Fawlty Towers

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British television sitcom sitcom television series

Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.

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Label Occurrences
Fawlty Towers canonical 20
Fawlty Towers series 1 6
Basil Fawlty attempts to conceal the sudden death of a hotel guest, leading to escalating farcical complications. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television sitcom ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Basil Fawlty ⓘ
surface form: Basil Fawlty – John Cleese

Manuel – Andrew Sachs ⓘ
Connie Booth ⓘ
surface form: Polly Sherman – Connie Booth

Sybil Fawlty – Prunella Scales ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Connie Booth ⓘ
John Cleese ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
firstAired 1975 ⓘ
firstSeriesYear 1975 ⓘ
format live action ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasEpisode A Touch of Class ⓘ
Basil the Rat ⓘ
Communication Problems ⓘ
Gourmet Night ⓘ
The Anniversary ⓘ
The Builders ⓘ
The Germans ⓘ
The Hotel Inspectors ⓘ
The Kipper and the Corpse ⓘ
The Psychiatrist ⓘ
The Wedding Party ⓘ
Waldorf Salad ⓘ
lastAired 1979 ⓘ
mainCharacter Basil Fawlty ⓘ
Manuel ⓘ
Polly Sherman ⓘ
Sybil Fawlty ⓘ
network BBC Two ⓘ
notableFor depiction of a disastrously run hotel ⓘ
farcical humor ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 12 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 2 ⓘ
originalChannel BBC Two ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer John Howard Davies ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
rankedAmong greatest British television comedies ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode approximately 30 minutes ⓘ
secondSeriesYear 1979 ⓘ
settingLocation Torquay ⓘ
seaside hotel ⓘ
starring Andrew Sachs ⓘ
Connie Booth ⓘ
John Cleese ⓘ
Prunella Scales ⓘ

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John Cleese → notableWork → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
John Cleese → coCreated → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Basil Fawlty → appearsIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Basil Fawlty → firstAppearanceInSeries → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers series 1
John → notableWork → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
subject surface form: John Cleese
Allan Cuthbertson → appearedIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Una Stubbs → appearedIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Connie Booth → notableWork → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Connie Booth → coWrote → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Connie Booth → coStarredIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Connie Booth → coCreated → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Connie Booth → wroteFor → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers (all episodes)
David Kelly → performedIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Manuel → appearsIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Manuel → workOfFiction → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
John Howard Davies → notableWork → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
John Howard Davies → directed → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Andrew Sachs → notableWork → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Andrew Sachs → appearedIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Polly Sherman → appearsIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Polly Sherman → seriesTitle → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Sybil Fawlty – Prunella Scales → appearsIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
subject surface form: Sybil Fawlty
Sybil Fawlty – Prunella Scales → firstAppearance → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
subject surface form: Sybil Fawlty
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers series 1
Manuel – Andrew Sachs → firstAppearanceInSeries → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
subject surface form: Manuel
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers series 1
A Touch of Class → hasSeries → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers series 1
The Builders → setting → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers hotel in Torquay
The Hotel Inspectors → season → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers series 1
Gourmet Night → season → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Series 1 of Fawlty Towers
The Germans → series → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers series 1
The Kipper and the Corpse → plotSummary → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basil Fawlty attempts to conceal the sudden death of a hotel guest, leading to escalating farcical complications.
Sybil Fawlty → firstAppearance → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers episode "A Touch of Class"