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- In 1976 and 1980, Fawlty Towers won the British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy. In 1980, Cleese received the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, and, in a 2001 poll conducted by Channel 4, Basil Fawlty was ranked second on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.
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BAFTA Awards. 1980 Winner BAFTA TV Award. Best Situation Comedy. Douglas Argent. Bob Spiers. 1980 Winner BAFTA TV Award. Best Light Entertainment Performance. John Cleese. 1980 Nominee BAFTA TV Award.
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Three British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) were awarded to people for their involvement with the series. Both of the series were awarded the BAFTA in the category Best Scripted Comedy, the first being won by John Howard Davies in 1976, and the second by Douglas Argent and Bob Spiers in 1980.
204 User reviews. 29 Critic reviews. Top rated TV #64. Won 3 BAFTA Awards.
The British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy is awarded annually as part of the British Academy Television Awards. Until 2015, the category was named the British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy.
In 2000, Fawlty Towers was voted the best British television programme of all time in a poll by the British Film Institute, above Cathy Come Home and Doctor Who. “May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? . . .
Fawlty Towers proved critically, if not commercially, successful. The series garnered two British Association of Film and Theatre Actors awards for Best Comedy Series and Cleese received an award from The Royal Television Society for his writing and acting.
In 1976 and 1980, Fawlty Towers won the British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy. In 1980, Cleese received the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, and, in a 2001 poll conducted by Channel 4, Basil Fawlty was ranked second on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.
