Fawlty Towers - Revision history

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	~~{{Short description\|BBC television sitcom}}~~
	~~{{Use British English\|date=April 2012}}~~
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=December 2021}}~~
	{{Infobox television		{{Infobox television
	\| image = Fawlty Towers title card.jpg		\| image = Fawlty Towers title card.jpg
	\| caption = The "Fawlty Towers" sign in the background image varied (usually as an [[~~Wiktionary~~:anagram#Noun\|anagram]]) between episodes		\| caption = The "Fawlty Towers" sign in the background image varied (usually as an [[Wikt:anagram#Noun\|anagram]]) between episodes
	\| producer = {{plainlist\|		\| producer = {{plainlist\|
	*John Howard Davies		*John Howard Davies

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External links

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Wikiquote}}~~
	* {{IMDb title\|0072500\|Fawlty Towers}}		* {{IMDb title\|0072500\|Fawlty Towers}}
	* {{BBC Online\|comedy/guide/articles/f/fawltytowers_7772600.shtml}}		* {{BBC Online\|comedy/guide/articles/f/fawltytowers_7772600.shtml}}
	* {{BBC programme}}		* {{BBC programme}}
	* ~~[https://web.archive.org/web/~~20080422060339~~/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/7506 ''~~Fawlty Towers~~''] at the [[British Film Institute]]~~		* {{BFI\|20080422060339\|Fawlty Towers}}
	* {{Screenonline TV title\|459034\|Fawlty Towers}}		* {{Screenonline TV title\|459034\|Fawlty Towers}}
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060629072455/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fawltytowers/fawltytowers.htm ''Fawlty Towers''] at the [[Museum of Broadcast Communications\|MBC]]'s Encyclopedia of Television		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060629072455/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fawltytowers/fawltytowers.htm ''Fawlty Towers''] at the [[w:Museum of Broadcast Communications\|MBC]]'s Encyclopedia of Television
	* {{British Comedy Guide\|tv\|fawlty_towers}}		* {{British Comedy Guide\|tv\|fawlty_towers}}
	* {{epguides\|FawltyTowers}}		* {{epguides\|FawltyTowers}}
	* [http://www.thefawltytowersguide.co.uk/fawltytowerscharacters.htm Fawlty Towers Guest Characters] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102175728/http://www.thefawltytowersguide.co.uk/fawltytowerscharacters.htm \|date=2 November 2014 }}		* [http://www.thefawltytowersguide.co.uk/fawltytowerscharacters.htm Fawlty Towers Guest Characters] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102175728/http://www.thefawltytowersguide.co.uk/fawltytowerscharacters.htm \|date=2 November 2014 }}

	{{Monty Python}}		{{Monty Python\|state=collapsed}}
	{{Fawlty Towers}}		{{Fawlty Towers\|state=collapsed}}
	~~{{BAFTA TV Award for Best Situation Comedy 1973–1980}}~~
	~~{{Authority control~~}}

	[[Category:Fawlty Towers\| ]]		[[Category:Fawlty Towers\| ]]

