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Fawlty Towers is an iconic British Television situation comedy first aired in 1975.
In a British Film Institute poll of 2000 it was voted the best television programme in British Television History.
It stars John Cleese (of Monty Python Fame), Prunella Scales (married to Actor Timothy West), Connie Booth (who co wrote it with John Cleese and used to be married to him) and Andrew Sachs (who Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross apologised to, to the max.)
The series ran for just 12 episodes, which are all on this DVD, but most people are under the impression that it was far more. This is probably because each episode was so great with so much gripping comedy content and has been repeated literally thousands of times over the years. The episodes also have a very diverse set of plots.
The central theme running through all of the episodes is that bungling Torquay, England hotel proprietor Basil Fawlty runs a shambles of a hotel whilst at the same time looking down his nose at poor, common or working class people but fawning all over well to do or well spoken guests.
He is always messing things up or dealing with natural disasters in a hap hazard stupid way and has to try to hide all of his mishaps from his wife Sybil, played by Prunella scales. He also leches over any pretty women guests which also gets him into a pickle.
There is also the hapless and unfortunate waiter, Manuel (from Barcelona) who is usually blamed for everything by Fawlty and poked in the eye and slapped by him into the bargain.
Polly (played by Connie Booth) a waitress, tends to at least help Basil keep the truth from Sybil and smooth things over.
There are some other regular characters with cameo roles such as Terry the chef and The Major who is a permanent guest at the hotel.
The Basil Fawlty character is now itself iconic in television history as to a lesser degree are the characters of Sybil Fawlty and Manuel.
Much of the programme is shot inside the hotel but there are some occasional scenes just outside the hotel or in the nearby town/village.
Each episode is absolutely hilarious and a brilliant piece of iconic television sitcom genius in its own right.
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I worked with German girls once, and she loved the Don't Mention the War episode. Classics, all of them!
atytyut2434 01.04.2009 21:28
any extras or commentaries on it?
magdadh 31.03.2009 10:10
It is an essential introduction to Britishness: a masterpice of a social embarassment comedy. It used to make me cringe so much that my teeth made noise.
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