John cleese, prunella scales, andrew sachs, connie booth. John cleese reveals his favourite episode of fawlty towers and why he. Audiences were keen to see what john cleese would do after monty python, but at first the situation comedy received some less than. Starring john cleese and prunella scales 101 a touch of class 102 the builders 103 the wedding party 104 the hotel inspectors 105 gourmet night 106 the germans 201 communication problems 202 the psychiatrist. Communication problems episode 7 the fawlty towers podcast. Fawlty towers is a british sitcom produced by bbc television that was first broadcast on bbc2 in 1975 and 1979.
The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 greatest british television programmes drawn up by the british film institute in 2000, and in 2019 it was named the greatest ever british tv sitcom by a panel of comedy experts. Together they run their hotel, fawlty towers, with a little help from the unflappa. Fawlty towers is a bbc television sitcom that was first broadcast on bbc2 in 1975 and 1979. Fawlty towers the psychiatrist tv episode 1979 imdb. The show was written by john cleese and his then wife connie booth, both of whom also starred in the show. John cleeses basil fawlty is one of the greatest comedy creations ever conceived. Watch fawlty towers episodes, get episode information, recaps and more.
Fawlty towers s02e04 the kipper and the corpse by arnette pozo. John cleese and prunella scales in fawlty towers 1975 fawlty towers 1975. Gourmet night fawlty towers season1 episode 56 by basil fawlty. Basil fawltys puritanical streak comes out when a young couple he suspects of not being married tries to book a double room. In this episode, sybil flirts with a young male guest named mr. The psychiatrist is the longest fawlty towers episode, with a running time of 36. Waldorf salad was the third episode of fawlty towers second season and highlights basils dedicated efforts to improve transatlantic relations. Fawlty towerss02e01 communication problems video dailymotion.
Fawlty towers is a 12 episode british comedy starring john cleese of monty python fame and his thenwife connie booth, which lasted for two seasons. In this podcast gerry and iain blame each other for a big win at the bookies. Fawlty towers the anniversary tv episode 1979 imdb. The final episode of fawlty towers was an episode like any other. The fawlty towers podcast an affectionate retrospective. His biggest headache is a nest of vipers his nagging wife sibyl prunella scales. Together they run their hotel, fawlty towers, with a little help from the unflappable polly connie booth, and hardly any help at all from manuel andrew sachs, the trainee waiter. The germans was the final episode of fawlty towers first season and sees both basil and sybil hospitalised before a group of european visitors arrive at the hotel. In this podcast gerry and iain exchange pleasantries with various taxidermied animals. Basil fawlty s puritanical streak comes out when a young couple he suspects of not being married tries to book a double room. Of course his biggest headache is his little nest of vipers his nagging wife sibyl.
There was no dexter controversy, sons of anarchy question answering, breaking bad score settling, sopranos cutting to black, nothing like that. She decides to have a nap, leaving the englishchallenged manuel in charge. The kipper and the corpse fawlty towers season2 episode 46 by basil fawlty. The episode opens to find everyone busy at reception. Basil fawlty s doublesided personality are brilliantly to the fore in the hotel inspectors as he alternates between being rude and insulting and then grovelling and fawning as he realises guest after guest at fawlty towers just might be the hotel inspectors that are rumoured to be in town.
What basil does not know, however, is that the man is not a lord but a confidence trickster who attempts to steal his collection of rare coins. The psychiatrist was the second episode of fawlty towers second season and features a desperate attempt by basil to expose shenanigans in. Basil plans a surprise anniversary party for sybil but, thinking hes forgotten it again, she walks out just before the guests arrive. John cleeses favourite episode fawlty towers bbc comedy. With both basil and sybil out for the afternoon, they leave polly in charge. Fawlty towers john cleeses favourite episode fawlty towers. Just remember fawlty towers is a hotel not a borstal. May 10, 2009 season 0, episode 8 of the series fawlty towers to help celebrate its 30th anniversary, g. Jan 19, 2017 fawlty towers s01e01 a touch of class. The show was created and written by john cleese and connie booth.
