Episodes

An interview with the man himself, as he tells all about the making of each of the episodes of Fawlty Towers and the writing process behind them as well as the good and bad moments from behind the scenes.

An interview with the legendary actor Andrew Sachs, in which he tells us about his time on the show and of how the much loved character of Manuel was created.

To help celebrate its 30th anniversary, digital comedy channel, G.O.L.D., is throwing open the doors of TV's most famous hotel once more after a lengthy absence for this Tiger Aspect Productions documentary. It features interviews with all four main cast members, including Connie Booth, (who had, until now, refused to talk about the series). Fawlty Towers: Re-opened gathers cast and crew together to retrace the history of the sitcom, from a rarely seen insider point of view. The one-off special leaves no English Riviera stone unturned in its search for trivia and nuggets of information from the Fawlty Towers guestbook, together with in-depth interviews with John Cleese, Andrew Sachs and Prunella Scales,...just don't mention the war.

Now here's an interesting way to celebrate the 30th birthday of a classic sitcom. For the first time ever, John Cleese reveals his favourite scenes from Fawlty Towers. No clues yet as to which ones they will be but there's the added bonus of the likes of Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Mitchell and Webb, Eddie Izzard and AA Gill reminiscing about these magic moments. Possibly even more interesting will be the comments from the owners of Gleanagles Hotel, which was the real-life inspiration for Fawlty Towers.

Tiger Aspect Productions produced this 30th anniversary documentary for digital comedy channel G.O.L.D. The documentary features interviews with all four main cast members, including Connie Booth, who had, until now, refused to talk about the series.

The Cheap Tatty Review is an odd sketch of John playing Basil talking on the phone at the FT reception in which he insists to the unknown person on the other end that the series is finished. Bizarre.

Pictures of the "real" Fawlty Towers hotel. After being burnt down, the Grange housing estate was built in its place.

John Cleese tell the story behind the creation of the series.

A very short film showing pictures of the demolished "Grange", the hotel featured in the opening title sequence and for exteriors of "Fawlty Towers"

A BBC interview with John Cleese about the making of Fawlty Towers.

A 2016 commercial for Specsavers featuring John Cleese as Basil Fawlty, who is having some trouble with his car - again!

A behind-the-scenes interview with John Cleese for the 2016 Specsavers commercial featuring Basil Fawlty.

A short documentary film about the city of Torquay. Included as a special feature in the DVD set.