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many camera cuts - average shows got 200, we used to have 400. So there was an enormous amount in there. The other thing is that they were very well constructed," he said. Once an episode was in the can, the editing process started. "We did anything between 20 and 25 hours editing each show. Almost every minute you see up on the screen, we spent one hour editing and it was only by doing that you could just tighten it up, just tighten it there and take out a line of dialogue, sometimes take out a repetition, they'll then lose two lines of dialogue there. That's what really got the pace on it."
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2837:. It was critically well received, subsequently embarking on a successful tour of Australia. Cleese was intimately involved in the creation of the stage version from the beginning, including casting. He visited Australia to promote, as well as oversee its success. Melbourne was chosen to premiere the adaptation due to the series' enduring popularity in Australia, and also as it had become a popular international test market for large-scale theatrical productions in recent years, having recently been the city where the revised
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you." He arrives in Spain, is immediately arrested, and spends the entire holiday in a
Spanish jail. He is released just in time to go back on the plane with Sybil. It was very funny, but I couldn't do it at the time. Making "Fawlty Towers" work at 90 minutes was a very difficult proposition. You can build up the comedy for 30 minutes, but at that length there has to be a trough and another peak. It doesn't interest me. I don't want to do it.
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1129:" she snaps and refuses to help Basil out when he wants her to impersonate Sybil in the semi-darkness of her bedroom in front of the Fawltys' friends, Basil having dug himself into a hole by claiming Sybil was ill instead of admitting she had stormed out earlier in annoyance with him. Polly finally agrees, but only on condition that Basil lends her money to purchase a car, which he has previously refused to do.
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revolving around the havoc caused by the frequent misunderstandings between the staff and the hard-of-hearing Mrs. Richards. Near the end, Basil pretends to faint just at the mention of her name. This episode is typical of the show's careful weaving of humorous situations through comedy cross-talk. The show also uses mild
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as executive producers. The premise sees Basil (Cleese) trying to operate Fawlty Towers with help from his long-lost daughter (Camilla) and adjusting to the modern world. Cleese said in a July 2023 interview that his daughter had only "half an idea" for the series, and that the production company had
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The local health inspector notes and reads out a long list of hygiene infractions which the staff must rectify before his next visit, or else face closure. After Manuel's pet rat escapes from his cage and runs loose in the hotel, the staff must catch it before the inspector sees it. At the same time,
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and general assistant at the hotel with artistic aspirations. She is the most competent of the staff and the voice of sanity during chaotic moments, but is frequently embroiled in ridiculous masquerades as she loyally attempts to aid Basil in trying to cover up a mistake or keep something from Sybil.
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With no regard to Basil's blood pressure, a guest dies at the hotel and Basil and the staff are left with the unpleasant task of removing the body discreetly while the doctor staying at the hotel, Dr. Price, waits for his sausages. Also, Polly and Manuel feed an elderly woman's pampered pet dog some
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Basil refers to her by a number of epithets, occasionally to her face, including "that golfing puff-adder", "the dragon", "toxic midget", "the sabre-toothed tart", "my little kommandant", "my little piranha fish", "my little nest of vipers" and "you rancorous, coiffured old sow". Despite these nasty
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jagged-striped tie, and once mentions to Mrs. Peignoir being in France in 1918. He often is introduced as their "oldest resident" and in the episode "Waldorf Salad" Basil reveals that the Major has lived there for seven years. He enjoys talking about the world outside, especially the cricket scores
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Cleese said one of the reasons the series worked so well was the quality of the scripts and the care taken over the editing. He told a TV interviewer that while the average BBC half-hour comedy script had 65 pages, the ones for Fawlty Towers had between 135 and 140 pages. "We literally did twice as
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A psychiatrist and his wife—also a doctor—come to the hotel for a weekend break, and notice all of Basil's odd behaviour. Initially enthused by his guests' class and professions, Basil is later perturbed when he discovers the doctor's specialty is psychiatry. Another guest, Mr
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and then spends about 14 frustrating hours waiting for the flight. Finally, on the plane, a terrorist pulls a gun and tries to hijack the thing. Basil is so angry he overcomes the terrorist, and when the pilot says, "We have to fly back to
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When originally transmitted, the individual episodes had no on-screen titles. The ones in common currency were first used for the VHS release of the series in the 1980s. There were working titles, such as "USA" for "Waldorf Salad", "Death" for "The Kipper and the Corpse" and "Rat" for "Basil the
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With Sybil in the hospital with an ingrown toenail, a moose's head to hang up and some German guests arriving the next day, Basil has his work cut out for him. After an attempted fire drill goes wrong and Basil lands up in the hospital with concussion, he succeeds in causing much offence to the
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Lifetime Achievement Award ("Silver Dick") for his contributions to comedy, then launch into a comical series of questions regarding the show, including Cleese's marriage and divorce from Booth, innocently ridiculing Cleese and reducing him to tears, to a point at which he gets on his knees and
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Rat", which have been printed in some programme guides. In addition, some of the early BBC audio releases of episodes on vinyl and cassette included other variations, such as "Mrs. Richards" and "The Rat" for "Communication Problems" and "Basil the Rat" respectively.
