Classic series such as Fawlty Towers will also be available through a BBC "channel".

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Examples given include Fawlty towers, Only Fools and Horses, Sherlock and Doctor Who.

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Torquay could now boast of being home to Agatha Christie, the British TV show Fawlty Towers and Jack Tagg.

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Parties end at dawn at which point revellers rest in rustic and cosy tree house accommodations with names like Fawlty Towers and Hotel California.

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Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Blackadder - Britain may consider itself as a bastion of comedy, and the global headquarters of the sense of humour.

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Ross was suspended in October over his role in the Radio 2 phone calls row involving comedian Russell Brand and Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.

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Cleese, a co-founder of Monty Python's Flying Circus and creator of Fawlty Towers, was cast partly because of an earlier Emmy-winning performance in an episode of US sitcom Cheers.

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Leading the protest were West, who starred in films including Cry Freedom and The Day of the Jackal, and his wife, who played Sybil in the comedy series Fawlty Towers.

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The BBC's Alison Homewood, director of sales to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, says the old favourites - 'Allo 'Allo, Absolutely Fabulous, Fawlty Towers - continue to do brisk business.

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