Fawlty Towers has to be the greatest 12 episodes of comedy ever. The UK version of The Office is a close second (much better, I think, than the American version, but that’s a debate for another day). This is a re-write of an article I did several years ago, but bears repeating as we begin […]
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Celebrate Monty Python Day (October 5, 1969) with the BBC as Ricky Gervais, Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson, Stephen Merchant (co-writer, The Office) and Justin Lee Collins share their favorite bits. Check it out here…BBC. Ok, it’s self-declared as Monty Python Day, but I can do that, I think. Dare you to Silly Walk down Main Street […]
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October 5, 1969. Not as momentous an occasion as, say, July 20, 1969 or August 15-17, 1969 but it is a date that will live in not only television comedy history, but comedy history. 40 years ago Monday, Monty Python’s Flying Circus hit the airwaves on the BBC. Maybe you remember, maybe you don’t. […]
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Welcome to Tellyspotting – Your Brit TV Pub! From Peter Cook to Ricky Gervais and from Upstairs/Downstairs to MI5 (Spooks), the Brits produce some of the best shows on television. As Vice President of Television Programming at KERA (Dallas/Ft. Worth), I have a job that affords me the opportunity to screen and evaluate much of the […]
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This post was archived from the original website for Fawlty Towers Revisited, which premiered on public television in 2005. With PBS broadcasting the three-part “Monty Python’s Personal Best” series, we thought you might enjoy seeing some exclusive video footage of the Pythons on their first promtional tour of the U.S. more than 30 years ago. […]
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This post was archived from the original website for Fawlty Towers Revisited, which premiered on public television in 2005. Two recent British polls added to the long list of accolades Fawlty Towers has garnered during the past 30 years. In September, Radio Times released the results of a survey that named Fawlty Towers as the […]
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This post was archived from the original website for Fawlty Towers Revisited, which premiered on public television in 2005. In the interest of full disclosure, the following is a thank you note and a support message for PBS. You tell us repeatedly that you enjoy, appreciate and benefit from what we do, and we just want […]
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This post was archived from the original website for Fawlty Towers Revisited, which premiered on public television in 2005. Lars Holger Holm, author of Fawlty Towers – A Worshipper’s Companion, was interviewed recently by Jesse Thorn – America’s Radio Sweetheart – with The Sound of Young America. In addition to talking about his inspiration for writing the book […]
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This post was archived from the original website for Fawlty Towers Revisited, which premiered on public television in 2005. The limited edition Corgi Austin 1100 Estate Fawlty Towers car being offered exclusively by PBS stations as a pledge thank-you gift in conjunction with the premiere of Fawlty Towers Revisited and the 30th anniversary of Fawlty Towers actually […]
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