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Basil gets annoyed when a young, flirtatious couple start "hanky-pankying" under his nose and tries to avoid the advances of a female French antique dealer. Meanwhile, misfortune conspires to put him in compromising situations whenever the couple are around.
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The decision by Cleese and Booth to quit before a third series has often been lauded as it ensured the show's successful status would not be weakened with later, lower-quality work. Subsequently, it has inspired the makers of other shows to do likewise.
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catchphrase "Ohhh, I knowwww..." when she tries to commiserate with Audrey's problems. In Audrey's one on-screen appearance, in "The Anniversary", she is played by actress Christine Shaw. Basil tells Major Gowen that he thinks she is a "dreadful woman".
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himself was only 13 when the Korean War ended, making the character of Basil at least five or six years older than he.) Basil exaggerates this period of his life, proclaiming to strangers, "I killed four men." To this Sybil jokes that "He was in the
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withstands multiple viewings, is eminently quotable ('don't mention the war') and stands up to this day as a jewel in the BBC's comedy crown." A sequel series starring Cleese and his daughter Camilla, announced in February 2023, is in development.
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was recorded as a pilot on 24 December 1974, the rest of the series being recorded later in 1975. It was then originally broadcast on 19 September. The 12th and final episode was first shown on 25 October 1979. The first series was directed by
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also premiered. Cleese also noted he did not believe the London press would give the adaptation fair, unbiased reviews, so he deliberately chose to premiere it elsewhere. On 2 February 2024, it was announced that the 2016 stage show based on
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containing all episodes spliced together as a continuous episode was released in the U.S. on 23 June 1993. It was re-released in 1994, unedited but digitally remastered. It also was re-released in 1997 with a special interview with Cleese.
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Basil is not altogether keen on a loud and demanding American guest who demands a higher class of service—and food—than Fawlty Towers is accustomed to providing. Basil soon learns that the American guest will not tolerate any shenanigans.
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In 2022, a "lost" scene cut from the episode "The Anniversary" (that went unfilmed) was uncovered as part of a script copy, featuring Basil climbing out his bedroom window to avoid sex with a drunken Sybil, who had wanted to make up.
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Basil invites some friends for a surprise wedding anniversary party, but Sybil assumes he has forgotten their anniversary and storms off, leaving her husband and Polly, in disguise, desperately telling the others she is 'ill'...
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on vinyl LP and cassette. These consisted of the original television soundtracks, and from the second album onwards had additional voice-over from Sachs (in character as Manuel) describing scenes which relied on visual humour.
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Much of the humour comes from Basil's overly aggressive manner, engaging in angry but witty arguments with guests, staff and, in particular, Sybil, whom he addresses (in a faux-romantic way) with insults such as "that golfing
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Basil) but it is his eccentricity, not his lust, that drives the plots. The events test to the breaking point what little patience Basil has, sometimes causing him to have a near breakdown by the end of the episode.
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looms large over British comedy with John Cleese's impeccably hapless performance and an endless array of exuberant slapstick—making for a supremely stimulating chuckler."
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and bad-tempered woman — interferes with Basil's attempts to prevent the money he won on a racehorse from being discovered by Sybil, who disapproves of gambling.
