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Basil and Manuel have a conversation about how to dress the breakfast trays. Basil is in hospital with concussion, which leads to some unfortunate truth telling. Famous short from John Cleese's comedy masterpiece Fawlty Towers. Watch more high quality videos on the new Comedy Greats youtube channel from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
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Basil Fawlty beating the car is one of the most memorable scenes from the BBC classic Fawlty Towers. Here John Cleese talks about the technical difficulty of producing such a fantastic comedy moment; it's all about the bendiness of the branch, apparently!
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Manuel is practicing his English, much to the Major's confusion. Famous short from John Cleese's comedy masterpiece Fawlty Towers. Watch more high quality videos on the new Comedy Greats youtube channel from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
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Classic comedy moment from John Cleese in Fawlty Towers, where Basil waits on some Germans Watch more high quality videos on the new Comedy Greats youtube channel from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
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Basil Fawlty beating the car is one of the most memorable scenes from the BBC classic Fawlty Towers. Here John Cleese talks about the technical difficulty of producing such a fantastic comedy moment; it's all about the bendiness of the branch, apparently! Watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Worldwide youtube channel here: www.youtube.com
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Basil's frustration reaches fever pitch when his car breaks down Watch more high quality videos on the new Comedy Greats youtube channel from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
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John Cleese reminisces on the character of Manuel, taking his reference from waiters working in London at the time. A cheap employer who doesn't speak English makes for hilarious misunderstandings, especially when Manuel gets his own back with the rat incident!
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Basil is overjoyed to discover he has a dead guest Famous short from John Cleese's comedy masterpiece Fawlty Towers. Watch more high quality videos on the new Comedy Greats youtube channel from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
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In the BBC comedy classic Fawlty Towers Sybil was a character designed to terrify Basil. She does just this as shown in this collection of clips from a special interview with John Cleese. Basil is in hospital with concussion, which leads to some unfortunate truth telling. Watch more high quality videos on the new Comedy Greats youtube channel from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
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Basil returns to Fawlty Towers to discover that building renovations haven't quite gone according to plan Watch more high quality videos on the new Comedy Greats youtube channel from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
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Basil the Rat is John Cleese's favourite episode, in part down to the superb performance of Mr Carnegie. Cleese looks back at the episode in this interview with clips from the BBC comedy classic Fawlty Towers.
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Manuel and Basil have a painful conversation Watch more high quality videos on the new Comedy Greats youtube channel from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
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Basil's fawning over Lord Melbury brings a level of unnecessary irritation to the other restaurant guests Basil is in hospital with concussion, which leads to some unfortunate truth telling. Famous short from John Cleese's comedy masterpiece Fawlty Towers. Watch more high quality videos on the new Comedy Greats youtube channel from BBC Worldwide here: www.youtube.com
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