Most people out there know that Fawlty Towers is an amazing sitcom and if not one of the best, the best to ever be shown in the UK, did you know the series was also based in Torquay?. Although you would certainly not find a hotel like this in Torquay and it is a place that you would enjoy spa breaks ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.tlh.co.uk/aztec-spa/aztec-spa-breaks.asp) and hotels in Devon ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.tlh.co.uk/) this is a programme where knowing all of the characters from the sitcom is certainly worth the time and you need to watch it if you have never seen it before.

Basil Fawlty

John Cleese is of course the actor behind this ingenious character and based it on a hotel manager he spotted when staying at a Torquay hotel in 1970. Well Basil is of course the manger of the towers and his goal is to make the hotel a lot higher in the class that it appeals too, the problem is, he has a very big lack of patience and a high temper and can never seem to get on with his guests or his staff members. he seems to think he is the boss and charge of everything which I guess in a way is true but he is pretty scared of his wife and he will back down if she mentions his name.

Sybil Fawlty

The wife of Basil, played by Prunella Scales is energetic and petite. She lets Basil run the hotel whilst mostly talking to her friends over the telephone. She seems to come in and stop Basil right in the middle of one of his schemes and always manages to put him down.

Manuel

My favourite character, played by Andrew Sachs, is a Spanish waiter who means well but is very dis-organised and is always being picked on by Basil Fawlty. with this I am actually talking both physical and mental abuse i.e. a frying pan to the head.

Torquay is actually a great place to go to and if you want to take your Christmas holidays ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.tlh.co.uk/breaks-activities/christmas-holidays/) then you need to do it!