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in 1982. The series also briefly was broadcast in Italy in the 1990s on the satellite channel Canal Jimmy, in the original English with Italian subtitles.
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for a pilot in 1978, but the transfer from coastal hotel to highway motel proved too much and the series was never produced. The second, also by ABC, was
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magazine's 2024 list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time ranks it at No. 22. The entry states:
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DVD boxed set that Sybil married Basil because his origins were of a higher social class than hers.
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Some Joe you don't know: an American biographical guide to 100 British television personalities
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4113:"Fawlty Towers: 10 things you never knew about the classic British sitcom"
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4681:"Basil's back : News 2007 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide"
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4366:"Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time".
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4651:"The Don't mention the War, says Cleese in World Cup peace bid"
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in The Ultimate Sitcom poll of comedy writers in January 2006.
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present Cleese—whom they comically misname "Jim Cleese"—with a
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The Complexities of Farce: With a Case Study on Fawlty Towers
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1, 2 and 4. A "Collector's Edition" is available in region 2.
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was named the best British television series of all time.
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British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy
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An Interview with John Cleese, DVD Special Programs, 2001
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nicknames, Basil is terrified of her. The 1979 episode "
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Best of the Britcoms: From Fawlty Towers to The Office
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and blunt rudeness during his conversations with them.
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who played Manuel in the sitcom and who died in 2016.
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4824:"Fawlty Towers stage show heads to London's West End"
3174:"Fawlty Towers named greatest ever British TV sitcom"
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3410:"Grand opening at Torquay retirement development"
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5217:Fawlty Towers : the story of the sitcom
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3705:"Fawlty Towers: 20 of Basil's best rants"
3606:"FAWLTY TOWERS: British Situation Comedy"
3034:Fawlty Towers Remastered: Special Edition
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1401:refused to make a third series of either
472:in 2000, and in a 2001 poll conducted by
4228:. London: Fawltysite.net. Archived from
4199:"Awards and audiences for Fawlty Towers"
4138:. Taylor Trade Publications. p. 19.
4031:"Terence Conoley - British Comedy Guide"
3282:. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 24.
1359:Fawlty Towers: A Worshipper's Companion,
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4892:Ramachandran, Naman (7 February 2023).
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5726:The Royle Family - The Queen of Sheba
5575:Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
4343:. BBC. 1 January 1970. Archived from
4069:"fawltysite.net – Thirteenth Episode"
3349:"Real-life Sybil Fawlty dies aged 95"
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4822:McIntosh, Steven (2 February 2024).
4224:Sinclair, McKay (10 November 2007).
3972:Grewe, Alexander (17 October 2005).
3768:GĂłmez Tato, David (9 January 2005).
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3304:from the original on 3 November 2021
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5173:Cleese, John; Connie Booth (1988).
5097:"Saturday Crapshoot: Fawlty Towers"
4720:"Cleese rules out return of Fawlty"
3757:. 15 December 2006. pp. 28–29.
3280:Diaries 1969–1979: The Python Years
2868:Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
2494:Britain's Funniest Comedy Character
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2314:as Alice, Robert Arnold as Arthur,
1467:crawls off the stage while crying.
1214:Other regular characters and themes
654:later served for a short time as a
597:Cleese said in 2008 that the first
5350:- All Episodes edited together at
5220:. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
4946:Lewis, Isobel (10 February 2023).
4410:"Awards Database – The BAFTA site"
4341:"Programmes categorised as Comedy"
3920:Foster, Paul (19 September 1975).
3610:Museum of Broadcast Communications
3565:"Fawlty star's red carpet welcome"
3547:"Sybil to return to Fawlty Towers"
3294:"John Cleese interview – part one"
2601:has remarked he is a great fan of
1235:, as a guest wrongly infers). In "
783:
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5956:BAFTA winners (television series)
3922:"The war of the channel chuckles"
3011:Fawlty Towers—The Complete Series
2627:Remakes, adaptations and reunions
2537:British Academy Television Awards
1451:The Secret Policeman's Third Ball
1048:not entirely unsympathetic. The "
775:
771:
5981:Television series about marriage
5976:Television series by BBC Studios
4201:. Fawltysite.net. Archived from
4150:"First episode of Fawlty Towers"
3867:Lawson, Mark (23 January 2013).