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Production

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	Although the series is set in Torquay, no part of it was shot in [[South West England]]. For the exterior filming, the [[Wooburn]] Grange Country Club in [[Buckinghamshire]] was used instead of a hotel.<ref>{{cite book \| title=Waldorf hysteria: hotel manners, misbehaviour & minibars \| first=Fritz \| last=Gubler \| publisher=Great, Grand & Famous Hotels \| year=2008 \| isbn=978-0-9804667-1-3 }}</ref><ref name="McCann 2007">{{harvnb\|McCann\|2007}}</ref> In several episodes of the series (notably "[[The Kipper and the Corpse]]", "[[The Anniversary (Fawlty Towers)\|The Anniversary]]", and "[[Basil the Rat]]"), the entrance gate at the bottom of the drive states the real name of the location. This [[listed building]] later served for a short time as a [[nightclub]] named "Basil's" after the series ended, before being destroyed by a fire in March 1991.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4776013.stm \| title=Sybil to return to Fawlty Towers \| date=9 August 2006 \| journal=BBC News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5355146.stm \| title=Fawlty star's red carpet welcome \| date=18 September 2006 \| journal=BBC News }}</ref> The remnants of the building were demolished and a [[housing estate]] was built on the site.<ref>[http://www.fawltysite.net/misc/wooburngrange.htm Photographs of fire] at Fawltysite.net. Retrieved 14 June 2006. {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519191450/http://www.fawltysite.net/wooburngrange.htm\|date=19 May 2006}}</ref> Few traces of the original site exist today.		Although the series is set in Torquay, no part of it was shot in [[South West England]]. For the exterior filming, the [[Wooburn]] Grange Country Club in [[Buckinghamshire]] was used instead of a hotel.<ref>{{cite book \| title=Waldorf hysteria: hotel manners, misbehaviour & minibars \| first=Fritz \| last=Gubler \| publisher=Great, Grand & Famous Hotels \| year=2008 \| isbn=978-0-9804667-1-3 }}</ref><ref name="McCann 2007">{{harvnb\|McCann\|2007}}</ref> In several episodes of the series (notably "[[The Kipper and the Corpse]]", "[[The Anniversary (Fawlty Towers)\|The Anniversary]]", and "[[Basil the Rat]]"), the entrance gate at the bottom of the drive states the real name of the location. This [[listed building]] later served for a short time as a [[nightclub]] named "Basil's" after the series ended, before being destroyed by a fire in March 1991.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4776013.stm \| title=Sybil to return to Fawlty Towers \| date=9 August 2006 \| journal=BBC News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5355146.stm \| title=Fawlty star's red carpet welcome \| date=18 September 2006 \| journal=BBC News }}</ref> The remnants of the building were demolished and a [[housing estate]] was built on the site.<ref>[http://www.fawltysite.net/misc/wooburngrange.htm Photographs of fire] at Fawltysite.net. Retrieved 14 June 2006. {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519191450/http://www.fawltysite.net/wooburngrange.htm\|date=19 May 2006}}</ref> Few traces of the original site exist today.