Over his wifes objections, basil hires his usual firm of incompetents oreillys to do some carpentry work in the hotel lobby. Watch full episodes of fawlty towers and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. The existence or otherwise of a thirteenth episode of fawlty towers is a mystery which is right up there with whether man really strolled on the moon or whether princess diana was bumped off by dark forces within the british establishment. Mack speed lee macks quick wit on would i lie to you. The fred dibnah story episode 1 beginnings duration.
The other episodes have a running time of approximately 30 minutes. Fawlty towers episode guides fawlty towers the classic. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 greatest british television programmes drawn up by the british film institute in 2000, and in 2019 it was named the greatest ever. A touch of class his pretentious snobbery leads basil to encourage a somewhat classier clientele to fawlty towers rather than the riffraff we normally get in here. A touch of class is the pilot episode in the first series of the bbc television sitcom fawlty towers plot. Basil fawlty is a much putupon, hardworking hotel manager whose life is plagued by dead guests, hotel inspectors and riffraff. Waldorf salad is the third episode of the second series of the bbc sitcom fawlty towers. The psychiatrist is the second episode of the second series of bbc sitcom fawlty towers. Meanwhile, two doctors arrive at the hotel, and basil becomes concerned when he realises one is a psychiatrist. Cleese and his cast of cohorts are masters when it comes to delivering. From the episode the psychiatrist basil accidentally mistakes a particular guest for a girl that mr johnson sneaked into his room the night.
Hotel owner basil fawlty s incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. Hotel owner basil fawltys incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away. Fawlty towers didnt get a big, triumphant, orchestral sendoff like the series finales of today. The psychiatrist episode 8 the fawlty towers podcast. Some mothers do ave em series 1 episode 7 duration. John cleese reminds me so much of the three stooges in their heyday.
Fawlty towers season 2 episode 2 the psychiatrist video. Although it was both produced and directed by the same man in the first season, the second season had the jobs handed off to two different individuals. Nicky henson, who plays mr johnson, was at one time married to una stubbs, who would herself appear in an episode of fawlty towers later that same year. The show was written by john cleese and connie booth, who both also starred in the show. Oct 31, 2018 the psychiatrist episode 8 october 31, 2018 november 7, 2018 admin series 2 the psychiatrist was the second episode of fawlty towers second season and features a desperate attempt by basil to expose shenanigans in the hotel without raising sybils ire. The psychiatrist series two, episode two first shown 26 february 1979. The first episode of fawlty towers aired on 19 september 1975. Directed by bob spiers, it first aired on 5 march 1979. I watched the rat episode with my son when he was about 8 or 9. Fawlty towers is a british television sitcom written by john cleese and connie booth and broadcast on bbc2 in 1975 and 1979. Cleese looks back at the episode in this interview with clips from the bbc comedy classic fawlty towers. With john cleese, prunella scales, andrew sachs, connie booth. This shortlived british series of only 12 episodes i keep waiting for lost episodes, though i guess there arent any is such a consistently funny series one cant help but worry about losing control of bladder functions.
Each and every scene in season 1 is so well timed comically that it is hard to believe that only two people wrote the entire series. Nov 07, 2018 waldorf salad was the third episode of fawlty towers second season and highlights basils dedicated efforts to improve transatlantic relations. Basil is a much putupon, hardworking hotel manager whose life is plagued by dead guests, hotel inspectors and riffraff. Of course his biggest headache is his little nest of vipers. Fawlty towers season 1 is very much john cleeses performances very fawlty towers season 1 has no faults. In 1974, john cleese, who was to play basil fawlty, sent the bbc the script for the pilot episode, which hed written with his wife at the time. Basil is delighted when a member of the aristocracy chooses to stay at the fawlty towers, snubbing the normal guests who frequent the hotel. Waldorf salad fawlty towers season2 episode 36 by basil fawlty. The series is set in fawlty towers, a fictional hotel in the seaside town of torquay, on the english riviera. The remastered box set provides a disc for each series plus a disc of bonus material. Ranking all 12 episodes of fawlty towers babbletop. Together they run their hotel, fawlty towers, with a little help from the unflappable polly connie booth. Confusion arises when basil tries to catch a girl in a playboys room after hours, all the while unnerved by a psychiatrists presence. Fawlty towers is a british television sitcom broadcast on bbc2 in 1975 and 1979.
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