 years since Basil and Sybil first checked us in at Fawlty Towers. Pippa Evans has loved it since childhood and has no intention of stopping. Why would she? It's the best.
Pippa Evans, Standard Issue, 25th September 2015Readers suggest the 10 best Fawlty Towers moments
Last week we bought you our 10 best moments from the classic comedy series. Here, we present your thoughts on the gems we left out.
Rivkah Brown, The Guardian, 24th September 2015Radio Times celebrates Fawlty Towers with rare photos
Widely hailed as the best TV sitcom of all time, Fawlty Towers debuted on BBC Two on Friday 19 September 1975 - 40 years ago today. To mark the occasion, Radio Times has dug deep into the archive and unearthed 50 photographs, many of which have never been published before.
Patrick Mulkern, Radio Times, 19th September 2015Fawlty Towers is 40 so we ranked all the episodes
To mark the show's 40th birthday we attempted to rank the 12 episodes from worst to best - but since they're all classics, they really should all be number one.
Caroline Westbrook, Metro, 19th September 2015Britain's finest sitcom was TV's perfect farce
Fawlty Towers has always been funny. But at 40 years old, it only seems to shine brighter. Sam Kitchener celebrates the show's sophisticated homage to farce, its subtle commentary on its times and lasting legacy to the comedy canon.
Sam Kitchener, The Independent, 17th September 2015How the BBC almost turned down Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is regarded as one of the finest British sitcoms ever made, but in 1974 a script editor at the BBC deemed it a "disaster".
Richard Webber, The Telegraph, 13th September 2015New plan unveiled for 'Fawlty Towers' hotel
Housebuilder Churchill Retirement Living, has submitted a new planning application for 33 apartments at the former Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay.
Tina Crowson, The Torquay Herald, 10th September 2015Fawlty Towers car thrashing 'nearly halted'
John Cleese has revealed that one of the most iconic scenes from Fawlty Towers was nearly scrapped because of the wrong kind of tree branch.
Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 6th September 2015Fawlty Towers turns 40
It's 40 years since the first episode of Fawlty Towers crept into the public consciousness with minimal publicity and a series of lukewarm reviews.
Adam Zwar, Stuff.co.nz, 4th September 2015