	Other location filming was done mostly around [[Harrow, London\|Harrow]]: firstly the 'damn good thrashing' scene in "[[Gourmet Night]]" in which Basil loses his temper and attacks his broken-down car with a tree branch. It was filmed at the T-junction of Lapstone Gardens and Mentmore Close ~~({{Coord\|51.5811\|N\|0.3091\|W\|display=inline\|scale:2500}})~~. Secondly the episode "[[The Germans]]", the opening shot is of [[Northwick Park Hospital]]. Thirdly "Gourmet Night"'s exterior of André's restaurant was at Preston Road ~~({{Coord\|51.5734\|N\|0.2944\|W\|display=inline\|scale:2500}})~~. It is now a Chinese and Indian restaurant ''Wings'' next to a [[launderette]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.5734065,-0.2944301,3a,75y,78.71h,89.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svamY7kTfSM_L3YnsakJwyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en\|title=Google Maps\|website=Google Maps}}</ref>		Other location filming was done mostly around [[Harrow, London\|Harrow]]: firstly the 'damn good thrashing' scene in "[[Gourmet Night]]" in which Basil loses his temper and attacks his broken-down car with a tree branch. It was filmed at the T-junction of Lapstone Gardens and Mentmore Close . Secondly the episode "[[The Germans]]", the opening shot is of [[Northwick Park Hospital]]. Thirdly "Gourmet Night"'s exterior of André's restaurant was at Preston Road . It is now a Chinese and Indian restaurant ''Wings'' next to a [[launderette]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.5734065,-0.2944301,3a,75y,78.71h,89.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svamY7kTfSM_L3YnsakJwyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en\|title=Google Maps\|website=Google Maps}}</ref>
	Both Cleese and Booth were keen on every script being perfect, and some episodes took four months and required as many as ten drafts until they were satisfied.<ref name="museumTV">{{cite web\|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fawltytowers/fawltytowers.htm\|title=FAWLTY TOWERS: British Situation Comedy\|last=Goddard\|first=Peter\|publisher=[[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509120451/http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=fawltytowers\|archive-date=9 May 2013\|url-status=dead\|access-date=8 August 2009}}</ref>		Both Cleese and Booth were keen on every script being perfect, and some episodes took four months and required as many as ten drafts until they were satisfied.<ref name="museumTV">{{cite web\|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fawltytowers/fawltytowers.htm\|title=FAWLTY TOWERS: British Situation Comedy\|last=Goddard\|first=Peter\|publisher=[[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509120451/http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=fawltytowers\|archive-date=9 May 2013\|url-status=dead\|access-date=8 August 2009}}</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Wikiquote}}~~
	* {{IMDb title\|0072500\|Fawlty Towers}}		* {{IMDb title\|0072500\|Fawlty Towers}}
	* {{BBC Online\|comedy/guide/articles/f/fawltytowers_7772600.shtml}}		* {{BBC Online\|comedy/guide/articles/f/fawltytowers_7772600.shtml}}
	* {{BBC programme}}		* {{BBC programme}}
	* ~~[https://web.archive.org/web/~~20080422060339~~/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/7506 ''~~Fawlty Towers~~''] at the [[British Film Institute]]~~		* {{BFI\|20080422060339\|Fawlty Towers}}
	* {{Screenonline TV title\|459034\|Fawlty Towers}}		* {{Screenonline TV title\|459034\|Fawlty Towers}}
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060629072455/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fawltytowers/fawltytowers.htm ''Fawlty Towers''] at the [[Museum of Broadcast Communications\|MBC]]'s Encyclopedia of Television		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060629072455/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fawltytowers/fawltytowers.htm ''Fawlty Towers''] at the [[w:Museum of Broadcast Communications\|MBC]]'s Encyclopedia of Television
	* {{British Comedy Guide\|tv\|fawlty_towers}}		* {{British Comedy Guide\|tv\|fawlty_towers}}
	* {{epguides\|FawltyTowers}}		* {{epguides\|FawltyTowers}}
	* [http://www.thefawltytowersguide.co.uk/fawltytowerscharacters.htm Fawlty Towers Guest Characters] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102175728/http://www.thefawltytowersguide.co.uk/fawltytowerscharacters.htm \|date=2 November 2014 }}		* [http://www.thefawltytowersguide.co.uk/fawltytowerscharacters.htm Fawlty Towers Guest Characters] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102175728/http://www.thefawltytowersguide.co.uk/fawltytowerscharacters.htm \|date=2 November 2014 }}

	{{Monty Python}}		{{Monty Python\|state=collapsed}}
	{{Fawlty Towers}}		{{Fawlty Towers\|state=collapsed}}
	~~{{BAFTA TV Award for Best Situation Comedy 1973–1980}}~~
	~~{{Authority control~~}}

	[[Category:Fawlty Towers\| ]]		[[Category:Fawlty Towers\| ]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:00, 18 January 2023
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	Although the series is set in Torquay, no part of it was shot in [[South West England]]. For the exterior filming, the [[Wooburn]] Grange Country Club in [[Buckinghamshire]] was used instead of a hotel.<ref>{{cite book \| title=Waldorf hysteria: hotel manners, misbehaviour & minibars \| first=Fritz \| last=Gubler \| publisher=Great, Grand & Famous Hotels \| year=2008 \| isbn=978-0-9804667-1-3 }}</ref><ref name="McCann 2007">{{harvnb\|McCann\|2007}}</ref> In several episodes of the series (notably "[[The Kipper and the Corpse]]", "[[The Anniversary (Fawlty Towers)\|The Anniversary]]", and "[[Basil the Rat]]"), the entrance gate at the bottom of the drive states the real name of the location. This [[listed building]] later served for a short time as a [[nightclub]] named "Basil's" after the series ended, before being destroyed by a fire in March 1991.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4776013.stm \| title=Sybil to return to Fawlty Towers \| date=9 August 2006 \| journal=BBC News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5355146.stm \| title=Fawlty star's red carpet welcome \| date=18 September 2006 \| journal=BBC News }}</ref> The remnants of the building were demolished and a [[housing estate]] was built on the site.<ref>[http://www.fawltysite.net/misc/wooburngrange.htm Photographs of fire] at Fawltysite.net. Retrieved 14 June 2006. {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519191450/http://www.fawltysite.net/wooburngrange.htm\|date=19 May 2006}}</ref> Few traces of the original site exist today.		Although the series is set in Torquay, no part of it was shot in [[South West England]]. For the exterior filming, the [[Wooburn]] Grange Country Club in [[Buckinghamshire]] was used instead of a hotel.<ref>{{cite book \| title=Waldorf hysteria: hotel manners, misbehaviour & minibars \| first=Fritz \| last=Gubler \| publisher=Great, Grand & Famous Hotels \| year=2008 \| isbn=978-0-9804667-1-3 }}</ref><ref name="McCann 2007">{{harvnb\|McCann\|2007}}</ref> In several episodes of the series (notably "[[The Kipper and the Corpse]]", "[[The Anniversary (Fawlty Towers)\|The Anniversary]]", and "[[Basil the Rat]]"), the entrance gate at the bottom of the drive states the real name of the location. This [[listed building]] later served for a short time as a [[nightclub]] named "Basil's" after the series ended, before being destroyed by a fire in March 1991.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4776013.stm \| title=Sybil to return to Fawlty Towers \| date=9 August 2006 \| journal=BBC News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5355146.stm \| title=Fawlty star's red carpet welcome \| date=18 September 2006 \| journal=BBC News }}</ref> The remnants of the building were demolished and a [[housing estate]] was built on the site.<ref>[http://www.fawltysite.net/misc/wooburngrange.htm Photographs of fire] at Fawltysite.net. Retrieved 14 June 2006. {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519191450/http://www.fawltysite.net/wooburngrange.htm\|date=19 May 2006}}</ref> Few traces of the original site exist today.

