Fawlty Towers
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Sep 16, 2026
Jonathan AgnewHOST
Yeah.
Jon HarveyGUEST
But it, but piles of VHS tapes recorded off the telly, and I was just fed a diet of Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses.
Jonathan AgnewHOST
Fools and Horses, obviously.
Jon HarveyGUEST
But, but, but then the spicier stuff, the New Statesman, Blackadder, you know, the, the election episode of that.
ErinNARRATOR
September 19, 1975.
ErinNARRATOR
The first episode of Fawlty Towers was broadcast by the BBC.
ErinNARRATOR
On this day last year, doctors called for an urgent expansion in medical training places in England after new NHS figures revealed increased competition for certain posts in 2025.
ErinNARRATOR
September 20, 1946.
NozHOST
Why do you say listeners when we view the podcast? Shouldn't you say viewers? Yeah, mate, thanks for that one.
NozHOST
Now, I'm going to be like Basil Fawlty, not mentioning the war in the famous Germans episode of Fawlty Towers from now on.
NozHOST
Every time I say listeners, I'm going to be thinking viewers.
NozHOST
So, yeah, thanks for that, Brendan.
Dave MoorHOST
It's not as fondly remembered as things like other traditional multi-camera sitcoms like-
Lee ArnottHOST
'Allo 'Allo!, Fawlty Towers.
Dave MoorHOST
Uh, Fawlty Towers, The Young Ones-
Lee ArnottHOST
Mm-hmm
Dave MoorHOST
... which, uh, w- was a little bit before this, wasn't it?
Stavros BossHOST
Like Mr. Bean, I think it had, like, famously-
Wendi WritesGUEST
It's like Fawlty Towers, as famous as it is, there's something like 12 episodes
Simple SimonHOST
12 episodes, yeah, yeah.
Wendi WritesGUEST
Yeah.
Kate CoomberHOST
celebs, yeah.
Fiona ElmsGUEST
We had, oh, my favourite was Andrew Sachs, who was Manuel from Forty Towers.
Fiona ElmsGUEST
Oh, my goodness.
Fiona ElmsGUEST
What was he like?
AlexHOST
Okay.
BenHOST
Fawlty Towers.
AlexHOST
Fawlty Towers.
AlexHOST
Fawlty Towers was so good.
BenHOST
Jesus Christ.
BenHOST
No.
BenHOST
Um, no, but I'm torn because my three sitcoms, um, Blackadder-
AlexHOST
Yep
BenHOST
Fab? No.
AlexHOST
Fawlty Towers.
AlexHOST
Fawlty Towers.
AlexHOST
Fawlty Towers was so good.
BenHOST
Jesus Christ.
BenHOST
No.
Courtney PearlHOST
We've got a lot ahead of us.
Courtney PearlHOST
The, the couple final thoughts I had, uh, I loved knowing that it was inspired by Fawlty Towers.
Courtney PearlHOST
That's one of our British comedy sitcoms that also inspired the British version of The Office.
Courtney PearlHOST
Uh, Ricky Gervais says that Fawlty Towers was a good one.
Courtney PearlHOST
So if you like Cheers and you're looking for something predated to Cheers, Fawlty Towers is a good one to look up.
Just BlaneHOST
Love it.
Courtney PearlHOST
What I thought was funny was the laugh track.
Geoff HarmerHOST
You know? And it was just...
Geoff HarmerHOST
It was kind of felt a bit like, um, Fawlty Towers to a certain extent with the, you know, people missing each other and it all very, very farcical.
Dave WilliamsHOST
Yeah.
Dave WilliamsHOST
Well, as you say, the, the, the kind of Whitehall farce kind of thing of running in and out of doors-
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