"Fawlty Towers" (1975)TV series 1975-1979

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

19 September 1975 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.

Plot Keywords:

English | Waiter | Hotel | Torquay | South West England

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

John Cleese	...	Basil Fawlty (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Prunella Scales	...	Sybil Fawlty (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Andrew Sachs	...	Manuel (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Connie Booth	...	Polly Shearman (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Ballard Berkeley	...	Major Gowen (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Gilly Flower	...	Miss Abitha Tibbs (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Renee Roberts	...	Miss Ursula Gatsby (12 episodes, 1975-1979)
Brian Hall	...	Terry (6 episodes, 1979)

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Series Directed by
John Howard Davies		(6 episodes, 1975)
Bob Spiers		(6 episodes, 1979)

Series Writing credits
Connie Booth		(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
John Cleese		(12 episodes, 1975-1979)

Series Produced by
John Howard Davies	....	producer (6 episodes, 1975)
Douglas Argent	....	producer (6 episodes, 1979)

Series Original Music by
Dennis Wilson		(12 episodes, 1975-1979)

Series Film Editing by
Howard Dell		(4 episodes, 1979)
Susan Imrie		(4 episodes, 1979)
Bob Rymer		(3 episodes, 1975)
Neil Pittaway		(2 episodes, 1979)

Series Production Design by
Peter Kindred		(6 episodes, 1975)
Nigel Curzon		(6 episodes, 1979)

Series Costume Design by
Mary Woods		(6 episodes, 1975)
Caroline Hutchings		(5 episodes, 1979)

Series Makeup Department
Jean Speak	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1975)
Suzan Broad	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1979)
Anne Rayment	....	makeup designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Mike Jones	....	studio sound / sound (7 episodes, 1975-1979)
John Howell	....	sound (5 episodes, 1975)
Bill Chesneau	....	sound (4 episodes, 1979)

Series Visual Effects by
Ken Bomphray	....	visual effects (1 episode, 1975)
Peter Pegrum	....	visual effects (1 episode, 1975)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Bristow	....	studio lighting / lighting technician (6 episodes, 1979)
Geoff Shaw	....	lighting technician (3 episodes, 1975)
Stanley Speel	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1975)
Ron Koplick	....	lighting technician (2 episodes, 1975)
Graham Banks	....	focus puller (2 episodes, 1979)
Alec Curtis	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1979)
Paul Wheeler	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1979)

Series Editorial Department
Bill Morton	....	vision mixer (2 episodes, 1979)

Series Other crew
John Kilby	....	production assistant / production team (6 episodes, 1979)
Tony Guyan	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 1975)
Iain McLean	....	production team (2 episodes, 1979)
Penny Thompson	....	production team (2 episodes, 1979)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• Polyband (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 2)

Runtime:

30 min (12 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | UK:PG | Norway:5 (video rating) | Finland:K-3 (2003) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

294 Preston Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The building used for the exterior shots, on the grounds of the Wooburn Grange Country Club, was severely damaged by a fire in March of 1991. The building was subsequently demolished and 8 homes were later built on the grounds.

Goofs:

Continuity: The floor plan on the second level changes from episode to episode.

Quotes:

[the Major is in the bar with a rifle, stalking a rat. Basil is behind him, unaware of what the Major is doing]
Basil Fawlty: Can I help you at all Major...?
Major Gowen: Don't move!
[Points the rifle at Basil]
Major Gowen: ...Vermin
[Basil mishears and rolls eyes]
Basil Fawlty: We haven't got any this week, Major.
Major Gowen: Hm?
Basil Fawlty: ...No Germans.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Have I Got News for You: (#34.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Fawlty Towers

Disaster: only 12 episodes !

I have never seen anything more fun and crazy than Fawlty Towers. All 12 episodes are just brilliant. John Cleese is superb as the manager, Basil Fawlty. There will never be a TV- serie that will bring me more laughs than this one. Tribute !!