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Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
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Trivia
The character Manuel is often criticized as an overtly racist stereotype that would not be allowed in a modern television series. However Andrew Sachs defended the character, saying, "If it's insulting to the Spanish what is Basil to the British?" According to John Cleese... ...
Quotes
Basil Fawlty:
Right, well I'll go and have a lie down then. No I won't; I'll go and hit some guests.
Goofs
Stoves disappear and re-appear in the kitchen between episodes.
Crazy Credits
The Fawlty Towers hotel sign has its letters missing, or scrambled up to make new words. The sign presents a different error with each episode.
Alternate Versions
When the show was dubbed for Spanish audiences, Manuel became an Italian.
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Fawlty Towers
Written by Dennis Wilson
Performed by Dennis Wilson Quartet
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Release Date:
19 September 1975Language
English, Spanish
Country of Origin
UKFilming Locations
294 Preston Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
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