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Fawlty Towers

1970s BBC television sitcom
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Summary

Fawlty Towers is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,161 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: John Cleese[3], Connie Booth[4]
  • Director: John Howard Davies[5], Bob Spiers[6]
  • Screenwriter: John Cleese[7]
  • Composer: Dennis Wilson[8]
  • Genre: sitcom[9]
  • Cast member: John Cleese[10], Prunella Scales[11], Andrew Sachs[12], Connie Booth[13], Brian Hall[14], Ballard Berkeley[15], Gilly Flower[16], Renee Roberts[17]
  • Production company: British Broadcasting Corporation[18]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[19]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[20]
  • Color: color[21]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[22]
  • Has part(s): Fawlty Towers, season 1[23], Fawlty Towers, season 2[24]
  • Start time: September 19, 1975[25]
  • End time: October 25, 1979[26]
  • Characters: Basil Fawlty[27], Sybil Fawlty[28], Manuel[29], Polly Sherman[30]
  • Distributed by: BBC Worldwide[31], Netflix[32]
  • Narrative location: Torquay[33], Devon[34]
  • Official website: https://www.fawltysite.net[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fawlty Towers[36]
  • Filming location: Wooburn[37]
  • Main subject: hotel[38]
  • Number of episodes: 12[39]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Fawlty Towers universe[40]
  • Title: Fawlty Towers[41]
  • List of episodes: list of Fawlty Towers episodes[42]

Why It Matters

Fawlty Towers has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

John Cleese Netflix Prunella Scales United Kingdom

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Characters → Basil Fawlty, Sybil Fawlty, Manuel +1
    Genre → sitcom
    Distribution format → video on demand
    Aspect ratio (w:h) → 5:4
    + 47 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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