Fawlty Towers (Fawlty Towers - Complete (DVD))

Member Name: Palmer89

Product:	Fawlty Towers - Complete (DVD)
Date:	17/06/09 (11 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Comdy brilliance

Disadvantages: Only 12 episodes

I got this dvd boxset as part of a christmas present 2 years ago, i've recently had to sell it along with a few others in order to obtain a little extra cash but thats not to say this isn't a brilliant tv series, and to many the best British comedy of all time.

Such a shame they only made 12 episodes but at the same time had they made more and ruined it they probably wouldn't be so special, the boxset doesn't have too many extra features and in fact I don't think I used any, but the boxset was extremly cheap and for 12 episodes of some of the best comedy Britain has sen I was more than willing to pay the £10.

Basil Fawlty is a hotel owner in a remote area of the country which he runs with his wife, he employs 3 staff, a waiter, Manuel, a cook and a waitress/receptioist. Between them they run a, well, unusual hotel. Basil isn't the most generous and pleasant hotel manager you would ever meet, unless you are wealthy of course, for the wealth bring money.

Manuel starts trying to learn english and increases his vocabulary as the episodes and series go on but there's no hope for him, he's useless, doesn't know what he's supposed to be doing and usually somehow messes up customers food orders.

The 2 of them being the best characters are supported by Basils wife, a moody woman who doesn't really do a lot of work around the hotel and orders Basil to do everything, the waitress who is fairly enigmatic and the cook, whom we see very little of.

Overall Fawlty Towers is a brilliant comedy and this dvd should be bought purely for 12 classic episodes of comedy

Summary: Britain at it's best