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 sequel in development
John Cleese and his daughter Camilla are writing and will star in a sequel to iconic sitcom Fawlty Towers.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2023Fawlty Towers: Gourmet Night - the cut scenes
A deep delve into classic Fawlty Towers episode Gourmet Night and some unbroadcast, cut scenes, courtesy of two rather different script books.
John Hoare, Dirty Feed, 8th January 2023Fawlty Towers script featuring deleted 'sex scene' to fetch £12,000 at auction
A Fawlty Towers script featuring a deleted scene where Basil hides to avoid sex with drunken wife Sybil is up for auction.
The notes, likely to fetch £12,000, were written for the 1979 episode in which Basil ([y]John Cleese[/y]) pretends to forget their anniversary.
Alex West, The Sun, 16th December 2022Del Boy falling through bar voted funniest sitcom scene
A poll run by TV channel Gold has named moments from Only Fools And Horses, The Vicar Of Dibley, Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers as the funniest British sitcom scenes.
British Comedy Guide, 1st November 2022Fawlty Towers Waldorf Salad script under auction
An original camera script for the Fawlty Towers episode Waldorf Salad is being sold at auction.
British Comedy Guide, 19th August 2022Why Fawlty Towers is still comedy gold after all these years
Don't mention the war. Or ask for Waldorf salad.
Lloyd Farley, Collider, 17th May 2022Where are the new classic sitcoms?
When The One Show recently ran a poll to find the best-loved BBC shows ever, half of the top programmes were sitcoms - but none was launched within the last 15 years. So where are the future classics?
Ian Youngs, BBC, 14th May 2022Only Fools And Horses voted favourite ever BBC show
Half of the best-loved BBC programmes of all time are comedies, a new poll has found. Only Fools And Horses topped the survey of viewers of The One Show to mark the Corporation's 100th birthday.
Chortle, 29th January 2022We shouldn't be afraid of Fawlty Towers' pure comedy
Radio 4's exploration of John Cleese and Connie Booth's beloved sitcom on What Funny About... revealed why it was so successful. But would it still get made today?
Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 27th October 2021How the sitcom wife evolved in 10 classic characters
Here we chart their evolution via 10 of sitcom's most memorable wives, from both the UK and USA...
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 21st August 2021