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Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made. Set in Fawlty Towers, a dysfunctional hotel in the English seaside town of Torquay in Devon, the series was inspired by the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, where Cleese and the…

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Genre
Sitcom · Farce
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Created by
John Cleese · Connie Booth
Directed by
John Howard Davies · Bob Spiers
Editors
Susan Imrie · Bob Rymer · Bill Harris
Ending theme
"Fawlty Towers"

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related to Other regular characters and themes · 61
Fawlty Towers → Abitha Tibbs, Audrey, Audrey's, Ballard Berkeley, Basil, Basil's, Brian Hall, British Leyland, Christine Shaw, Class, Cleese, Cockney, Communication Problems, Despite, Dorchester, Flower, Following, France, George, German
related to Further reading · 48
Fawlty Towers → Apter, Australia, BBC Books, Blackwell Publishing, Bright, Case Study, Chicago, Cleese, Connie Booth, Dalla Costa, Dario, Encyclopedia, Farce, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Fully Booked, Graham, Hodder, Horace, Illinois, ISBN
related to Remakes, adaptations and reunions · 28
Fawlty Towers → ABC, Amanda's, American, Arthur Mathews, Basil, Bea Arthur, Betty White, Chateau Snavely, Cheers, Cleese, Father Ted, German, Graham Linehan, Guest House, Harvey Korman, It, John Larroquette, Kliff, Nine, Pakistan's PTV
related to Episodes · 24
Fawlty Towers → Basil, BBC, BBC Two, Bob Spiers, Both, Communication Problems, Corpse, Death, December, In, It, John Howard Davies, Mrs Richards, October, Rat, September, The, The Kipper, The Rat, There
related to Overseas · 22
Fawlty Towers → ABC Television, Although, BBC's, Canal Jimmy, Clive James, English, In, In Australia, Italian, Italy, Manuel, Manuel's, Mexican, Qué, Seven Network, Spain, Spain's Catalan, Spanish, Television, The
related to Audio releases · 18
Fawlty Towers → Basil, BBC Records, Both, Communication Problems, Four, Hotel Inspectors, LP, Manuel, Mrs Richards, Rat, Sachs, Second Sitting, The, The Builders, The Rat, These, Top, UK Albums Chart
related to Home media · 18
Fawlty Towers → Basil's, BBC Video, Cleese, Collector's Edition, Corpse, DVD, Each, Is, It, June, LaserDisc, Mr Leeman, October, The, The Complete Series, The Kipper, This, US
related to Awards and accolades · 14
Fawlty Towers → Awards, BAFTA, BAFTAs, Best Entertainment Performance, Best Scripted Comedy, Bob Spiers, Both, British, British Film Institute, Cleese, Douglas Argent, In, John Howard Davies, Three British Academy Television
related to External links · 13
Fawlty Towers → All Episodes, BBC OnlineFawlty Towers, BFI's ScreenonlineFawlty Towers, British Comedy GuideFawlty Towers, British Film InstituteFawlty Towers, Characters Archived, IMDbFawlty Towers, Internet ArchiveFawlty Towers Guest, MBC's Encyclopedia, November, TelevisionFawlty Towers, Towers, Wayback Machine
related to Books · 10
Fawlty Towers → Fawlty Towers The Story, Graham McCann, Hodder, Methuen, October, On, Sitcom, Stoughton, The, The Complete Fawlty Towers

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Fawlty TowersCountry of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersCreated byJohn Cleese1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersCreated byConnie Booth1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersDirected byJohn Howard Davies1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersDirected byBob Spiers1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersEditorsSusan Imrie1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersEditorsBob Rymer1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersEditorsBill Harris1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersEnding theme"Fawlty Towers"1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersGenreSitcom1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersGenreFarce1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersNetworkBBC Two1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersNo. of episodes121.00infobox
Fawlty TowersNo. of series21.00infobox
Fawlty TowersOpening theme"Fawlty Towers"1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersProducersJohn Howard Davies1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersProducersDouglas Argent1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersProduction companyBBC1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersRelease19 September 1975 (1975-09-19) – 25 October 1979 (1979-10-25)1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersRunning time30–40 minutes1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersStarringJohn Cleese1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersStarringPrunella Scales1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersStarringAndrew Sachs1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersStarringConnie Booth1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersStarringBallard Berkeley1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersStarringBrian Hall1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersStarringRenee Roberts1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersStarringGilly Flower1.00infobox
Fawlty TowersTheme music composerDennis Wilson1.00infobox

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