Andrew Sachs was paid £700 in compensation after being seriously burnt and scarred on the shoulders during the filming of the 'Kitchen Fire' scene from the episode "The Germans".
In one episode Andrew Sachs was left woozy for two days after being hit too hard on the head with a frying pan.
A union strike at the BBC in March 1979 caused the filming of the final episode 'Basil The Rat' to be delayed. It was finally shown seven months later on October 25th 1979.
Each show took about four months and 10 drafts to write and re-write.
Each episode averaged over 400 camera shots, this means that a cut is made about every 4 seconds.
A repeat showing of the first series in 1985 had 12.5 million viewers for the first episode. Then the largest single audience ever for a BBC 2 programme.
Fawlty Towers has become one of the largest selling video collections. Selling over 1.5 million copies by 1995.
Manuel has become a question in the popular 80's game 'Trivial Pursuit'.
John Cleese received £1000 for the first series (£500 for writing + £500 for staring) for the first series and £9000 for the second series.
Andrew Sachs was paid £150 for the first series and £300 for the second.
During the Gulf War in January 1991, is was claimed that President George Bush relaxed by watching 'Fawlty Towers' videos.
There was a plot for a feature film which involved Basil being invited to Spain to meet Manuel's family but getting involved with a hi-jack attempt and being arrested on landing in Spain