BBC rewrites TV history with Fawlty Towers censorship

By Michael Idato
January 25 2013 - 3:00am
Not cut ... the famous goose-stepping scene.
Not cut ... the famous goose-stepping scene.

IN THE annals of comedy history, Fawlty Towers is considered one of the greatest television programs ever produced. And from among its episodes, The Germans, in which hotelier Basil Fawlty (John Cleese, pictured) clashes with visiting German tourists, is one of its most-loved.