3436:BBC Comedy Guide Doctor At Large
2801:At a 2009 reunion event for the
2318:as Virginia, Roger Hume as Reg,
1445:to 16 episodes over two series.
961:who is desperate to belong to a
872:!" Basil often displays blatant
754:The theme music was composed by
5986:Television series set in hotels
5911:Best Comedy Programme or Series
4086:Young, Bill (4 December 2005).
3376:Savill, Richard (18 May 2002).
2946:The first album, simply titled
2404:, then television reviewer for
1834:But then, without warning, the
976:(describing him as "an ageing,
456:. In 1980, Cleese received the
382:in the English seaside town of
5149:The Journal of Popular Culture
5023:"Fawlty Towers For The Record"
4555:Andrew Davidson, 14 May 1995,
4260:(11 September 1981 ed.).
4226:"How they built Fawlty Towers"
3439:. Retrieved 24 February 2007.
3172:Busby, Mattha (9 April 2019).
2545:Best Entertainment Performance
1997:
1588:
1342:. Both had their premieres on
968:He is intimidated by his wife
238:
227:
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5991:Television shows set in Devon
5320:'s Encyclopedia of Television
5071:"Fawlty Towers episode guide"
4175:. Radio Times. Archived from
3637:An Interview With John Cleese
3324:"Sybil back at Fawlty Towers"
2938:Four albums were released by
798:fish" and "my little nest of
530:while filming on location in
247:
27:British TV sitcom (1975–1979)
5696:The Office Christmas Special
4848:Hunt, Elle (23 March 2016).
4254:(1981) . "Very Peter Hall".
3199:"100 Greatest TV Characters"
766:Plot directions and examples
402:), the sensible chambermaid
5188:Dalla Costa, Dario (2004).
5160:Fawlty Towers: Fully Booked
3899:. GRIN Verlag. p. 20.
3480:Barr, Robert (6 May 2009).
3414:Churchill Retirement Living
3024:Series one was released on
2790:produced seven episodes of
2757:Don't Mention the World Cup
2726:also resembled the series.
1693:26 September 1975
1627:19 September 1975
1515:19 September 1975
859:Basil longs for a touch of
779:
448:While some critics derided
6012:
5796:Him & Her: The Wedding
5202:. London: Leo Publishing.
5198:Holm, Lars Holger (2004).
5175:The Complete Fawlty Towers
5124:The Complete Fawlty Towers
4557:"Arts: to hell with Basil"
4491:"Fawlty Towers (1975, 79)"
4459:"The best British TV ever"
3770:"Fawlty Towers: Volumen 1"
3484:. Newsvine. Archived from
3078:The Complete Fawlty Towers
2929:Home media and merchandise
2671:(produced by and starring
2500:on 14 May 2006. In 1997, "
2443:'s "talking heads" strand
2093:26 February 1979
2037:19 February 1979
1556:19 February 1979
1366:Fawlty Towers Fully Booked
1162:
1103:
1094:The Complete Fawlty Towers
1063:
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1015:, possibly as part of his
905:
708:", the opening shot is of
478:100 Greatest TV Characters
374:, originally broadcast on
5907:
5500:Gleneagles Hotel, Torquay
4998:"Discogs – Fawlty Towers"
4973:"Discogs – Fawlty Towers"
4800:The Sydney Morning Herald
4372:(28 June – 4 July). 1997.
3943:Monty Python encyclopedia
3842:Terrace, Vincent (1985).
2911:Clive James on Television
2876:Castle Rock Entertainment
2854:would launch at London's
2682:Popular American sitcoms
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640:The Kipper and the Corpse
578:London Weekend Television
418:guests and tradespeople.
394:(Cleese), his bossy wife
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4925:South China Morning Post
4601:. BBC. 24 September 2014
4599:"Comedy – Fawlty Towers"
4173:"Dinnerladies is served"
3326:. BBC. 18 September 2006
3114:
2807:Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
1751:3 October 1975
1219:Terry Hughes, played by
546:'s "too American" table
362:is a British television
5365:2 November 2014 at the
5214:McCann, Graham (2007).
