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Should you watch Fawlty Towers?

Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Fawlty Towers

Series · 1975

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.

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The sides of Fawlty Towers

  • A rude hotel owner in Torquay
  • A wife who really runs the place
  • A Spanish waiter who understands nothing

Fawlty Towers is good for you if…

  • you like a farce that spirals until Basil loses his mind.
  • you like insults traded at full speed between Basil and Sybil.
  • you like John Cleese boiling over in every scene.

Fawlty Towers is bad for you if…

  • you find 1970s studio sitcoms dated.
  • you need a sitcom where people are kind to each other.

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