What did Basil Fawlty fail to avoid mentioning? Why did Sybil keep snagging her cardies? Where was Polly on the night of the great Wedding Anniversary disaster? And what is the Spanish for 'donkey'?
The answer to these questions can be found in this, the complete and unexpurgated text of the Fawlty Towers scripts. The twelve programmes which made Fawlty Towers one of the most celebrated television series of all time, and a cult throughout the world, have been screened again and again since their first appearance in the mid-1970s. They remain as enduringly fresh and funny as ever. The snobbish, manic Basil; his over-coiffeured, domineering wife Sybil; the hopeless but ever -hopeful waiter Manuel; the calm and capable Polly - and of course the steady stream of abused guests - live again in these pages.
Published in its entirety for the first time, The Complete Fawlty Towers will appeal to all but British hoteliers. Those who have not yet sampled the aura of this notorious Torquay hostelry will be captivated. Fawlty Towers is the best-loved bad hotel in the world. This book will tell you why.