Main menuJohn Cleese / Connie Booth, Fawlty Towers - Series 1
Release details
| Title | Fawlty Towers - Series 1 | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | John Cleese / Connie Booth | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC DVD - BBCDVD 1064 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1981 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Comedies - Situation View all other tracks listed as Comedies - Situation. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0100382223-A911 16 A 7 A0100382223-A511 16 A 6 | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by | BBC Worldwide Ltd | ||||||||
| Page views: | 7708 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 227, rank in dvds is 24. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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| Cover condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| Record condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| BBC records label code | A | ||||||||||
| Number have | 1 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Physical shop | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | A touch of class | 30.21 | |||||||||
| A2 | The builders | 28.14 | |||||||||
| A3 | The wedding party | 33.20 | |||||||||
| A4 | The hotel inspectors | 28.48 | |||||||||
| A5 | Gourmet night | 28.37 | |||||||||
| A6 | The Germans | 31.15 | |||||||||
| B1 | Interviews - John Cleese part 1 | 28.06 | |||||||||
| B2 | - Andrew Sachs | 25.12 | |||||||||
| B3 | Helpful staff - John Cleese | 1.00 | |||||||||
| B4 | - Prunella Scales | 1.00 | |||||||||
| B5 | - Connie Booth | 1.00 | |||||||||
| B6 | - Andrew Sachs | 1.00 | |||||||||
| B7 | Torquay tourist guide | 11.38 | |||||||||
| B8 | Guest registry - Ballard Berkeley | 1.00 | |||||||||
| B9 | - Bernard Gribbins | 1.00 | |||||||||
| B10 | - Gilly Flower & Renee Roberts | 1.00 | |||||||||
| B11 | - Michael Gwynn | 1.00 | |||||||||
| B12 | - David Kelly | 1.00 | |||||||||
| B13 | - Robin Ellis | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 4:15:31. | |||||||||||
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Reviews
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| My rating | 3 | |
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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
StarringJohn Cleese - Basil Fawlty Prunella Scales - Sybil Fawlty Andrew Sachs - Manuel Connie Booth - Polly Sherman Ballard Berkeley - Major Gowen Gilly Flower - Miss Abitha Tibbs Renee Roberts - Miss Ursula Gatsby Michael Gwynn - Lord Melbury (Episode 1) Terence Conoley - Mr. Wareing (Episode 1) Robin Ellis - Danny Brown (Episode 1) David Simeon - Mr. Mackenzie (Episode 1) Lionel Wheeler - Mr. Watson (Episode 1) Martin Wyldeck - Sir Richard Morris (Episode 1) Pat Symons - Lady Morris (uncredited) (Episode 1) Dennis Plenty / Ian Elliot - Policemen (uncredited) (Episode 1) David Kelly - Mr. O'Reilly (Episode 2) James Appleby - Mr. Stubbs (Episode 2) Michael Cronin - Mr. Lurphy (Episode 2) Barney Dorman - Mr. Kerr (Episode 2) Michael Halsey - Mr. Jones (Episode 2) George Lee - Bennion, a Delivery Man (Episode 2) Pat Gorman - Departing Guest (uncredited) (Episode 2) Trevor Adams - Alan (Bruce) (Episode 3) Yvonne Gilan - Mrs. Peignoir (Episode 3) Diana King - Mrs. (Rachel) Lloyd (Episode 3) Jay Neill - Bar Guest (or Customer) (Episode 3) Conrad Phillips - Mr. (Philip) Lloyd (Episode 3) April Walker - Jean Wilson (Mrs. Lloyd's daughter and Mr. Lloyd's stepdaughter) (Episode 3) Bernard Cribbins - Mr. Hutchinson (Episode 4) James Cossins - Mr. Walt (Episode 4) Peter Brett - Brian (hotel inspector) (Episode 4) Geoffrey Morris - John (hotel inspector) (Episode 4) Elizabeth Benson - Mrs. Heath (Episode 5) Allan Cuthbertson - Colonel Hall (Episode 5) Ann Way - Mrs. Hall (Episode 5) Richard Caldicot - Lionel Twitchen (Episode 5) Betty Huntley-Wright - Mrs. Twitchen (Episode 5) Andy Maranne - Andy (Episode 5) Tony Page - Ronald Heath (Episode 5) Steve Plytas - Kurt (Episode 5) Jeffrey Segal - Mr. Heath (Episode 5) Michael Dalton - Waiter in Kitchen at Andre's Restaurant (Episode 5) Lisa Bergmayr - German Guest (Episode 6) Willy Bowman - German Guest (Episode 6) Brenda Cowling - Sister (Episode 6) Claire Davenport - Miss Wilson (Episode 6) Iris Fry - Mrs. Sharp (Episode 6) Dan Gillian - German Guest (Episode 6) Nick Kane - German Guest (Episode 6) John Lawrence - Mr. Sharp (Episode 6) Louis Mahoney - Doctor Finn (Episode 6) Music byDennis Wilson Written byJohn Cleese Connie Booth Produced byJohn Howard Davies Directed byJohn Howard Davies SynopsisA touch of class (FAWLTY TOWERS (Crooked S)) As Basil tries to raise the tone of the hotel, the aristocratic Lord Melbury comes to stay at the hotel. Basil fawns over him at every opportunity, causing himself to neglect or annoy other guests, until Polly discovers Melbury actually is a confidence trickster. Meanwhile, Sybil orders Basil to hang a picture. The builders (FAWLTY TOWER (Crooked L)) Maintenance is made on the lobby while the Fawltys are out, but when a misreading causes the incompetent builders to mess it up spectacularly, Basil must try to remedy the situation before Sybil finds out. The wedding party (FAW TY TOWER (Crooked W)) Basil gets annoyed when a young, flirtatious couple start "hanky-pankying" under his nose and tries to avoid the advances of a wealthy French antique dealer. Meanwhile, misfortune conspires to put him in compromising situations whenever the couple are around. The hotel inspectors (FAW TY TO ER) When Basil hears of hotel inspectors roaming Torquay incognito, he realizes with horror that guests he has been abusing easily could be among them. Basil becomes increasingly obsessed with trying to determine which guests are the inspectors, but to his frustration his suspects turn out not to be. Featuring: Bernard Cribbins and James Cossins play men who Basil thinks at first are hotel inspectors but turn out not to be; respectively, they are Mr. Hutchinson, a cutlery salesman who specializes in spoons, and Mr. Walt, an outboard motor salesman on business with two other outboard motor salesmen. Gourmet night (WA RTY TOWELS) In an effort to climb another rung in the social ladder, Basil arranges a gourmet night. Unfortunately, thanks to the chef's alcoholism and inability to cook the meal, Basil must try to get hold of a finished duck platter from his restaurateur friend Andr. This, combined with the Fawltys' faulty car and Basil's social awkwardness leads him ever closer to a nervous breakdown. The Germans (None) With Sybil in the hospital with an ingrown toenail, a moose's head to hang up and some German guests arriving the next day, Basil has his work cut out for him. After an attempted fire drill goes wrong and Basil lands up in the hospital with a concussion, he causes much offense to his German guests after finally escaping back to the hotel. This episode is the origin of the quote "Don't mention the war." | ||
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