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Fawlty Towers [videorecording] : the complete collection / direction and production by John Howard Davies, Douglas Argent, Bob Spiers.

Davies, John Howard, 1939- (director,, producer.). Argent, Douglas, (director,, producer.). Spiers, Bob, (director,, producer.). Cleese, John, 1939- (actor,, screenwriter.). Scales, Prunella, (actress.). Sachs, Andrew, (actor.). Booth, Connie, 1944- (actress,, screenwriter.).

Summary:

Set in a 1970s Torquay Hotel, Fawlty Towers is one of the finest farcical situation comedies British television has ever seen. Manic, arrogant, sycophantic and sadistic, Basil Fawlty is a much put-upon, hard-working hotel manager whose life is plagued by dead guests, hotel inspectors and riff-raff. Of course his biggest headache is his 'little nest of vipers' - his nagging wife Sibyl. Together they run their hotel, Fawlty Towers, with a little help from the unflappable Polly, and Manuel, the trainee waiter from Barcelona with marginally more intelligence than a monkey.

Record details

ISBN: 0790760398 (v.1)
ISBN: 0790760401 (v.2)
ISBN: 0790760878 (v.3)
ISBN: 9780790760414
ISBN: 079076041X
Physical Description: 3 DVD (500 minutes) : Dolby digital sound, color ; 12 cm.
Publisher: New York, New York : BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc., 2001.
Producer: London, United Kingdom : BBC, 1975-1979.
Distributor: Burbank, California : Warner Home Video, 2001.
Copyright: ©2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Digital video disc. Originally broadcast on the BBC in 1984. For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc. For private home use only. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Includes subtitles in English, French and German.
Formatted Contents Note:	Hotel inspectors -- The Germans -- A touch of class -- The builders -- The wedding party -- The psychiatrist -- Gourmet night -- Waldorf salad -- The kipper and the corpse -- Communications problems -- The anniversary -- Basil the rat
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Camera, Stanley Speel [et al.] ; production design, Peter Kindred, Nigel Curzon ; editors, Bill Harris, Bob Rymer, Susan Imrie ; music, Dennis Wilson.
Participant or Performer Note:	John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Program content : British Broadcasting Corporation, 1975, 1979.
Target Audience Note:	PG.
System Details Note:	DVD ; standard (1.33:1) presentation ; interactive chapter index and other interactive features.
Language Note:	Soundtrack in English with English, French and German subtitles. Closed-captioned.