Manuel: "I am English...oh hullo Major..." A treat on St George's Day

Happy St George's Day to everyone! A tiny bit of the best of English comedy to put you in a good mood on this feast.

Welcome to Fawlty Towers

American readers have been in touch to say that they are not familiar with Fawlty Towers   the TV series / situation comedy that was the cre...

Much as I love him...

During Lent, I outed myself as a big Fawlty Towers and John Cleese fan, and during the past week, many have brought this interview   to ...

Duck's off! But Fawlty Towers is back on the menu!

The reactions that I got when I told people that abstaining from Fawlty Towers was part of my Lenten penance were varied: "that's...

Punishing the car, Basil Fawlty style...

Enjoy on a pleasant Sunday afternoon...

"What do you get for living in a climate like this? Green stamps?"

Today in London there are endless drizzles of rain, it's coming down like a punishment. The ceiling over London is gloomy dark clouds. P...

Polly's greatest moments

Click here for Polly impersonating Mr Stubbs. This has long been a favourite You-Tube interview of mine with clips from Polly's best sc...

Fa-fa-fa-fire!

With a boss like Basil who says 'fa-fa-fa-fire' instead of 'fire', poor Manuel doesn't have a hope of learning English!

Manuel: "I can speak English..."

I was reminded of this clip today because I filled out the British census form, and one question enquired of me if I spoke English... See he...

"You know nothing about the horse...."

Check out a previous post where Basil grapples with home improvements.

Sybil: "It's Mr O'Reilly, Basil... O'Reilly is a cut-price, cock-up artist"

Check out this post for the rest of The Builders episode.

Here’s to you Mr O’Reilly! In anticipation of St Patrick’s Day

A friend of mine recently said to me; ‘I’m just Shocked to see that on TV! I mean the racial stereotypes were disgraceful. The BBC would not...

Hello Lent, Goodbye Basil and Manuel

My Lenten resolution is to give up the innocent pleasure of watching my favourite comedy series – among others Fawlty Towers. Everyone has b...