"Fawlty Towers" (1975) TV series 1975-1979

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

19 September 1975 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | English | Guest | Manic | Waiter

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

John Cleese	...	Basil Fawlty (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Prunella Scales	...	Sybil Fawlty (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Andrew Sachs	...	Manuel (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Connie Booth	...	Polly Shearman / ... (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Ballard Berkeley	...	Major Gowen (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Gilly Flower	...	Miss Abitha Tibbs / ... (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Renee Roberts	...	Miss Gatsby / ... (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Brian Hall	...	Terry (6 episodes, 1979)

Runtime:

30 min (12 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Norway:5 (video rating) | Finland:K-3 (2003) | UK:PG | Australia:M (Remastered DVD) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

294 Preston Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

As the series progressed, each episode's opening shot of the Fawlty Towers hotel sign shows rearranged and misplaced letters. Variations include: Watery Fowls (with a kid seen adjusting it), Farty Tower, Flay Otters, Fatty Owls, Warty Towels, Flowery Twats and Farty Towels.

Goofs:

Continuity: The room numbers in the hotel frequently changed from episode to episode.

Quotes:

[talking to a nurse]
Basil Fawlty: Why *do* they call you sister? Is it a term of endearment?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fawlty Towers Revisited (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Fawlty Towers

Disaster: only 12 episodes !

I have never seen anything more fun and crazy than Fawlty Towers. All 12 episodes are just brilliant. John Cleese is superb as the manager, Basil Fawlty. There will never be a TV- serie that will bring me more laughs than this one. Tribute !!