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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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prunella Scales ⓘ

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Basil Fawlty → appearsIn → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
John Cleese → coCreated → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
Basil Fawlty → firstAppearanceInSeries → Fawlty Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawlty Towers series 1
John Cleese → notableWork → Fawlty Towers ⓘ