Fawlty Towers: The Story of Britain's Favourite Sitcom - Softcover
Fawlty Towers was only on television screens for 12 half-hour episodes, but it has stayed in viewer's lives ever since. The Major; "Don't mention the war!;" "He's from Barcelona;" Basil the Rat—everyone has a favorite line, moment, or character. In the first biography of the show, Graham McCann holds up to the light each of the unpredictable elements—the demented brilliance of John Cleese, his creative partnership with Connie Booth—that added up to an immortal sitcom, beloved all over the world, even in Barcelona.
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Graham McCann's recent books are The Essential Dave Allen and Spike & Co.
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'A hugely entertaining read'―Daily Telegraph on Dad's Army
Will be enjoyable for all devotees of Britain's favourite sitcom . . . The pleasure to be had in McCann's episode summaries is testament to the sitcom's enduring brilliance.―TLS
A remarkable researcher [whose] results are pure gold. . . [Fawlty Towers] is a work of scholarship. . . its lightness of touch and its arcane information make it quite unputdownable.―Sydney Morning Herald
'You will laugh, you will learn, and you will, undoubtedly, start speaking in a silly voice.'―Word on Spike & Co
'Excellent. All but essential'―Time Out on Dad's Army
'A tragi-comedy of creative tension, personality conflict, endearing characters and enduring catch phrases'―The Times on Spike & Co
Will be enjoyable for all devotees of Britain's favourite sitcom . . . The pleasure to be had in McCann's episode summaries is testament to the sitcom's enduring brilliance.―TLS
A remarkable researcher [whose] results are pure gold. . . [Fawlty Towers] is a work of scholarship. . . its lightness of touch and its arcane information make it quite unputdownable.―Sydney Morning Herald
'You will laugh, you will learn, and you will, undoubtedly, start speaking in a silly voice.'―Word on Spike & Co
'Excellent. All but essential'―Time Out on Dad's Army
'A tragi-comedy of creative tension, personality conflict, endearing characters and enduring catch phrases'―The Times on Spike & Co
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0340898127
- ISBN 13 9780340898123
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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