Fawlty Towers BBC Comedy

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The popular British Comedy Fawlty Towers is a classic and widely popular programs from the 1970's.

It is classic Brittish humor and is still loved by its fans today.

Fawlty Towers Wikipedia 

Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. Although only twelve episodes were produced (two seasons with six episodes each) the programme has had a lasting and powerful legacy.

The setting is a fictional hotel called Fawlty Towers located in the seaside town of Torquay on the 'English Riviera' (which was where the Gleneagles hotel that inspired John Cleese was situated). The show was written by Cleese and Connie Booth, both of whom played main characters. The first series in 1975 was produced and directed by John Howard Davies; the second in 1979 was produced by Douglas Argent and directed by Bob Spiers.

In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 that was voted by industry professionals, Fawlty Towers was placed first.BFI TV100, URL accessed 4 June 2009. It was also voted fifth in the BBC's "Britain's Best Sitcom" poll in 2004.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/winner.shtml Britain's Best Sitcom Top 10]. URL accessed 4 June 2009.

Fawlty Towers - Volume 1 - Basil the Rat 

Fawlty Towers - Volume 1 - Basil the Rat

The shrill summons from 'the beast of Torquay' can only mean one thing - the most famous hotel in the history of comedy is once more serving its classic recipe for howls of helpless laughter. So here they are again - snobbish, boorish, disaster-prone Basil Fawlty, his vulgarly genteel wife Sybil, their cackhanded Spanish waiter Manuel and unflappable maid-of-all-work Polly. Together they ensure the funniest, best-loved sit-com of all time, a timeless masterpiece of frantic farce.

Four classic BBC TV episodes:-

Fawlty Towers - Volume 2 - The Germans 

Fawlty Towers - Volume 2 - The Germans

Fawlty Towers has become a landmark in comedy history with its twelve episodes being shown again and again on television. It is impossible to tire of the antics of Basil, Sybil, Polly and the hapless Manuel. Now all their timeless humour is available on audio in our bestselling series.

With John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs and Connie Booth (linking narration by Andrew Sachs)

Fawlty Towers - Volume 3 - The Psychiatrist 

Fawlty Towers - Volume 3 - The Psychiatrist

A Touch of Class
Basil's dream of attracting a classy clientele come true when Lord Melbury arrives. There's nothing Basil won't do for his Lordship, but titles can be deceiving.

The Anniversary
Basil's plans for a surprise party go horribly wrong when Sybil thinks he's forgotten their 15th wedding anniversary and leaves. Basil is left to clear up the mess.

The Psychiatrist
Sybil's interest is piqued by a young 'yobbo' staying at the hotel, while a visiting psychiatrist finds enough material for a conference when he encounters Basil Fawlty.

The Wedding Party
Prudish Basil is outraged by the apparent promiscuity going on in the hotel, but it's the guests who end up shocked when they find Basil and Manuel in a compromising position.

Written By
John Cleese and Connie Booth

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