Fawlty Towers - Season 1 (1975)
Show title: Fawlty Towers
IMDb score:
8,8 (111.520)
Episodes: 6
Playing time: 3 hour
Developed by: John Cleese
Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales and Connie Booth
Origin:
United Kingdom
Releasedate: Friday 19 September 1975
First aired on: BBC Two (Verenigd Koninkrijk)
This season is not available on US streaming services.
Actors and Actresses
Basil Fawlty
Sybil Fawlty
Polly Sherman
Manuel
Major Gowen
Terry the Chef
Miss Tibbs
Miss Gatsby
Reviews & comments
mjk87
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- 14760 messages
- 4630 votes
"Don't Mention the War". As far as I'm concerned this series, both seasons of course, is the pinnacle of British humor. Especially the episode The Germans is legendary. Cleese is in absolute top form, the other cast fully supports him in this, although it is actually Ballard Berkely as Major Gowen who steals the show. Episodes last just long enough and are varied enough, especially because one angle is often chosen per episode. 5.0*.
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Bob Sleeman_mm
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- 15 messages
- 8 votes
BBC action? Isn't that the club that had to pay a hefty compensation to Cliff Richard for his alleged pedophilia? Holy shit!
Anyway, for years all seasons in the house (still on VHS) and still regularly watched by me. Razor-sharp humor that is unsurpassed to this day. John Cleese also never quite reached that level after that.
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Dievegge
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- 3203 messages
- 8285 votes
Twelve episodes were enough to give this series the status of the ultimate British sitcom. The hotel in Torquay is said to have been inspired by a real hotel where everything went wrong.
Basil Fawlty is a snob who wants to target the upper class. However, he lacks the self-control that comes with a higher position, and shows himself with his rage outbursts. His wife Sybil is more capable, but has an insufferable side with that preachy tone and those sawy telephone calls ("I kneee..."). Polly is more sympathetic and sometimes plays along with his plans. In real life, John Cleese and Connie Booth were married, and they wrote the series together. The funniest side character is Major Gowan, a demented relic from the time of the British Empire.
The intrigue is built around difficult to sustain lies, misunderstandings and mix-ups. An attempt to solve a problem usually leads to a bigger problem. Legendary episodes include The Builders, Gourmet Night, The Germans, Waldorf Salad and [i]Basil the Rat[ /i].
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