Category Archives: Fawlty Towers

Christopher H. Bidmead (1941-2005), Nabil Shaban (1953-2005) & Prunella Scales (1932-2005)

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I’d like to pay tribute to three people that we sadly lost this year – Christopher Hamilton Bidmead, Nabil Shaban and Prunella Scale. I never got to meet these three in real life, sadly, but I have enjoyed their contributions to certain TV shows I’ve watched many times. Continue reading

Quick TV Review – ‘Fawlty Towers – The Play’

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Yes, I know. I’ve talked about ‘Fawlty Towers – The Play’ twice already having seen it twice in the Apollo Theatre in London back in February and August this year. But recently, a special recording of the theatre play was shown on TV via U&Gold, which is pretty amazing. Continue reading

BB@10 – Reflection on ‘Fawlty Towers’

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We continue our celebration of the 10th anniversary of ‘Bradley’s Basement’ in September by talking about one of my favourite BBC sitcom series ever made – ‘Fawlty Towers’. I still love ‘Fawlty Towers’ as a comedy series to this day, both on TV and audio CD. Continue reading

Quick Theatre Review – ‘Fawlty Towers – The Play’ (TAKE TWO)

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Last weekend, I spent a couple of days in London, which included enjoying a couple of stage shows. The first of the stage shows was seeing ‘Fawlty Towers – The Play’ again at the Apollo Theatre. I had a great time attending this play a second time in August 2025. 🙂 Continue reading

Quick Theatre Review – ‘Fawlty Towers – The Play’

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Last weekend, I saw ‘Fawlty Towers – The Play’ at the Apollo Theatre in London, based on the TV sitcom series ‘Fawlty Towers’. I greatly enjoyed watching this theatre production of ‘Fawlty Towers’, finding it a fascinating version of one of my favourite comedy TV shows. Continue reading

Bernard Cribbins (1928-2022)

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Not only has David Warner passed away recently, but so has Bernard Cribbins. 😦 I’m saddened Bernard Cribbins is no longer with us. I saw him recently on the big screen when checking out the two ‘Doctor Who’ films with Peter Cushing as well as 1970’s ‘The Railway Children’ on Prime Video. Continue reading

Revisiting ‘Fawlty Towers’

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For the past twelve weeks, I’ve revisited ‘Fawlty Towers’, one of my favourite BBC TV sitcom shows from the 1970s. I’ve updated my reviews on each of the twelve episodes in the series with some extra new thoughts and some brand-new photos. I’ve also updated my review on the Specsavers advert ‘Fawlty Car’. Continue reading

‘Fawlty Towers’ Updated

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In the spirit of ‘The Space Hotel’ repeat this month on ‘Bradley’s Basement’, I’ve finished updating my reviews on all 12 episodes of one of my favourite BBC TV sitcom series, ‘Fawlty Towers’! These reviews have been updated with extended thoughts on what I make of the episodes. Continue reading

Andrew Sachs (1930-2016)

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I’d like to make a little tribute to Andrew Sachs, the actor who played Manuel in the BBC sitcom series, ‘Fawlty Towers’. I’m saddened to hear the news that Andrew Sach passed away. 😦 I enjoyed seeing him as Manuel and I cherish very fond memories of watching him as he made me laugh a lot! Continue reading

New ‘Fawlty Towers’ Pages

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“Don’t mention the war!”

I’ve created new pages for my reviews on the ‘Fawlty Towers’ TV series. I have given individual pages for each of the twelve episodes in the two series of ‘Fawlty Towers’. Continue reading