Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers was a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. It is set in a fictional hotel named Fawlty Towers in the Devon town of Torquay on "the English Riviera". The hotel is owned and run by the eccentric Basil Fawlty and his censorious wife Sybil, helped by the maid Polly, the Spanish porter Manuel who could barely speak English and (in the second series) the chef Terry. Permanent guests were the half-senile Major Gowen and the bewildered old ladies Miss Tibbs and Miss Gatsby. Very few other guests ever stayed long.

Fawlty Towers influence

Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan have cited Fawlty Towers as a major influence on their sitcom Father Ted.

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Arthur Mathews - Graham Linehan - Father Ted

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Two U.S. remakes were made called Amanda's and Payne.

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U.S. remakes - Amanda's - Payne

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A few hotels and guesthouses have called themselves "Fawlty Towers", including one in Sidmouth which was painted like a Union Flag. On the other side of the world, another hotel taking its name from the series exists in the popular tourist town of Yangshuo in southern China.

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Sidmouth - Union Flag - Yangshuo

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