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Overview

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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:
(80 articles)
Cleese Has Eye Surgery
 (From WENN. 11 June 2009, 9:01 AM, PDT)

Sachs: 'I say as little as possible'
 (From digitalspy. 15 May 2009, 10:56 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Disaster: only 12 episodes ! more

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:PG (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
There are persistent rumors of a missing episode, which existed only in a rough-cut form, about a blackout in the hotel. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The room numbers in the hotel frequently changed from episode to episode. more
Quotes:
Basil Fawlty: You'll have to forgive him. He's from Barcelona. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Screenwipe: (#3.4)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Fawlty Towers more

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65 out of 76 people found the following comment useful:-
Disaster: only 12 episodes !, 7 April 2001
10/10
Author: erwan_ticheler from Amsterdam, Holland

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 !!

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