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Fawlty Towers
1975–1979
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 2 seasons
A
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #17
- IMDb #28
- RatingGraph #14
- Criticker #11
- Trakt #26
Every rating
78–93
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Criticker on 78, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the most agreed on TV shows →Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
Details
- Director
- John Howard Davies
- Created by
- Connie Booth, John Cleese
- Studio
- BBC
- Released
- 19 September 1975
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Episodes
- 12 across 2 seasons
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Cast
Full cast (20) →
Awards
Won 3 BAFTA 6 wins & 2 nominations total
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