	Other location filming was done mostly around [[Harrow, London\|Harrow]]: firstly the 'damn good thrashing' scene in "[[Gourmet Night]]" in which Basil loses his temper and attacks his broken-down car with a tree branch. It was filmed at the T-junction of Lapstone Gardens and Mentmore Close ~~({{Coord\|51.5811\|N\|0.3091\|W\|display=inline\|scale:2500}})~~. Secondly the episode "[[The Germans]]", the opening shot is of [[Northwick Park Hospital]]. Thirdly "Gourmet Night"'s exterior of André's restaurant was at Preston Road ~~({{Coord\|51.5734\|N\|0.2944\|W\|display=inline\|scale:2500}})~~. It is now a Chinese and Indian restaurant ''Wings'' next to a [[launderette]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.5734065,-0.2944301,3a,75y,78.71h,89.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svamY7kTfSM_L3YnsakJwyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en\|title=Google Maps\|website=Google Maps}}</ref>		Other location filming was done mostly around [[Harrow, London\|Harrow]]: firstly the 'damn good thrashing' scene in "[[Gourmet Night]]" in which Basil loses his temper and attacks his broken-down car with a tree branch. It was filmed at the T-junction of Lapstone Gardens and Mentmore Close . Secondly the episode "[[The Germans]]", the opening shot is of [[Northwick Park Hospital]]. Thirdly "Gourmet Night"'s exterior of André's restaurant was at Preston Road . It is now a Chinese and Indian restaurant ''Wings'' next to a [[launderette]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.5734065,-0.2944301,3a,75y,78.71h,89.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svamY7kTfSM_L3YnsakJwyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en\|title=Google Maps\|website=Google Maps}}</ref>
	Both Cleese and Booth were keen on every script being perfect, and some episodes took four months and required as many as ten drafts until they were satisfied.<ref name="museumTV">{{cite web\|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fawltytowers/fawltytowers.htm\|title=FAWLTY TOWERS: British Situation Comedy\|last=Goddard\|first=Peter\|publisher=[[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509120451/http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=fawltytowers\|archive-date=9 May 2013\|url-status=dead\|access-date=8 August 2009}}</ref>		Both Cleese and Booth were keen on every script being perfect, and some episodes took four months and required as many as ten drafts until they were satisfied.<ref name="museumTV">{{cite web\|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fawltytowers/fawltytowers.htm\|title=FAWLTY TOWERS: British Situation Comedy\|last=Goddard\|first=Peter\|publisher=[[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509120451/http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=fawltytowers\|archive-date=9 May 2013\|url-status=dead\|access-date=8 August 2009}}</ref>