Fawlty Towers

I recently wrote a review on Father Ted, calling it the greatest British sitcom ever made... HOW did I forget about the wonderful Fawlty Towers?!?!? As I sit here writing this, The Germans episode is currently playing on G.O.L.D. - could I have happened to stumble upon a more appropriate episode to remind me of the show's greatness? Written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, the story is about a hotellier named Basil Fawlty, and his long suffering wife Sybil, accompanied by the dithering waiter-come-manservant Manuel, who hails from Barcelona and speaks very poor english, and the intelligent Polly, who generally covers up for all of Basil's ...  Read the complete review

Fawlty Towers has to be one of the best and most original sitcoms ever made from the comedy genius that is John Cleese also co written by Connie Booth who was his wife in real life during the first series and they later divorced which delayed the second series but none the less it was worth the wait. They only made two series and there were only 12 episodes in total. It may sound strange to say but I'm glad they stopped there as it would have been so easy to ruin the whole concept. It was made in the seventies and was about a couple who own a small private hotel in Torquay and their staff and guests. To start with I will take you through the main ...  Read the complete review

Fawlty Towers is another great British comedy. First broadcast int he 1970's on the BBC. Even tho there was only 2 series made and only 12 episodes made (6 in each series) it is seen as one of the best. The show is set in the sea side town of Torquay, in a hotel called Fawlty Towers. The owners of the hotel Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) and his wife Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales), other characters include Polly Sherman (Connie Booth) she is the waitress but also does many other duties in the hotel, she usually gets dragged into ridiculous situatuions by Basil when he has messed up or made a mistake that he doesnt want Sybil to find out about, so Polly is in a way loyal to ...  Read the complete review

Back in 1970 John Cleese and the Monty Python crew booked a stay in a Torquay hotel named Gleneagles, expecting nothing more a few short uneventful days whilst they did some location filming. Instead they saw the manager assault a guest with a bus timetable, hide Eric Idle's suitcase because he thought it was a bomb, and accused American-born Terry Gilliam of not being 'British' because of his table manners. From that moment on, Basil Fawlty was born. Fawlty Towers revolves around a dysfunctional Torquay hotel of the same name (although the sign is often amusingly rearranged by the local paperboy), infamous for its incompetent staff and the sharp but ...  Read the complete review

Fawlty Towers is the brain child of John Cleese who is in many peoples opinions a comic genius and this is maybe his finest hour. In Fawlty Towers Cleese came up with a hilarous show based on Basil Fawlty and wife Sybil who run there own hotel with the assistance of Manuel, Polly and chef Terry who work together and end up making everyones stay at Fawlty Towers an experience they will never forget. This show is from the 70's and so some of the fashions look dated but to me I think the show is so funny that things like that and a very cheap set (where the entire wall shakes with the slightest touch) don't detract from how hilarous this show actually is. Cleese and ...  Read the complete review