1977: How a Torquay hotel inspired Fawlty Towers
John Cleese discusses the Fawlty Towers book and Basil Fawlty's inspiration on TV.
He joins Mervyn Bragg on Read All About It to talk about the making of the hit comedy, including how Basil Fawlty was inspired by a hotel Cleese stayed in while filming Monty Python.
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