‘Fawlty Towers’ series debuts on BBC2 40 years ago this hour (Sep 19 1975)


Video: 'Fawlty Towers Season 1 Episode 1 A Touch of Class' (Sept. 19, 1975)

(Friday, September 19, 1975, 8:00 p.m. BST)Fawlty Towers, a BBC television sitcom about Basil Fawlty, a tense, rude and put-upon hotel owner/operator, debuted tonight on BBC2 starring John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs and Connie Booth.