Fawlty Towers The complete collection, remastered
Basil Fawlty is an inept and manic English hotel owner and manager who isn't cut out for his job. He's intolerant, rude and paranoid. Chaos frequently breaks loose as Basil tries to run the hotel. He is constantly under verbal (and sometime physical) attack from his unhelpful wife Sybil, and hindered by the incompetent, but easy target, Manuel, the Spanish waiter. Fortunately he has an intelligent and attractive maid to help him out of the various situations he gets into.
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- ISBN: 1419888145
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Physical Description
videodisc
3 videodiscs (approximately 374 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) - Edition Special edition.
- Publisher [England] : BBC Video : 2 Entertain.
- Distributor [New York] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; [2009]
- Copyright ©2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from container. Originally broadcast as individual episodes on BBC television between 1975 and 1979. Contains 12 episodes from the series. All six episodes from season one were originally broadcast on BBC2 between September 19 and October 24, 1975. Five episodes from season two were originally broadcast four years later between February 19 and March 1979 with the twelfth and final episode broadcast later that year on October 25th. Special features: Disc one: Commentary with John Howard Davies; Commentary with John Cleese. Disc two: Commentary with Bob Spiers; Commentary with John Cleese. Disc 3: 2009 extended interviews (includes exclusive interview with Connie Booth); Interviews: John Cleese complete interview, Interview with Andrew Sachs, Interview with Prunella Scales; Helpful staff (artist profiles): John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, Brian Hall; Torquay tourist guide (short documentary film); Guest registry (artist profiles): Joan Sanderson, Nicky Henson, Charles McKeown, John Quarmby, Geoffrey Palmer, Una Stubbs, Ballard Berkeley, Bernard Cribbins, Gilly Flower & Renee Roberts, Michael Gwynn, David Kelly, Robin Ellis; Cheap Tatty review; Out takes. GMD: videodisc. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc one, Series 1, Fatty owls / producer, [director], John Howard Davies -- A touch of class -- The builders -- The wedding party -- The hotel inspectors -- Gourmet night -- The Germans -- Disc two, series 2, Watery fowls / produced by Douglas Argent ; directed by Bob Spiers -- Communication problems -- The psychiatrist -- Waldorf Salad -- The kipper and the corpse -- The anniversary -- Basil the rat -- Disc three, Farty towels -- Special features. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Film cameraman, Len Newson, Stanley Speel, Alec Curtis, Paul Wheeler ; film editor, Bill Harris, Bob Rymer, Susan Imrie ; costumes, Mary Woods, Caroline Maxwell, Valerie Spooner ; music, Dennis Wilson ; designer, Peter Kindred, Nigel Curzon. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth ; also starring: Michael Gwynn, Robin Ellis, Ballard Berkeley, Martin Wyldeck, David Simeon, Terence Conoley, Lionel Wheeler, David Kelly, Gilly Flower, Renee Roberts, James Appleby, George Lee, Michael Cronin, Michael Halsey, Barney Dorman, Yvonne Gilan, Conrad Phillips, Diana King, Trevor Adams, April Walker, Jay Neill, Bernard Cribbins, James Cossins, Geoffrey Morris, Peter Brett, André Maranne, Steve Plytas, Allan Cuthbertson, Ann Way, Richard Caldicot, Betty Huntley-Wright, Jeffrey Segal, Elizabeth Benson, Tony Page, Claire Davenport, Brenda Cowling, Louis Mahoney, John Lawrence, Iris Fry, Willy Bowman, Nick Kane, Lisa Bergmayr, Dan Gillan, Joan Sanderson, Brian Hall, Robert Lankesheer, Johnny Shannon, Bill Bradley, Mervyn Pascoe, Nicky Henson, Basil Henson, Elspet Gray, Luan Peters, Aimee Delamain, Imogen Bickford-Smith, Bruce Boa, Claire Nielson, Norman Bird, Stella Tanner, June Ellis, Anthony Dawes, Beatrice Shaw, Dorothy Frere, Geoffrey Palmer, Mavis Pugh, Richard Davies, Derek Royle, Robert McBain, Pamela Buchner, Raymond Mason, Charles McKeown, Len Marten, Ken Campbell, Una Stubbs, Robert Arnold, Pat Keen, Roger Hume, Denyse Alexander, Christine Shaw, John Quarmby, David Neville, Sabina Franklyn, James Taylor, Melody Lang, Stuart Sherwin. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, region 1,NTSC, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language Note: | In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; optional Spanish, French and German subtitles. |