Fawlty Towers
Television Show
Marc Blake: In hard times, it's the Gavin and Staceys we want to snuggle up to...and Stacey has bedded into the public consciousness more quickly than most sitcoms, which tend to survive despite critics and commissioners. Fawlty Towers took four years to get re-commissioned; likewise Only Fools and Horses and Dad's Army... In this article: Gavin and Stacey, Mathew Horne, The Office, Tin, Will McKenzie, The Inbetweeners, and Ideal |
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Independent.ie | 1 day ago
aiming FOR THE TRIPLE CROWN OF TV
...British sitcoms since. The makers of such hits as The Young Ones, Nighty Night and Spaced have all stated that they followed the Fawlty Towers example of going out on a high after two series. Ricky Gervais also bowed out after two series (and...
In this article: James Corden, Gavin and Stacey, Ruth Jones, Mathew Horne, Rob Brydon, John Cleese, and Connie Booth
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Guardian Unlimited | 1 day ago
We get answers from the stars of We Need Answers
...shows - Kingdom and House - go head to head on Sunday nights, which is your favourite of the two Footlights alumni? 4 May 2009: John Cleese talks about how he writes - and why Fawlty Towers still makes some people too uncomfortable to laugh
In this article: Mark Watson, Alex Horne, Brian Clough, Wikipedia, Peter Taylor, John Cleese, Cornwall, Nottingham, and Edinburgh
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BBC News | 2 days ago
Risky business
...in Britain are changing. At the BBC, new compliance guidelines were brought in following the row over obscene phone messages left for Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs by Radio 2 presenters Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand in October 2008.
In this article: Armando Iannucci, Psychoville, Jon Plowman, Alan Partridge, Andrew Sachs, Russell Brand, The Thick of It, The Day Today, and Jonathan Ross
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Chicago Sun-Times | 2 days ago
New TV box sets on DVD
...Stalag 13 and the American/British POWs who operated the most elaborate anti-Nazi sabotage operation this side of James Bond. "Fawlty Towers -- The Complete Collection Remastered"(BBC Home Video, $49.98) John ("Monty Python") Cleese...
In this article: DVD, Zorro, Jerry Lewis, Guy Williams, Zorro, King Sisters, and Basil Fawlty
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San Jose Mercury News | 4 days ago
Gift Guide: Luxury items for less than you might guess
...which features the googly-eyed Rowan Atkinson (of "Mr. Bean" fame) mucking about throughout history ($79.98), or the vintage antics of "Fawlty Towers" ($49.98), starring John Cleese, hotel inspectors and dead cats. 'Nuff said....
In this article: Paul Newman, Cocoa, Recession, Copper, Mango, Rowan Atkinson, and John Cleese
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Guardian | 4 days ago
Desperate Pompey seek seasoned hand for voyage to safety
...had expected due to the club's financial predicament and Fratton Park's dire leadership which had resembled a missing episode of Fawlty Towers ever since the former owner, Sacha Gaydamak, decided he wanted out and first Sulaiman al-Fahim,...
In this article: Paul Hart, Portsmouth, Avram Grant, Sulaiman Al-Fahim, Peter Storrie, Chelsea, and Premier League
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PopMatters | 6 days ago
Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection Remastered (Consuming Consumables)
BBC; US DVD: 20 Oct 2009; UK DVD: 19 Oct 2009) After re-watching the entirety of the '70s BBC comedy Fawlty Towers on the new Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection Remastered DVD box set, it becomes clear that iconic characters...
In this article: John Cleese, DVD, Basil Fawlty, Consumables, BBC Video, Michael Scott, David Brent, and Monty Python's Flying Circus
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washingtonpost.com | November 17, 2009
Shales on TV live: 'The Prisoner' is a good escape, more
...asses prevail. Generally speaking, I always find a British original superior to an American version, as certainly was the case with "Fawlty Towers" (I think there were at least TWO attempts to duplicate that show by American producers,...
In this article: Tom Shales, The Prisoner, Patrick McGoohan, Sarah Palin, Larry King, Tina Fey, Kathy Lee Gifford, Archie Bunker, Norman Lear, and Psycho
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PopMatters | November 09, 2009
Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection Remastered (Review)
...for themselves and everybody around them. But after re-watching the entirety of the '70s BBC comedy Fawlty Towers on the new Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection Remastered DVD box set, it becomes clear that iconic characters like...
In this article: Basil Fawlty, John Cleese, Sybil, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, DVD, Manuel, and Prunella Scales
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Blogcritics | November 08, 2009
DVD Review: Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection Remastered
"A sinister cabal of superior writers." DVD Review: Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection Remastered Author: El Bicho - Published: Nov 08, 2009 at 7:04 am 0 comments Written by and starring Monty Python's John Cleese and his wife...
In this article: Basil Fawlty, John Cleese, DVD, Manuel, Sybil, Connie Booth, Monty Python, Andrew Sachs, and Prunella Scales
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Description from Wikipedia:
Fawlty Towers is a famous British sitcom produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. Although only twelve episodes were produced (two series 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.
Fawlty Towers placed first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 that was voted for by industry professionals. It was also voted fifth in the BBC's "Britain's Best Sitcom" poll in 2004.
- Name:
- Fawlty Towers
- Country of Origin:
- United Kingdom
- Created By:
- Distributed By:
- BBC Worldwide
- Length:
- 30–35 minutes
- Format:
- Comedy
- Broadcast Channel:
- BBC2
- First:
- September 19, 1975
- Last:
- 25 October 1979
- Number of Episodes:
- 12
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