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Overview

User Rating:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
Release Date:
19 September 1975 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. full summary
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Awards:
4 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(96 articles)
Fawlty Towers Remastered Complete Collection DVD Review
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Win Fawlty Towers Special Edition Remastered DVD Set
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User Comments:
Hilarious romp more (108 total)

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 8 of 11)

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)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (12 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The production team spent nearly an hour editing each minute of every program, spending up to 25 hours on each show. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The room numbers in the hotel frequently changed from episode to episode. more
Quotes:
Basil Fawlty: [to telephone operator] I've been trying to get through to the speaking clock... Well, it's engaged... Well, it's been engaged for ten minutes. How is this possible? My wife isn't talking to it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Red Dwarf: Heavy Science - Series V (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Fawlty Towers more

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17 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Hilarious romp, 6 May 1999
Author: Bison74 from Newhall, California

This is quite possibly the funniest set of videos I have ever seen. There were situations here that had me laughing so hard my sides ached. What makes it so magical is an incredible sense of timing topped with Cleese's flawless physical humor. To add to this a supporting cast who can literally "dance" around these two aspects makes for a symmetry so perfect that it'll leave you in tears. I would recommend any one of the videos in this set.

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