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Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection

By: John Cleese, Connie Booth
Narrated by: John Cleese, Connie Booth, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, full cast
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Summary

Welcome to Fawlty Towers, where attentive hotelier Basil Fawlty and his charming wife Sybil will attend to your every need - in your worst nightmare. With hapless waiter Manuel and long-suffering waitress Polly on hand to help, anything could happen during your stay - and probably will.

John Cleese’s special introductions to each episode are included in this collection of all 12 TV soundtrack episodes:

A Touch of Class
The Builders
The Wedding Party
The Hotel Inspectors
Gourmet Night
The Germans
Communication Problems
The Psychiatrist
Waldorf Salad
The Kipper and the Corpse
The Anniversary
Basil the Rat

Co-starring with John Cleese as Basil are Prunella Scales (Sybil), Andrew Sachs (Manuel) and Connie Booth (Polly), with a supporting cast including Ballard Berkeley, Bernard Cribbins, Joan Sanderson, Geoffrey Palmer, Nicky Henson and Ken Campbell.

©2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Shame about the commentary

Fantastic show and works great on audio which some people feel doesn’t work as well TV. I had the shows on vinyl and always loved them and with Manuel helping out with scenes that need a little audio help, it sets up each episode well.
My only gripe is the commentary at the beginning of each episode, first time round it’s okay but repeat listens makes the whole thing a little tiresome especially as it can be almost 5 minutes each episode. I just wish this could be turned off.

Other than that it’s the actually episodes are great and well worth the purchase.

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Hilarious

Listening to this brought back so many memories. As I listened I could see the actors in my mind from watching the tv series. Great to relive on audio.

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Simply the best British comedy ever!

The audio maybe not be as good as the real TV show, but still captures the essence of the British humour that is the characteristic of this unique British comedy that is founded on word-play and their ability to laughing at themselves. We all have met characters like that in the Uk in real life and therefore can relate our personal experiences with the shows! Simply timeless humour!

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It kinda works and kinda doesn't

it's audio directly taken from the TV show with additional narration to paint the picture.

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What's not to love!

This is brilliant. The little 'asides' by the narrator are just enough to fill in the gaps and give a little cohesion but I can see it all in my mind's eye anyway. I'm not even bothering with watching it on the screen anymore. This is enough!

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perfect

i love the tv show so having the audiobook is awesome and having manwel explane some of the scemes is amazing anf feels so right

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Great kustening

Great stories with real actor feedback on reasons for scenes. Have listened to many times.

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Great to listen to this classic tv series

Loved listening to this however why oh why did they feel the need to have an interview with John Cleese describing difficulties or successes of making before EVERY EPISODE is beyond me, then including over dubbed explanations by “Manuel” during the episode was awful.

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Your mileage may vary but I enjoyed it

This is the audio from the TV series, a lot of which is quite visual comedy. This version is strategically narrated by Manuel to help with visual elements and some scene changes. I thought that worked rather well. Each episode is introduced with some comments from John Cleese about how the show was written.

As a package, then, it's reasonably well put together and worth considering if you're a fan of the show.

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Unmissable

Pure classic comedy that will live on for generations.

I’ve watched and listened to Fawlty Towers for many years and still they make me laugh.

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