Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made.

Fawlty Towers is the kind of comedy that has you on the floor gasping for air in a puddle of your own tears. John Cleese has created one of the defining characters of comedy in Basil Fawlty.

Fawlty Towers: Is this a piece of your brain? Fawlty Towers: Oh I know! Fawlty Towers: Bastard! Fawlty Towers: Bust his ass! Fawlty Towers: Don't mention the war! Fawlty Towers: Gin and...

Nov 6, 2025 · Cleese’s next television venture was Fawlty Towers (1975 and 1979), considered by many to be one of the funniest and best-written situation comedies ever produced. …

Oct 28, 2025 · Following the sad death of Prunella Scales, see where the stars of hit BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers are now, from John Cleese, Andrew Sachs and Connie Booth...

Apr 27, 2025 · Putting pen to paper as only he can, John Cleese will bring the history of perhaps the greatest sitcom of all-time, Fawlty Towers, to the printed page this Fall.

Series 2 Classic farcical comedy set in a seaside hotel in Torquay, run by Basil and Sybil Fawlty