--- product_id: 50833309 title: "Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection (Remastered) [DVD] [1975]" price: "105.80 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/50833309-fawlty-towers-the-complete-collection-remastered-dvd-1975 store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection (Remastered) [DVD] [1975] **Price:** 105.80 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection (Remastered) [DVD] [1975] - **How much does it cost?** 105.80 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/50833309-fawlty-towers-the-complete-collection-remastered-dvd-1975) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Basil Fawlty, as created and performed by John Cleese, is the rudest, most boorish, most hilariously obnoxious man on the face of the planet. What a natural for a TV sitcom! His screen wife, Sybil (Prunella Scales), put it best in the episode "The Psychiatrist": "You're either crawling all over them, licking their boots, or spitting poison at them like some Benzedrine puff adder." He mockingly replies, "Just trying to enjoy myself, dear." With his gangly frame and contortionist abilities, Cleese brilliantly punctuates Basil's outrageous faux pas with absurd gymnastics and turns Three Stooges-style pokes and kicks into a slapstick ballet. Scales's Sybil is the genial but obliviously chatty voice of reason and Andrew Sachs mangles the English language as the Spanish bellhop Manuel, whose struggles with simple directions results in comic lunacy reminiscent of Robert Benigni. After a six-episode run in 1975, Cleese and co-writer and co-star Connie Booth (who plays Polly, the maid all too often pulled into Basil's ridiculous plans) reunited the cast in 1979 for another six episodes without missing a punch line. Remember to watch the opening credits of each show to spot the creative misspellings on the hotel sign (our favorite: "Fatty Owls"). --Sean Axmaker, desertcart.com This Special Edition marks the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest situation comedies British television has ever seen. Every episode of the BAFTA award winning sitcom has been fantastically remastered and for the first time ever John Cleese provides audio commentaries on all 12 episodes of this comedy classic. ★★SPECIAL FEATURES★★ Starring John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs and Connie Booth Series One: Written by John Cleese and Connie Booth. Directed and produced by John Howard Davies. Series Two: Written by John Cleese and Connie Booth. Directed by Bob Spiers. Produced by Douglas. Review: The best comedy television series ever produced. - This is one of the funniest television series ever produced. It is John Cleese at his best with Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs offering some of the best performances of their lives. John Cleese plays the uptight, difficult and very conservative hotel owner Basil Fawlty, to whom any mention of sex is anathema. Prunella scales plays his wife Sybil, who comes from a lower class background and is not afraid to show it. She crosses swords with her husband on most occasions, who calls her amongst other things "my little nest of vipers". Andrew Sachs plays the Spanish waiter Manuel who speaks very little English but understands far more! He is the one that produces most of the laughs in this series. Connie Booth plays the maid Poly. Not all 12 episodes are equally good. If one were to rate them, with one to five stars as all desertcart reviews, then my ratings would be: In series one, "A touch of class" is funny throughout. 4 stars. "The builders" starts off very well but becomes somewhat tedious towards the end. 3 stars. "The wedding party" must be one of the funniest with 5 stars. "The hotel inspectors" is very good, 4 stars. "Gourmet Night" never really takes off. 2 stars. "The Germans" one of their best episodes, which would probably be considered "politically incorrect" these days, is excellent, perhaps somewhat over the top towards the end. 5 stars. In series two, "Communication problems" is probably the best episode. 5 stars (if not six!). "The psychiatrist" is very funny indeed. 5 stars. "The Waldorf salad" is possibly the low point in the series. 2 stars. "The kipper and the corpse" is somewhat macabre but very funny indeed. 5 stars "The anniversary" is again somewhat of a disappointment as it never gets off the ground. 2 stars. "Basil the rat" is again one of the best, with 5 stars. It is a pity the series had to end there. The interviews on the third disc are interesting for watching once but the rest of the episodes one can watch them many times and get a laugh each time The remastering is good. Since they remastered the series, they could have put it on blu-ray. An excellent set, worth every penny. Review: Delighted and surprised - I ordered this wonderful, hysterical and classic sitcom because it turns out my partner didn't think she'd ever seen them all. For the price it was on sale for it was a no brainer but I wasn't expecting much to be honest. I though it going to simply be a thinly packaged DVD with 1 or 2 plain disks so Imagine my surprise when it arrived and I opened it up. The packaging is absolutely delightful! The hotel has been brought back to life with some superb graphics that adorn the packaging once opened. Even the three (yes, three) DVD's have the comedic Fawlty signs on them. We have watched the 1st episode and it's been remastered very well and still makes us laugh a lot. The menu however is not designed very well and is somewhat 'clunky' to navigate which is a shame when compared to all the effort that went into the packaging but that's a small price to pay for such a gem. You can't go wrong with this one. Grab it while you can! