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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John Cleese confirms death of John Quarmby
John Cleese, 79, said John Quarmby, who played the unimpressed health inspector in sitcom Fawlty Towers, had died at the age of 89.
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Refinery 29, 15th January 2019The top 10 British sitcoms of the 70s
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Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 1st December 2018Why we love the comedy of failure
Failure, in short, is funny. And it's not simply a case of schadenfreude, either.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 10th April 2018Several sitcoms banned by Mastermind
Contestants on the BBC quiz show Mastermind will no longer be allowed to pick Fawlty Towers, Blackadder or Roald Dahl as their specialist subjects as the producers have run out of questions. Mark Helsby, Mastermind's producer, has revealed that some subjects are so popular that they have been "exhausted" for new questions. Father Ted and the Chronicles of Narnia have also been removed.
Graham Ruddick, The Guardian, 30th January 2018Fawlty Towers items feature on Antiques Roadshow
Props from Fawlty Towers are to feature in a special episode of the Antiques Roadshow filmed on the set of EastEnders.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th December 2017John Cleese: 'I've lost Basil the rat'
John Cleese has revealed that he's lost the model of Basil the rat from the classic episode of Fawlty Towers where the health inspector visits.
TV Times, 11th October 2017Kippers, Rats and Benzedrine Puff Adders
Is there such a thing as the perfect sitcom? For many people, Fawlty Towers fits the bill. Its success and influence on the national consciousness from only 12 episodes is such that it has become axiomatic for some that no comedy should run for more than two series.
Andrew Martin, BBC, 19th September 2017Blackadder tops list of shows people would like to return
Blackadder, Only Fools And Horses, Spitting Image and Fawlty Towers have come out top of a poll that asked people which classic TV shows they'd like to return.
British Comedy Guide, 15th June 2017Japan turns to Basil Fawlty in race for Olympic English
Teachers in Fukuoka Prefecture have been using Fawlty Towers and Red Dwarf to get students used to hearing spoken English. It raises the prospect of a generation of Japanese students sounding like Basil, Sybil or even Manuel.
Matt Pickles, BBC, 29th March 2017