Fawlty Towers

'Enjoyable for all devotees of Britain's favourite sitcom.' US Fawlty Towers was only on our television screens for twelve episodes - six in 1975 and another six in 1979 - but it has stayed in our lives ever since. The Waldorf Salad; the absent-minded Major; Manuel's Siberian hamster; 'Don't mention the war!' - everyone remembers their favourite character, scene or plotline. In this witty and thoroughly researched biography, Graham McCann, Britain's best-loved entertainment writer, examines each of the unpredictable elements - the demented brilliance of John Cleese, his creative partnership with Connie Booth, Basil and Sybil's classic 'trapped relationship', and the weekly procession of colourful guest characters - that combined, made an immortal sitcom, beloved all over the world, even in Barcelona.