Fawlty Towers
A Sitcom set in a hotel in Torquay managed by Basil and Sybil Fawlty. Featuring waiter Manuel ("Que?" "Is a hamster") from Barcelona.
Cast
Basil Fawlty ..........................................John Cleese
Sybil Fawlty..................................... Prunella Scales
Manuel ..............................................Andrew Sachs
Polly................................................... Connie Booth
Major Gowen ...................................Ballard Berkeley
Miss Tibbs............................................ Gilly Flower
Miss Gatsby ......................................Renee Roberts
Producers
John Howard Davies, Douglas Argent
PROGRAMMING HISTORY
12 30-minute episodes
BBC1:
19 September 1975-24 October 1975 19 February 1979-26 March 1979
FURTHER READING
Cleese, John, and Connie Booth. The Complete Fawlty Towers. London: Methuen, 1988.
Skynner, Robin A. C., and John Cleese. Families and How To Survive Them. London: Methuen, 1983.
Wilmut, Roger. From Fringe To Flying Circus. London: Methuen, 1980.