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Fawlty Towers (1975)

Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers
Comedy

Release Date
September 19, 1975
Cast
John Cleese , Prunella Scales , Connie Booth , Andrew Sachs , Ballard Berkeley
Main Genre
Comedy
Seasons
2

Summary

Fawlty Towers (1975–1979) is a British television sitcom about hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance that form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. Although only twelve episodes were produced, the programme has had a lasting and powerful legacy.

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