Fawlty Towers
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Published:21st Aug '08
£12.99
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The Sunday Times humour book of the year!
Fawlty Towers was only on our screens for 12 half-hour episodes, but it has stayed in our lives ever since. The Major; 'Don't mention the war!'; 'He's from Barcelona'; Basil the Rat - everyone has a favourite line, moment or character.
In this, 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.
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 tragi-comedy of creative tension, personality conflict, endearing characters and enduring catch phrases' * The Times on Spike & Co *
'You will laugh, you will learn, and you will, undoubtedly, start speaking in a silly voice.' * Word on Spike & Co *
'A hugely entertaining read' * Daily Telegraph on Dad's Army *
'Excellent. All but essential' * Time Out on Dad's Army *
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 *
ISBN: 9780340898130
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 26mm
Weight: 240g
352 pages