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Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers

1975 - 1979
Comedy, Sitcom
TV Series
30m
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. (imdb)
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Directed by:

John Howard Davies
John-Howard-Davies
9 total credits
John Howard Davies has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Oliver Twist, The Rocking Horse Winner and A Touch of Class
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Bob Spiers
Bob-Spiers
9 total credits
Bob Spiers has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Spice World, Fawlty Towers, That Darn Cat, Are You Being Served? and Kevin of the North

Writers:

John Cleese
John-Cleese
131 total credits
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life...(Wikipedia)
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Connie Booth
Connie-Booth
14 total credits
Connie Booth has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now for Something Completely Different, Fawlty Towers and 84 Charing Cross Road

Starring:

John Cleese
John-Cleese
131 total credits
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life...(Wikipedia)
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Prunella Scales
Prunella-Scales
24 total credits
Prunella Scales has 24 credits at Criticker, including: Johnny English, Wolf, Howards End, Fawlty Towers and Hobson's Choice
,
Ballard Berkeley
Ballard-Berkeley
21 total credits
Ballard Berkeley has 21 credits at Criticker, including: European Vacation, Fawlty Towers, Stage Fright, In Which We Serve and The BFG
,
Connie Booth
Connie-Booth
14 total credits
Connie Booth has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now for Something Completely Different, Fawlty Towers and 84 Charing Cross Road
,
Brian Hall
Brian-Hall
2 total credits
Brian Hall has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Fawlty Towers, McVicar, Waldorf Salad, Communication Problems and The Psychiatrist
,
Claire Davenport
Claire-Davenport
8 total credits
Claire Davenport has 8 credits at Criticker, including: The Elephant Man, Fawlty Towers, The Tempest, War Requiem and Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
,
Andrew Sachs
Andrew-Sachs
15 total credits
Andrew Sachs has 15 credits at Criticker, including: Fawlty Towers, Nowhere in Africa, Quartet, Going Postal and Saiyûki
,
Gilly Flower
Gilly-Flower
1 total credit
Gilly Flower has just 1 credit at Criticker: Fawlty Towers, A Touch of Class, The Builders, The Hotel Inspectors and The Germans
,
Renee Roberts
Renee-Roberts
1 total credit
Renee Roberts has just 1 credit at Criticker: Fawlty Towers, The Builders, The Hotel Inspectors, The Germans and The Wedding Party

Genres:

Comedy, Sitcom

Country:

UK

Languages:

