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'''Fawlty Towers''' was a situation comedy broadcast by the [[BBC]] in 1975 and 1978. It is set in a fictional hotel in [[Torquay]], [[Devon]]. The hotel and the characters found within are based on a real hotel run by a man called [[Donald Sinclair]]. [[John Cleese]] plays the role of Basil Fawlty, a rude, nosy, snobby social climber who shows contempt for his guests. He is married to Sybil (played by [[Prunella Scales]]). The hotel employs Manuel ([[Andrew Sachs]]), a waiter who speaks very little English, and whom Basil frequently upbraids and physically attacks, as well as Polly ([[Connie Booth]], Cleese's ex-wife), an art student and part-time waitress. The episodes frequently use a mixture of verbal gags, some slapstick and a lot of awkward and cringeworthy scenarios. | '''Fawlty Towers''' was a situation comedy broadcast by the [[BBC]] in 1975 and 1978. It is set in a fictional hotel in [[Torquay]], [[Devon]]. The hotel and the characters found within are based on a real hotel run by a man called [[Donald Sinclair]]. The Monty Python team encountered this hotel while filming [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]. [[John Cleese]] plays the role of Basil Fawlty, a rude, nosy, snobby social climber who shows contempt for his guests. He is married to Sybil (played by [[Prunella Scales]]). The hotel employs Manuel ([[Andrew Sachs]]), a waiter who speaks very little English, and whom Basil frequently upbraids and physically attacks, as well as Polly ([[Connie Booth]], Cleese's ex-wife), an art student and part-time waitress. The episodes frequently use a mixture of verbal gags, some slapstick and a lot of awkward and cringeworthy scenarios. | ||
References to Basil Fawlty and Fawlty Towers are often used by hotel reviewers as a term of scorn for particularly bad hotel experiences. Pilot episodes for an Amrican remake have been made a number of times, and a film was planned. | References to Basil Fawlty and Fawlty Towers are often used by hotel reviewers as a term of scorn for particularly bad hotel experiences. Pilot episodes for an Amrican remake have been made a number of times, and a film was planned. | ||
Revision as of 07:53, 16 June 2008
Fawlty Towers was a situation comedy broadcast by the BBC in 1975 and 1978. It is set in a fictional hotel in Torquay, Devon. The hotel and the characters found within are based on a real hotel run by a man called Donald Sinclair. The Monty Python team encountered this hotel while filming Monty Python's Flying Circus. John Cleese plays the role of Basil Fawlty, a rude, nosy, snobby social climber who shows contempt for his guests. He is married to Sybil (played by Prunella Scales). The hotel employs Manuel (Andrew Sachs), a waiter who speaks very little English, and whom Basil frequently upbraids and physically attacks, as well as Polly (Connie Booth, Cleese's ex-wife), an art student and part-time waitress. The episodes frequently use a mixture of verbal gags, some slapstick and a lot of awkward and cringeworthy scenarios.
References to Basil Fawlty and Fawlty Towers are often used by hotel reviewers as a term of scorn for particularly bad hotel experiences. Pilot episodes for an Amrican remake have been made a number of times, and a film was planned.