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'Fawlty Towers' - 'Connie Booth and Prunella Scales'

Connie Booth and Prunella Scales

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Fawlty Towers is a sitcom that first broadcast in 1975, written by John Cleese and Connie Booth. It is set in the fictional hotel Fawlty Towers in Torquay, run by the skinflint, snobbish Basil Fawlty. Here, Basil attempts to prevent the money he won on a racehorse from being discovered by his wife Sybil, who disapproves of gambling.

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Fawlty Towers

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21st April 2011

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Director
Bob Spiers
Writer
John Cleese
Actor
John Cleese
Actor
Prunella Scales
Actor
Connie Booth
Writer
Connie Booth
Production Designer
Nigel Curzon
Producer
Douglas Argent

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