Fawlty Towers was announced in The Stage on Thursday 24 August 1975, amidst a cluster of ex-Python production news. I suspect the Chapman project mentioned was Out Of The Trees, which he co-wrote with Douglas Adams. It’s likely that the Palin show became Ripping Yarns. With Q6, Briers in the Barry Took adapted One-Upmanship, and … Continue reading Fawlty Towers: Too Much Of A One-Man Show