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Now BBC Worldwide are publishing the definitive guide to the series with Fawlty Towers - Fully Booked by Morris Bright & Robert Ross. Respected film & TV historians Bright and Ross have put together the ultimate tribute with exciting rare photographs, exclusive contributions from the cast and writers including John Cleese and Andrew Sachs and a full analysis of each episode. The book is broken down to include chapters on each of the main characters, their individual traits, comedy highlights and relationship within the Fawlty dynamic: each principle actors previous and subsequent careers, famous guest stars and the influence of Fawlty Towers on following generations. It offers a fascinating and comprehensive insight into the development of the show from its first inception to the finely tuned last episode.
Learn how
· The genesis of Fawlty Towers began when the Monty Python team booked into a hotel in Torbay where John Cleese became fascinated by the proprietor whom he described as 'the most wonderfully rude man I've ever met'
· The pilot script of Fawlty Towers was snubbed by many bigwigs at the BBC and Cleese recalls a memo which the Head of Light Entertainment had on his wall which stated 'this is a very boring situation and the script has nothing but very clichéd characters'
· The inspiration for the bemused long-term guest, The Major, was a rose-tinted version of Cleese's Latin teacher at prep school, whose overplayed reading of Three Men in a Boat had his junior audience convulsed with laughter
· Not one of the episodes from the first series ever made it into the week's top 10 viewing figures
· In an effort to make sure the second series was as good at the first John Cleese and Connie Booth spent over a month writing each episode
· The final episode ' Basil the Rat' was transmitted some six months after its original time slot due to strikes during production, so that it went out during an ITV strike and therefore gained a wider audience. · 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 SpainPlus many more facts and information, so along with this web site and the new book you have everything you ever wanted to know about Fawlty Towers.
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