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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With farces out and 'dramedies' in, audiences could see a darker side of Basil Fawlty
Comedy dramas have all the gloss of big-budget dramas and tackle darker and deeper subjects within their comedic frame than the traditional TV sitcom ever could.
Chris Head, The Conversation, 10th February 2023They're already laughing at his Fawlty Towers remake - but for the wrong reasons
Even former Python Eric Idle appears not be sure.
Tom Leonard, Daily Mail, 10th February 2023Fawlty Towers' return is a stroke of genius - and the BBC have made a big mistake
Basil Fawlty is returning to screens and I could not be more excited.
Joshua Rom, The Sun, 9th February 2023The Fawlty Towers remakes: a real-life farce in four flops...
Just five years ago, John Cleese told an interviewer: "If I ever tried to do a Fawlty Towers-type sitcom again, everyone would say, 'It's not as good as Fawlty Towers'", so there's not much point in doing that. You have to do different things." The 83-year-old has clearly had a change of heart. Which prompts us to look back at some other attempts to reboot or remake the classic sitcom, which ran for just two series of six episodes in 1975 and 1979.
Chortle, 8th February 2023The return of Basil Fawlty is exactly what broken Britain needs
When Fawlty Towers first ran in 1975, we were beset by economic woes, strikes and ineptitude. John Cleese's reboot couldn't be better timed.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 8th February 2023An anti-woke nightmare! Why the Fawlty Towers remake is a truly nauseating idea
This is 2023 - not the 80s or 90s. Today's John Cleese is tediously obsessed with cancel culture and most of the sitcom's original cast aren't involved. It's destined to be terrible.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 8th February 2023Please, John Cleese - leave Fawlty Towers alone
Cleese's obsession with cancel culture has already tarnished his reputation - he can't drag this classic sitcom with him.
Emily Bootle, i Newspaper, 8th February 2023John Cleese is betraying his own golden rule by reviving Fawlty Towers
A reboot of the classic Seventies sitcom won't just be a disappointment, says Louis Chilton. It proves that absolutely nothing is sacred.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 8th February 2023The return of Fawlty Towers? What a terrible idea
Our comedy critic Dominic Maxwell considers it the greatest sitcom of all, but doesn't trust John Cleese to get it right again at 83.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 8th February 2023John Cleese's revival of the classic comedy is a terrible idea and looks more like an act of revenge
The Monty Python star's complete U-turn could tarnish the legacy of this legendary seventies comedy series.
Pat Stacey, The Independent (Ireland), 8th February 2023