It's 47 years since the first episode of Fawlty Towers crept into the public consciousness with minimal publicity and a series of lukewarm reviews. The Evening Standard complained that the plot was "thin and obvious" while the Daily Mirror thundered - "LONG JOHN IS SHORT ON JOKES"
To misquote Basil to Sybil: excellent stuff, my little piranha fish. Fawlty Towers was faultless, and all the better for its brief and shining existence.
To misquote Basil to Sybil: excellent stuff, my little piranha fish. Fawlty Towers was faultless, and all the better for its brief and shining existence.