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Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection
- Every Soundtrack Episode of the Classic BBC TV Comedy
- Narrated by: John Cleese, Connie Booth, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
Welcome to Fawlty Towers, where attentive hotelier Basil Fawlty and his charming wife Sybil will attend to your every need - in your worst nightmare. With hapless waiter Manuel and long-suffering waitress Polly on hand to help, anything could happen during your stay - and probably will.
John Cleese’s special introductions to each episode are included in this collection of all 12 TV soundtrack episodes:
A Touch of Class
The Builders
The Wedding Party
The Hotel Inspectors
Gourmet Night
The Germans
Communication Problems
The Psychiatrist
Waldorf Salad
The Kipper and the Corpse
The Anniversary
Basil the Rat
Co-starring with John Cleese as Basil are Prunella Scales (Sybil), Andrew Sachs (Manuel) and Connie Booth (Polly), with a supporting cast including Ballard Berkeley, Bernard Cribbins, Joan Sanderson, Geoffrey Palmer, Nicky Henson and Ken Campbell.
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- Gale
- 07-05-20
What did you expect from an audiobook
To the last reviewer;
What did you expect from an audiobook?
The hanging gardens of Babylon perhaps?
Herds of wildebeest streaming majestically across the water?
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- AsheDJ
- 01-05-20
It kinda works and kinda doesn't
it's audio directly taken from the TV show with additional narration to paint the picture.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-07-20
One of the Greatest Comedies of all time
This works for audio very well, because the scripts are so strong. Maybe like me you remember the television anyway, so what I found was that as I listened the scenes played out in my mind triggered by the audio.
I laughed out loud many times.
All episodes are here, with introductions by John Cleese
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- Malgorzata
- 16-07-20
Funny and worth to listen
Great performance, easy to listen, very enjoyable audiobook. Funny and nice to listen. Really recommended
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- Kasaree
- 25-11-21
Translates well to audio form
I loved this as a kid and still love it now I’m old and a bit wrinkly. What I dearly love is the little clips of narration by Andrew Sachs, which link the visual funnies to your aural experience. The added interview with John Cleese before every episodes serves to further enrich this collection. Loved it so much!
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- Chorlton Dragon
- 18-10-21
Your mileage may vary but I enjoyed it
This is the audio from the TV series, a lot of which is quite visual comedy. This version is strategically narrated by Manuel to help with visual elements and some scene changes. I thought that worked rather well. Each episode is introduced with some comments from John Cleese about how the show was written.
As a package, then, it's reasonably well put together and worth considering if you're a fan of the show.
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- MR HAROLD
- 16-07-23
What a pleasure to hear!
The wonderful thing is that the series is as funny In sound as in the side splitting TV series!
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- Brian Daji
- 29-04-23
A great audiobook and worth a listen
For me I love the faulty towers tv series and have listed yo the audio book over and over again, but what stops it being 5 stars is the lack of attention to the additional content, including in episode 1 referring to the guest as Mr Johnston when ot was Mr Brown, maybe small things but detract from the overall experience.
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- hindsatron
- 06-11-22
Fawlty perfection.
I used to have all of these on audio tape in my youth and they are just as good 20 years later. some gags do need the visual side aswell but Manuel does a great job of describing what's going on if you happen to have never seen the episodes.
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- Gooner
- 21-09-22
Unmissable
Pure classic comedy that will live on for generations.
I’ve watched and listened to Fawlty Towers for many years and still they make me laugh.
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- Freya
- 27-10-21
Ruined by Editorial Choices
This comedy masterpiece just doesn't work as an audiobook. The editors tried to make sense of the many sight gags by having Manuel narrate them. it is annoying and manages to leave one sick of the sound of Manuel's matchless voice.
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- Buddy
- 18-04-21
Love man well
I loved every minute of it So funny I have watched fawlty towers on Tv but never listened to it
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- resol
- 20-09-22
better than the TV series
of course watch the original 1978/9 series,. perhaps after listening to this audiobook recording but in tandem, this recording includes commentaries on each episode by nine other than John Cleese himself!
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- brian
- 17-06-22
One of my favorite John Cleese shows.
A great collection, with plenty of classic eps and moments. Only downside, a lot of Manuel's linking commentary seems to have been dropped.
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- Thomas H. Jackson Jr
- 05-06-22
Check in for laughs at Fawlty Towers
Are you a fan of such things as Monty Python, Fierce Creatures and A Fish Called Wanda ? Then check in for some good laughs at Fawlty Towers ! Fawlty Towers is a show about an insane hotel owner, his wife, the crazy waiter , a waitress and the crazy patrons of Fawlty Towers.
Fawlty Towers premiered on Oct 25th, 1979 and was created by John Cleese. To me this is excellence at its best in comedy. 12 episodes of crazy and insane comedy that only John Cleese can bring. Only 2 series of 6 episodes each, in and out and simply with pure insanity.
This is good for like a 6 hour drive or even a rainy day or just something to listen to as you wind down from a tough day and you need a good laugh. If you are a fan of comedy and laughs , then pick up this excellent audiobook.
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- Magnus Almgren
- 13-02-22
Sound Quality just too bad
Brilliant story and performance, and sadly enough, really bad sound (less than 8k for you who know)
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