Happy 84th Birthday to comedy legend Connie Booth, co-writer and co-star of the twelve most perfect half-hours ever created for television. #FawltyTowers | Vintage Geek

Fawlty Towers turned 41 today. Here's a 1976 clip of Connie Booth and John Cleese discussing the show on Tonight. | BBC Archive

1975: #OnThisDay 50 years ago Fawlty Towers opened its doors to guests. Written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, who were also a married couple at the time, the pair discuss Basil Fawlty’s irrepressible character and how the development of Basil and his wife Sybil felt like therapy at times. Additional contributions are provided by broadcasters Alan Coren and Anthony Jay. Clip taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC One, Friday 20 February 1975. | BBC Archive