Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth, broadcast by the BBC in two short series in 1975 and 1979 totaling only twelve episodes, set at a fictional seaside hotel in Torquay run by the irascible and accident-prone Basil Fawlty. Built around Cleese's character's escalating panic and rudeness toward guests, his long-suffering wife Sybil, and the hotel's chaotic staff, the series was written with unusually meticulous farce plotting for a half-hour sitcom. Despite its small number of episodes, it is consistently ranked by British critics and audiences among the greatest television comedies ever made.
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Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979.
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Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth, broadcast by the BBC in two short series in 1975 and 1979 totaling only twelve episodes, set at a fictional seaside hotel in Torquay run by the irascible and accident-prone Basil Fawlty.
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Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979.
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Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979.
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