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John Cleese | ... |
Basil Fawlty
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Prunella Scales | ... |
Sybil Fawlty
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Andrew Sachs | ... |
Manuel
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Connie Booth | ... |
Polly Sherman
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Ballard Berkeley | ... |
Major Gowen
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Gilly Flower | ... |
Miss Agatha Tibbs
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Renee Roberts | ... |
Miss Ursula Gatsby
(12 episodes, 1975-1979)
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Brian Hall | ... |
Terry
(6 episodes, 1979)
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Inept and manic English hotel owner and manager, Basil Fawlty, isn't cut out for his job. He's intolerant, rude and paranoid. All hell frequently breaks loose as Basil tries to run the hotel, constantly under verbal (and sometime physical) attack from his unhelpful wife Sybil, and hindered by the incompetent, but easy target, Manuel; their Spanish waiter. Written by Rob Hartill
Of all you'll ever see on the telly or the silver screen this has got to be the best. If you don't own this series you'll regret it - for if you rent it you'll be hard pressed to return it and everything you rent will be downhill afterwards.
Donald Sinclair goes into history as the most brilliantly rude hotelier ever and John Cleese and then spouse Connie Booth go into history as the best sitcom writer duo ever. The teleplays were meticulously written and rewritten and the acting is better than superb.
This series has been voted best television series of all time so many times now it's not funny. Odds are you will never laugh as hard as you do when you see this. And you won't tire of it quickly either.