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1975-1979
BBC TELEVISION
JOHN CLEESE & CONNIE BOOTH

 
BACKGROUND

Voted by the BFI as the best British TV show of all time, who can argue about this. 
Faultless comedy that is just as funny on repeated viewing than when we first saw it. 
Created by ex-Python John Cleese and then partner Connie Booth, it followed the absurd
events and mishaps in the life of hotelier Basil Fawlty and his long suffering wife Sybil. 

Everything about the show was perfection from the scripts to Bob Spiers direction and the 
excellent cast of players. This is a rare breed of comedy that can still send you into fits of
laughter although you have seen a particular episode about 100 times.


 

 
CAST
BASIL FAWLTY John Cleese
SYBIL FAWLTY  Prunella Scales
POLLY SHERMAN Connie Booth
MANUEL Andrew Sachs
MAJOR GOWEN Ballard Berkley
MISS TIBBS Gilly Flower
MISS GATSBY Renee Roberts
TERRY Brian Hall
 

 

 
EPISODE GUIDE
SEASON 1 (1975) SEASON 2 (1979)
A TOUCH OF CLASS 
THE WEDDING PARTY 
THE BUILDERS 
HOTEL INSPECTORS 
GOURMET NIGHT 
THE GERMANS 
COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS 
THE PSYCHIATRIST 
WALDORF SALAD 
THE KIPPER AND THE CORPSE 
THE ANNIVERSARY 
BASIL THE RAT