5151:(Blackwell Publishing)
4683:. Chortle. 12 July 2007
4563:. Retrieved 24 May 2019
4257:Visions Before Midnight
3895:Bayha, Marlies (2009).
3846:. VNR AG. p. 141.
3814:Slide, Anthony (1996).
3469:(subscription required)
3098:Northwick Park Hospital
2788:Los Angeles Film School
2593:stated, "I still think
2504:" was ranked No. 12 on
2286:26 March 1979
2221:12 March 1979
1659:as Sir Richard Morris,
1246:Major Gowen, played by
1210:, Manuel is a Mexican.
841:How to Murder Your Wife
710:Northwick Park Hospital
5961:BBC television sitcoms
5826:People Just Do Nothing
5292:British Film Institute
4499:British Film Institute
4446:Number 1 in the TV 100
4437:British Film Institute
4134:Berman, Garry (2011).
4092:tellyspotting.kera.org
4071:. 2004. Archived from
3507:Gubler, Fritz (2008).
3300:. BBC. 2 August 2007.
2771:restaurant in London.
2579:
2556:British Film Institute
2528:
2472:British Film Institute
2156:5 March 1979
2019:Communication Problems
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1277:Communication Problems
1165:Manuel (Fawlty Towers)
1011:and saw action in the
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470:British Film Institute
5946:1970s British sitcoms
5816:Peter Kay's Car Share
5162:. London: BBC Books.
3982:10.3239/9783638428859
3947:. TV Books. pp.
3939:Ross, Robert (1999).
2886:, Michele Reiner and
2829:, which premiered in
2748:Only Fools and Horses
2685:3rd Rock from the Sun
2573:
2480:Britain's Best Sitcom
1454:in a sketch in which
1429:, the writers behind
1374:
1329:The first episode of
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1172:, a waiter played by
915:
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774:and his acerbic wife
502:
5996:Works by John Cleese
5330:British Comedy Guide
4702:"The Inside Story".
4444:on 5 December 2003.
4036:British Comedy Guide
3755:The Jewish Chronicle
3571:. 18 September 2006.
3443:24 June 2006 at the
2541:Best Scripted Comedy
2531:Awards and accolades
1914:Betty Huntley-Wright
1838:inspectors show up.
1807:The Hotel Inspectors
870:Brahms' Third Racket
460:. The popularity of
185:Theme music composer
5177:. London: Methuen.
4495:screenonline.org.uk
4321:on 21 February 2015
4205:on 11 February 2008
4057:. 17 December 2022.
3588:19 May 2006 at the
3582:Photographs of fire
2792:Fawlty Tower Oxnard
1887:nervous breakdown.
1847:as Mr. Hutchinson,
1030:Army Catering Corps
998:Battle of Trafalgar
994:Battle of Agincourt
963:higher social class
727: /
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4264:(published 1977).
3046:Amazon Prime Video
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1775:as Mrs. Peignoir,
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267:John Howard Davies
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5227:978-0-340-89811-6
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3991:978-3-638-42885-9
3958:978-1-57500-036-7
3906:978-3-640-43074-1
3825:978-0-313-29550-8
3518:978-0-9804667-1-3
3123:", from Series 1.
2858:later that year.