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Contributor | Andrew Sachs, Ballard Berkeley, Bob Spiers, Brian Hall, Connie Booth, Douglas Argent, Gilly Flower, John Cleese, John Howard Davies, Prunella Scales, Renee Roberts Contributor Andrew Sachs, Ballard Berkeley, Bob Spiers, Brian Hall, Connie Booth, Douglas Argent, Gilly Flower, John Cleese, John Howard Davies, Prunella Scales, Renee Roberts See more | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 3,908 Reviews | | Format | Original recording remastered, PAL | | Genre | Television|Comedy | | Global Trade Identification Number | 05051561027956 | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | 2entertain | | Number of discs | 3 | | Publication date | 19 Oct. 2009 | | Runtime | 6 hours and 10 minutes | ## Product Details - **Format:** Original recording remastered, PAL - **Genre:** Television|Comedy - **Language:** English - **Number of discs:** 3 ## Images ![Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection (Remastered) [DVD] [1975] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81V9TskAWIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best comedy television series ever produced. *by G***S on 17 July 2012* This is one of the funniest television series ever produced. It is John Cleese at his best with Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs offering some of the best performances of their lives. John Cleese plays the uptight, difficult and very conservative hotel owner Basil Fawlty, to whom any mention of sex is anathema. Prunella scales plays his wife Sybil, who comes from a lower class background and is not afraid to show it. She crosses swords with her husband on most occasions, who calls her amongst other things "my little nest of vipers". Andrew Sachs plays the Spanish waiter Manuel who speaks very little English but understands far more! He is the one that produces most of the laughs in this series. Connie Booth plays the maid Poly. Not all 12 episodes are equally good. If one were to rate them, with one to five stars as all Amazon reviews, then my ratings would be: In series one, "A touch of class" is funny throughout. 4 stars. "The builders" starts off very well but becomes somewhat tedious towards the end. 3 stars. "The wedding party" must be one of the funniest with 5 stars. "The hotel inspectors" is very good, 4 stars. "Gourmet Night" never really takes off. 2 stars. "The Germans" one of their best episodes, which would probably be considered "politically incorrect" these days, is excellent, perhaps somewhat over the top towards the end. 5 stars. In series two, "Communication problems" is probably the best episode. 5 stars (if not six!). "The psychiatrist" is very funny indeed. 5 stars. "The Waldorf salad" is possibly the low point in the series. 2 stars. "The kipper and the corpse" is somewhat macabre but very funny indeed. 5 stars "The anniversary" is again somewhat of a disappointment as it never gets off the ground. 2 stars. "Basil the rat" is again one of the best, with 5 stars. It is a pity the series had to end there. The interviews on the third disc are interesting for watching once but the rest of the episodes one can watch them many times and get a laugh each time The remastering is good. Since they remastered the series, they could have put it on blu-ray. An excellent set, worth every penny. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Delighted and surprised *by J***L on 22 August 2023* I ordered this wonderful, hysterical and classic sitcom because it turns out my partner didn't think she'd ever seen them all. For the price it was on sale for it was a no brainer but I wasn't expecting much to be honest. I though it going to simply be a thinly packaged DVD with 1 or 2 plain disks so Imagine my surprise when it arrived and I opened it up. The packaging is absolutely delightful! The hotel has been brought back to life with some superb graphics that adorn the packaging once opened. Even the three (yes, three) DVD's have the comedic Fawlty signs on them. We have watched the 1st episode and it's been remastered very well and still makes us laugh a lot. The menu however is not designed very well and is somewhat 'clunky' to navigate which is a shame when compared to all the effort that went into the packaging but that's a small price to pay for such a gem. You can't go wrong with this one. Grab it while you can! