Decades after the BBC sitcom first aired, B&Bs in the Devon resort only occasionally lean into their association with the show
With his abusive and impatient service, ill temper and overt snobbery, Basil Fawlty might not have expected to be a point of reference forbed-and-breakfast owners.
But 50 years after Fawlty Towers first aired on the BBC, B&Bs in Torquay are still fond of the town’s association with the sitcom and its eponymous proprietor.