2677:Zum letzten Kliff
2466:In a list of the
2453:Edmund Blackadder
2384:Critical reaction
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2196:as Mrs Johnston,
2184:as Mrs Hamilton,
2066:Robert Lankesheer
2064:as Mrs Richards,
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1904:as Colonel Hall,
1902:Allan Cuthbertson
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2769:Michelin-starred
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1399:Stephen Merchant
1338:, the second by
1248:Ballard Berkeley
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1087:The Psychiatrist
1050:Hotel Inspectors
1017:National Service
974:verbally abusive
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2445:100 Greatest
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2389:Contemporary
2365:John Quarmby
2361:
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2308:Ken Campbell
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1789:April Walker
1785:Trevor Adams
1773:Yvonne Gilan
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1113:, played by
1109:
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1071:Sybil Fawlty
1069:
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1060:Sybil Fawlty
1046:
1009:British Army
1006:
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970:Sybil Fawlty
967:
949:, played by
947:Basil Fawlty
945:
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933:Andrew Sachs
931:(Polly) and
929:Connie Booth
921:
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902:Basil Fawlty
890:curry favour
874:snobbishness
858:
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828:
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422:
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420:
412:Andrew Sachs
392:Basil Fawlty
372:Connie Booth
358:
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300:Running time
203:Ending theme
176:Gilly Flower
157:Connie Booth
153:Andrew Sachs
109:Connie Booth
91:Connie Booth
35:
29:
18:The Builders
5886:Derry Girls
5706:Black Books
5666:Black Books
5615:Rising Damp
5451:The Germans
5056:26 December
4705:Radio Times
4412:. Bafta.org
4295:2 September
4236:29 February
4209:29 February
3880:24 December
3799:McCann 2007
3535:McCann 2007
3420:28 December
3080:, in 1988.
3054:BBC iPlayer
2940:BBC Records
2814:High Street
2805:channel as
2794:, starring
2761:The Germans
2719:Guest House
2706:have cited
2661:, starring
2649:Betty White
2643:, starring
2583:John Lennon
2502:The Germans
2414:writing in
2412:Clive James
2255:Derek Royle
2186:Norman Bird
2153:FLAY OTTERS
2127:Luan Peters
2123:Elspet Gray
2053:domineering
1971:as Sister,
1933:The Germans
1715:David Kelly
1653:Robin Ellis
1642:a picture.
1623:(Crooked S)
1490:First aired
1460:Stephen Fry
1456:Hugh Laurie
1303:running gag
1265:The Germans
1194:The Germans
1149:The Germans
1038:Major Gowen
1021:John Cleese
959:misanthrope
951:John Cleese
940:John Cleese
831:comic foils
745:launderette
734: /
706:The Germans
695: /
536:John Cleese
483:Radio Times
368:John Cleese
366:written by
292:Bill Harris
286:Susan Imrie
241:of episodes
144:John Cleese
117:Directed by
106:John Cleese
86:John Cleese
5925:Categories
5876:Motherland
5846:Sally4Ever
5686:The Office
5676:The Office
5412:Characters
5276:BBC Online
5265:BBC Online
5132:0413183904
4905:7 February
4833:2 February
4758:12 January
4471:21 January
4315:ITN Source
4097:31 January
3774:DVDenlared
3154:16 January
3131:References
3028:Video for
2997:Home media
2966:A La Carte
2884:Rob Reiner
2821:Specsavers
2798:as Basil.
2713:Father Ted
2663:Bea Arthur
2620:Father Ted
2457:A. A. Gill
2362:Featuring:
2347:1979-10-25
2312:Una Stubbs
2310:as Roger,
2305:Featuring:
2290:1979-03-26
2247:Mavis Pugh
2240:Featuring:
2225:1979-03-12
2218:FATTY OWLS
2194:June Ellis
2175:Featuring:
2160:1979-03-05
2112:Featuring:
2097:1979-02-26
2059:Featuring:
2041:1979-02-19
2005:Sign reads
1962:Featuring:
1947:1975-10-24
1896:as André,
1891:Featuring:
1876:1975-10-17
1842:Featuring:
1823:1975-10-10
1781:Diana King
1770:Featuring:
1755:1975-10-03
1712:Featuring:
1697:1975-09-26
1646:Featuring:
1631:1975-09-19
1596:Sign reads
1570:1979-10-25
1560:1979-02-19
1529:1975-10-24
1519:1975-09-19
1493:Last aired
1464:Dick Emery
1427:Lise Mayer
1419:Rik Mayall
1404:The Office
1340:Bob Spiers
1229:Dorchester
1221:Brian Hall
1042:world wars
1013:Korean War
1002:Yom Kippur
935:(Manuel);
897:Characters
792:puff adder
719:51°34′24″N
680:51°34′52″N
626:Production
348:1979-10-25
338:1975-09-19
256:Production
166:Brian Hall
129:Bob Spiers
100:Written by
79:Created by
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