English, Spanish

Fawlty Towers

1975 - 1979
Comedy, Sitcom
TV Series
30m
Your rating
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Avg Percentile 77.93% from 556 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Avg Percentile 77.93% from 556 total ratings
Rated 06 Jan 2017
92
92nd
A panic-induced fever dream of a self-loathing manic depressive. The relentless energy found in its dialogue and visual craftsmanship has yet to be matched in sitcom form, and is funny as sin. But its status as a television essential is assured by its uncorked (unhinged?) embodiment of British cultural angst (wit?). Just don't drink it all at once - it leaves you dizzy.
Rated 25 Mar 2016
99
99th
Probably the funniest thing ever produced for television. It's more focused than Monty Python and most of the dialog is absolutely acerbic. Throw Cleese's penchant for absurd physical comedy into the mix and the result is a timeless, classic series.
Rated 06 Sep 2015
90
96th
One of the most consistently funny things ever produced.
Rated 06 Sep 2015
80
86th
Excellent British comedy classic. Cleese is brilliant.
Rated 27 Jun 2016
8
83rd
One of the few series that could justifiably be considered the funniest of all time.
Rated 08 Jan 2016
90
99th
Some of the funniest moments in television history. Complete series.
Rated 05 Sep 2015
85
91st
Undeniably brilliant.
Rated 01 Sep 2015
100
99th
Nothing else comes close. This is absolutely the pinnacle of comedy.
Rated 05 Dec 2017
10
94th
Fawlty Towers is a madcap classic of the situation Comedy genre. John Cleese has never been better as the hotel manager constantly on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Rated 02 Oct 2017
90
99th
Absolutely Brilliant!
Rated 29 Aug 2016
12
88th
the most hilarious tv show in the history of technology capable of projecting moving images with light, and will most likely continue to be so till the heat death of the universe.
Rated 17 Apr 2016
8
70th
I am the Basil Fawlty of music.
Rated 23 Sep 2015
88
97th
A classic TV sitcom if there ever was one.
Rated 18 Sep 2015
3
92nd
Brilliant comedy
Rated 05 Sep 2015
4
91st
Found this really sinister as a small boy but grew to love it like everybody else. Back when subtitles were in different colours we'd get drunk and do a kind of comedy karaoke to it, good times.
Rated 05 Sep 2015
70
78th
Very funny.
Rated 21 Aug 2024
80
97th
The British crown of sitcom and Don't mention the War
Rated 02 Jun 2024
72
71st
[through season 2]
Rated 19 Feb 2024
85
94th
Highly re-watchable series, and I have been watching it over and again since I was a child.
Rated 10 Apr 2023
80
82nd
Honest, just so funny. There are scenes in this show that will live with me forever.
Rated 12 Sep 2022
84
78th
Funny stuff, with a number of lines and extended gags that are well written and performed. Cleese seems to be in top form here, given an exhaustingly humorous performance in all the episodes that best demonstrate both his physical and vocal abilities. Not all the jokes land, but they are few and far between.
Rated 02 Feb 2020
36
18th
(Completed) Has the cheesy screwball humor of Three's Company, without the sunny disposition. Those who grew up with angry abusive fathers might be left scratching their heads as to why this is considered funny. Scratch-scratchin away.
Rated 18 Jul 2019
60
45th
Some episodes are rather underwhelming in the laughter department but at its best "Fawlty Towers" serves as a high-octane situation comedy boosted by John Cleese's charisma.
Rated 14 Sep 2017
70
67th
Essentially a slapstick farce, the quality of the writing elevates this to a level far higher. And it knew when to quit.
Rated 29 Nov 2015
5
41st
A mix of hilarious and dull. Cleese is definitely the funniest of the Monty Pythons and anything he touches turns to gold. Sadly, Fawlty Towers comes with some boring bits and some sketches that last for way too long. Funny shit though.
Fawlty Towers - Season 1
Season 1 - Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. (imdb)
Fawlty Towers - Season 2
Season 2 - Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. (imdb)

Cast & Info

Directed by:

John Howard Davies
John-Howard-Davies
9 total credits
John Howard Davies has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Oliver Twist, The Rocking Horse Winner and A Touch of Class
,
Bob Spiers
Bob-Spiers
9 total credits
Bob Spiers has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Spice World, Fawlty Towers, That Darn Cat, Are You Being Served? and Kevin of the North

Writers:

John Cleese
John-Cleese
131 total credits
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life...(Wikipedia)
,
Connie Booth
Connie-Booth
14 total credits
Connie Booth has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now for Something Completely Different, Fawlty Towers and 84 Charing Cross Road

Starring:

John Cleese
John-Cleese
131 total credits
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life...(Wikipedia)
,
Prunella Scales
Prunella-Scales
24 total credits
Prunella Scales has 24 credits at Criticker, including: Johnny English, Wolf, Howards End, Fawlty Towers and Hobson's Choice
,
Ballard Berkeley
Ballard-Berkeley
21 total credits
Ballard Berkeley has 21 credits at Criticker, including: European Vacation, Fawlty Towers, Stage Fright, In Which We Serve and The BFG
,
Connie Booth
Connie-Booth
14 total credits
Connie Booth has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now for Something Completely Different, Fawlty Towers and 84 Charing Cross Road
,
Brian Hall
Brian-Hall
2 total credits
Brian Hall has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Fawlty Towers, McVicar, Waldorf Salad, Communication Problems and The Psychiatrist
,
Claire Davenport
Claire-Davenport
8 total credits
Claire Davenport has 8 credits at Criticker, including: The Elephant Man, Fawlty Towers, The Tempest, War Requiem and Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
,
Andrew Sachs
Andrew-Sachs
15 total credits
Andrew Sachs has 15 credits at Criticker, including: Fawlty Towers, Nowhere in Africa, Quartet, Going Postal and Saiyûki
,
Gilly Flower
Gilly-Flower
1 total credit
Gilly Flower has just 1 credit at Criticker: Fawlty Towers, A Touch of Class, The Builders, The Hotel Inspectors and The Germans
,
Renee Roberts
Renee-Roberts
1 total credit
Renee Roberts has just 1 credit at Criticker: Fawlty Towers, The Builders, The Hotel Inspectors, The Germans and The Wedding Party

Genres:

Comedy, Sitcom

Country:

UK

Languages:

English, Spanish
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