UK COMEDY SERIES
BBC TELEVISION(BBC2)
2 SEASONS TOTALLING 12 x
30
MINUTE EPISODES
CREATORS/WRITERS : JOHN
CLEESE
AND CONNIE BOOTH
DIRECTOR BOB SPIERS
MAIN CHARACTERS:
BASIL FAWLTY - JOHN
CLEESE
SYBIL FAWLTY -
PRUNELLA
SCALES
POLLY SHERMAN - CONNIE
BOOTH
MANUEL - ANDREW SACHS
MAJOR GOWEN - BALLARD
BERKELY
MISS TIBBS - GILLY
FLOWER
MISS GATSBY - RENEE
ROBERTS
TERRY - BRIAN HALL
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BASIC PROGRAMME OUTLINE
Fawlty Towers,owned and
managed
by Basil Fawlty,is located in the English holiday area of Torquay,Devon.
His life is made hell by
his
constantly nagging wife,Sybil.His patience is pushed to the limit by
the
dim witted
Spanish waiter,Manuel,who
always
gets things wrong."You continental cretin"was just one of the names
given
to him by Basil.
Polly was the waitress
who
seemed to be always there to help Basil out of a sticky situation,such
as when Basil wins some money on a horse race,and then tries to hide
the
money from his wife(who thinks he has stopped betting).
John Cleese based his
character
on a real hotel manager,when he was once in Torquay,and this gave him
the
idea for a TV show.
Fawlty Towers is still
one
of the most famous and talked about British comedy shows of all
time,and
the ratings
are still very high on
repeat
showings.
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