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Gold Standard of Sitcom - Remastered *by M***Y on 6 January 2011* Fawlty Towers is the pinnacle of situation comedy. Others have been good but none have been quite as great as the action set at the Fawlty Towers hotel. John Cleese's Basil Fawlty is one of the greatest comedy creations ever conceived. The remastered box set provides a disc for each series plus a disc of bonus material. The quality of the production is excellent with sharp enough visuals and almost no blips. The remastered version does not do anything with the content - it leaves it in all its brilliance. That brilliance is held together by John Cleese as his Basil Fawlty is a character of such utter genious it is hard to believe there are so few episodes for Fawlty to shine in. The combination of biting commentary, outstanding physical comedy, and regular desperation makes for an utterly extraordinary viewing experience. Fawlty is a rare gem of a character that could easily be the bad guy but is very clearly the one the audience hopes will succeed. His putdowns are withering, his physical abuse especially of Manuel is riotously funny. It helps Cleese that he has such a large stature. Being 6'6" magnifies all the physical movements. Things carried over from Monty Python like the Silly Walk are clearly long-studied pieces of exhibition but his ability to contort into unexpected shapes and scuttle around is really quite remarkable. A lot of the physical comedy is performed alongside Andrew Sachs as Manuel. Sachs has an excellent gait and his character almost trots around. Being a foot shorter than Cleese helps their interaction but it is excellent writing that really makes the duo work. What we laugh at is Fawlty hitting Manuel with a frying pan. What is genious is the growth of Manuel's character in his reactions to Fawlty. Earlier gags set up later ones as Manuel attempts to learn from previous examples but uses the lessons inappropriately such as in Communication Problems. Manuel's accent only really makes sense with a little understanding of the times. Spain is not the country it was when Fawlty Towers was aired. Having not long emerged from Franco's dictatorship, Spain was quite backwards by Western European standards and being a waiter in a hotel abroad was much more common than is the case 30 years after Towers was broadcast. Manuel is a particularly endearing character because he is hapless but bent on self-improvement. His learning English from a book is a catchphrase all Brits should use. Basil and his wife Sybil are even deeper characters. Sybil begins her existence as a slightly stereotypical irritated wife while Basil's foibles are on show for everyone. However, the depth of her character is revealed over time mainly through Basil's eyes. His muttered aggression towards Sybil becomes rounder as Sybil's distinct lack of work ethic and her incessant and boring gossip conversations on the phone register brilliantly as the anger flares in Basil's features. Sybil really does love Basil with The Anniversary being a great explanation of the couple's love for one another even though positive words are never really said. Basil is of course the deepest character of the lot as it is his show. Scheming to do things the way he thinks they should be done, his incredibly prejudiced views on class & status, the frustration of a world that isn't as efficient as he is, and the failings of everyone around him including the guests make for the funniest show of anger television has ever produced. Of the main characters, the least interesting is Polly. Played by Connie Booth she is often Basil's only slightly willing accomplice and doesn't often display character of her own. Aside from her bursts into showtunes as a distraction method, she is not overly distinct from the plot. As a plot device she works well as she picks up Basil's plans instantly, often helping him when all seems doomed. The minor characters don't get a huge amount of screen time but the weekly victims of Basil's rage are often amusing in their own right. The Major probably deserved more air time as the only episode in which he has a substantial amount of lines is also the very best - The Germans. Probably the single funniest comedy episode every produced, what we remember about The Germans are the catchphrase, the Germans themselves, and Basil's Hitler impression. If it were just these things it would have been excellent, it is so much more. The Major plays a significant role and his interaction with Basil is magnificent as is the physical comedy including surrounding the moose head on the wall. In the same episode, Manuel catches fire. So much was crammed into this one piece of greatness that the total genious of it all should not be underestimated. The bonus features on the Remastered edition are only ok. The outtakes are very limited and most of the space is given to interviews which are good with Cleese and Sachs but Prunella Scales clearly hasn't got the same love for the show. The interview with Connie Booth is just awkward. Booth clearly has never gotten over splitting up with Cleese and she just looks like she's holding back tears the whole way through. Some of the other notables of British television who made cameos in Fawlty Towers give good comment especially Bernard Cribbins and Nicky Henson. Fawlty Towers is a thing of pure unadulterated genious. For such a risky show there are so few missed beats. It should be a compulsory part of British education and everyone should own it. ## Frequently Bought Together - Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection (Remastered) [DVD] [1975] - Black Adder: Remastered (The Ultimate Edition) - Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Complete Series [DVD] --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/50833309-fawlty-towers-the-complete-collection-remastered-dvd-1975](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/50833309-fawlty-towers-the-complete-collection-remastered-dvd-1975) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-09-22*