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. The series is set in Fawlty Towers, a dysfunctional fictional hotel in the English seaside town of Torquay in Devon. The plots centre on the tense, rude and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty (Cleese), his bossy wife Sybil (Prunella Scales), the sensible chambermaid Polly (Booth), and the hapless and English-challenged Spanish waiter Manuel (Andrew Sachs). They show their attempts to run the hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding and eccentric guests and tradespeople.
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| Genre | Sitcom, Farce
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screenplay by
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story by
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judges
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| Opening theme | "Fawlty Towers"
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| Ending theme | "Fawlty Towers"
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composer
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 2
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| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes)
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PRODUCTION
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executive producer
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news editor
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cinematography
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camera setup
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| Running time | 30 minutes
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| Production company | BBC
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RELEASE
| Original network | BBC2
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| Audio format | Mono
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first shown in
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| Original release | 19 September 1975 –
25 October 1979 |
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followed by
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related shows
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designed by
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portrayed by
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voiced by
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motion capture
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original work
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appears in
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INFORMATION
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family
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Lord Melbury: Melbury.
(the phone rings; Basil picks it up)
Basil Fawlty: (to Melbury) One second please.
(to phone)
Basil Fawlty: Hello?... Ah, yes Mr O'Reilly, well it's perfectly simple. When I asked you to build me a wall I was rather hoping that instead of just dumping the bricks in a pile you might have found time to cement them together... you know, one on top of another, in the traditional fashion.
(to Melbury, testily)
Basil Fawlty: Could you fill it in, please?
(to phone)
Basil Fawlty: Oh, splendid! Ah, yes, but *when*, Mr O'Reilly?
(to Melbury, who is having difficulty with the register)
Basil Fawlty: there - there!
(to phone)
Basil Fawlty: Yes, but when? Yes, yes... ah!... the flu!
(to Melbury)
Basil Fawlty: *Both* names, please.
(to phone)
Basil Fawlty: Yes, I should have guessed, Mr. O'Reilly that and the potato famine I suppose...
Lord Melbury: I beg your pardon?
Basil Fawlty: Would you put *both* your names, please?...
(to phone)
Basil Fawlty: Well, will you give me a *date*?
Lord Melbury: Er... I only use one.
Basil Fawlty: (with a withering look) You don't have a first name?
Lord Melbury: No, I am *Lord* Melbury, so I simply sign myself "Melbury".
(there is a long, long pause)
Basil Fawlty: (to phone) Go away.
(puts phone down)
Basil Fawlty: ... I'm *so* sorry to have kept you waiting, your lordship... I *do* apologize, *please* forgive me. Now, was there something, is there something, anything, I can do for you? Anything at all?
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