Fawlty Towers - Complete (DVD)

Created by John Cleese and Connie Booth. Series 1 produced and directed by John Howard Davies. Series 2 produced by Dougkas Argent, Directed by Bob Spiers. Starring John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Saches and Connie Booth. Fawlty towers was a classic comedy, set in a fictional hotel in Torquay, which began in September 1975 until October 1979, creating 12 episodes into 2 series. The main Characters being the hotel owners Basil Fawlty, (played by John Cleese), with his stressed out attitude and the tendency to create chaos out of calm. Also his wife Sybil (played by Prunella Scales), with her beehive hair style and laid ...  Read the complete review

If you ever ask anybody what their favourite comedy sitcoms are, there's a good chance you will hear them mention Fawlty Towers. This comedy classic may only be 12 episodes long, but what it lacks in length it does not lack in quality. Some people argue that 12 episodes simply aren't enough while others state making any more would ruin the quality of the programme. In my opinion, they did the right thing to stop at 12 episodes, so the programme remained a classic. Personally this is one of my favourite comedy sitcoms ever created. This is because of the cleverly written scripts and the quality of the acting, but in particular the energy which John Cleese injects into his ...  Read the complete review

Whenever there is a poll carried out to judge the best television comedy show since TV was invented you can always rely on Fawlty Towers to either be voted the best or at least the second best comedy of all time. It is a remarkable achievement for a show that only ever had 12 episodes & which was slated by a senior BBC executive for being dull & uninspiring before it went on air. The first episode in 1975 had just over one million viewers at a time when we only had three TV channels to choose from. By the third episode the viewing figures had crept up past the three million mark & by the time the second series ran in 1979 viewing figures ...  Read the complete review

The reason Fawlty Towers is a comedy classic is because the show never outstayed it's welcome, it only ran for two series with a total of only 12 episodes ever made. Not only that but it is constantly funny with some of British television's most classic moments, most of them with Basil Fawlty. For those that don't know, the show is based on John Cleese's real life experiences while staying in a Torquay hotel in the early seventies. It was here that the Monty Python team encountered a hotel manager who Cleese calls "the rudest man I've ever met". This is a man who threw Eric Idle's briefcase over the hotel wall as he heard the ...  Read the complete review

Fawlty Towers is my favourite comedy and one of favourites in our home and also with most of my friends and family. It originally aired on BBC 1 in the 1970s It is a comedy made at the height of comedy in the 70s and is about a hotel - "Fawlty Towers" in Torquay. It is probably one of the best known and most loved British comedy and although there were only ever two series they are forever being shown on channels such as UKTV gold - and with there being this boxset available you will never forget this great programme. I am forever watching the episodes over and over again despite knowing most of the words - they are just so funny and enjoyable to ...  Read the complete review