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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The unexamined sitcom is not worth watching
Sometimes, a sitcom mystery you've wondered about for years suddenly gets resolved. And for Dirty Feed, this one is the motherlode. After all, with the pilot episode of Fawlty Towers, you're talking about something as close as you can get to a sacred text around here.
Tanya Jones, Dirty Feed, 3rd April 2023Fawlty Towers: "Instead of murdering him"
A brief but incisive dive into the hilarious stage directions included in John Cleese and Connie Booth's original Fawlty Towers scripts.
John Hoare, Dirty Feed, 22nd March 2023John Cleese issues "apology"
Cleese tweeted the following which we are guessing is intended to be somewhat comical: "I must apologise I had no idea that the idea of writing a new sitcom with my daughter would cause so much anger and distress I truly meant no harm. Naively I thought it might be fun But I feel terrible about having released this tide of negative emotion. Please forgive me."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th February 2023John Cleese didn't warn me about Fawlty Towers reboot, says Connie Booth
John Cleese's reboot of Fawlty Towers came as a surprise to many - including his ex-wife, who created the original show with him.
Alex Farber, The Times, 13th February 2023John Cleese won't be thrashing a car with a branch in Fawlty Towers revival, says daughter
John Cleese won't thrash a car with a branch in the new Fawlty Towers, his daughter says.
She said of her dad: "He won't be doing as much crazy physical, comedic things as before but you never know what you might see him do."
Alex Diaz, The Sun, 11th February 2023John Cleese's Fawlty Towers reboot might not be 'anti-woke' - but it's still a terrible idea
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, 10th February 2023'Anything that puts the focus back on Torquay': residents on the return of Fawlty Towers
Announcement that John Cleese will reboot the 1970s sitcom is met with a mix of excitement and concern in the Devon resort.
Steven Morris, The Guardian, 10th February 2023With 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 2023