Is it the scriptwriting? John Cleese and Connie Booth would not write a single word of dialogue until each plot was meticulously worked out. "Some people try to write comedy by starting at scene one and writing the dialogue," Cleese explained in "Fawlty Towers -- Fully Booked." "The chances of   more »

In 2000, the British Film Institute selected Fawlty Towers as the best British television show. After a year-long poll looking ...   more »