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Often hailed as the greatest ever British sitcom, Fawlty Towers is closer to the more elaborate tradition of farce. Comprising two series made in 1975 and 1979, the total of just 12 episodes were painstakingly constructed by writers John Cleese and Connie Booth. Unlike most British farce, however, Fawlty Towers deals with the big themes--death, psychology, xenophobia and even sex-o-phobia (Basil's marriage to Sybil is the most sterile ever depicted in a sitcom).Basil's contempt for his guests is, of course, legendary. It takes little from patrons to unleash his sledgehammer sarcasm: "Rosewood, mahogany, teak? Sorry, I was wondering what you'd like your breakfast tray made out of," he sneers at a guest who dares request breakfast in bed. Like every Englishman, he wants to be king of his own castle and resents having to take in lodgers to maintain the place, especially the open-necked younger generation, whom he regards as sub-human. Mostly, though, Fawlty Towers is comedy of exasperation--who can forget the "damn good thrashing" Basil gives his clapped-out car, or the nervous breakdowns he almost suffers trying to make himself understood to Manuel? It's also comedy of embarrassment. The very fear of losing his dignity generally leads Basil into the most spectacularly undignified of predicaments. His inevitable misery is our sheer delight.--David Stubbs
Series 1:
A Touch of Class
The Builders
The Wedding Party
The Hotel Inspectors
Gourmet Night
The Germans
DVD Description
Scene selection
Digitally remastered
Regions 2 and 4
4:3
Dobly Digital Dual Mono
Subtitles: English SDH, English, German, French & Dutch
Digitally remastered
Regions 2 and 4
4:3
Dobly Digital Dual Mono
Subtitles: English SDH, English, German, French & Dutch
Important note: This DVD will suffer from freezing on the following DVD players only:
Sony RDR-GX120
Samsung DVD5600
Cinetec 5050
Power DVD V7 (PC DVD Player)
Panasonic DMR E55, E15
Please note this is a player-specific problem, rather than with the DVD.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A superb epitomisation of great British wit, sarcasm and farce. One is never sure whether to laugh at Basil or to feel embarassed for him. The episode with the Irish builder will have even the most humourless of people in tears of laughter. A must buy for anyone with a sense of humour and a perfect introduction for those that haven't. Comedy does not get better.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I would like to second the reviewer who said the final three episodes on this DVD would not play. I wish I had read that before. I ordered the DVD, final three would not play. So I got it replaced by Amazon. Guess what? Final three would not play on that DVD also. What a nuisance having to send it back and wait forever for a refund. Beware of this DVD!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
From the other reviews it seems this is a common problem. I also bought the DVD and cannot play the last 3 episodes. Very dissapointing, as this is probably the best sitcom of all time!
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Vary funny
The series is quite good, hilarious. But it was suppose to have Spanish audio and subtitles what is not there.
Published 15 months ago by Marygt
good old days of comedy
Fawlty Towers - Series 1 [1975] [DVD]
best comedy stuff at a great price, great service, received within a couple of days
best comedy stuff at a great price, great service, received within a couple of days
Published 18 months ago by B. Hughes
The legendary fawlty towers series 1
This comedy may have only had 12 episodes in total but fawlty towers is legendary in the bbc comedy's. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Andy
Quality
Regardless of what format this series comes in, its always a good laugh.
Love it!
Love it!
Published 21 months ago by Damien
All time favourite comedy
This was the original stuff, i realy liked going down the memory lane about the original jokes but the quality of DVD wasn't really good.
Published 22 months ago by Manish
fawlty towers psp umd
the other half bought me a psp for christmas.soon after we were going abroad so i thought what comedy shall i get to watch while i was on the plane. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by Mr. M. S. Burton
Faulty Fawlty
I have just played my THIRD copy of Fawlty Towers Series One. and like the others I cannot play the last three episodes
This is scandalous and I am amazed that the BBC... Read more
This is scandalous and I am amazed that the BBC... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2008 by Ronald Ellis
Yes I agree Faulty batch of DVD's
Amazon refused to change my DVD although it was obviously faulty from new. The law states that in these cases it should be replaced even if its outside the usual guarantee period. Read more
Published on 22 July 2008 by Mr. M. D. Kincaid
DVD is a disgrace
Maybe this is a coincidence (not likely), but several people I know own this DVD (including myself) and on every one the final three episodes DO NOT PLAY! Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2007 by JR Anderson
Fawlty towers UMD
I recently bought this UMD and as I had them recorded on video I was amazed at how good the quality was. Read more
Published on 16 May 2006 by Mrs. Lucy M. Harnden
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