Fawlty Towers Filming Locations!

[@HenrysAdventures]

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[@ericscarfe8543]

One of my favourite comedies, a masterpiece.

[@LindaSmith-t3n9t]

Loved that show. Still watch it. So so funny. No other country has the humour England has. They have always had the best comedians. Thanks for that Henry.😊

[@HenrysAdventures]

You're welcome! Thank you very much! :)

[@markkinnish1196]

Brilliant Henry. I’m Mark I’ve just joined your channel I’ll look at some of your others to. Always loved Fawlty Towers. Look forward to more coming.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much! Hope you enjoy some of my other videos!

[@johnbristow8099]

Fortunately I did manage to get a pic of the Fawlty Towers building back in the 1980s.

[@andrewmiller9654]

This was so so good Henry ! Many thanks for sharing

[@HenrysAdventures]

You're welcome! Thank you very much!

[@sanchoodell6789]

Northwick Park Hospital near Mentmore Close (scene of the thrashing the car scene) also stood in as the hospital where Sybil was staying for her in growing toenail operation in "The Germans" episide. And André's Restaurant (which featured in "Gourmet Night" same episide with the thrashing scene) was located in 294 Preston Road also in the general area to the south of Mentmore Close.

[@stevenraindi7510]

Thanks for bringing great memories

[@HenrysAdventures]

You're welcome! Thank you for joining me!

[@DamianDuncan-x4b]

Nice trip down memory lane thank you

[@HenrysAdventures]

You're welcome! Thank you for joining me!

[@Kraggypandapops]

Thanks for this, I have watched the episodes multiple times so this was interesting. Your Lada also has loads of character unlike modern cars nowadays.

[@HenrysAdventures]

You're welcome! Thank you for joining me! Thank you, my Lada is also fun to drive, unlike modern cars.

[@guywithadrone292]

Nice video, I always loved Fawlty Towers!!

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you! I was always one of my favourites!

[@davidallum2728]

I remember going to the Wooburn Grange when it was a nightclub in the 1970s this was after they'd filmed Fawlty Towers. Also as you know I've had a few Ladas in my time. Dad.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you for joining me!

[@gitsme6574]

The nightclub was great, they’d pick us up in a minibus at a local pub… happy nights and memories

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Great comedy. Good old days!

[@dmperry134]

It's a shame there were only 2 seasons, a timeless classic. Thanks Henry.

[@davidhamm7909]

I think the best comedy programs had limited runs. The Young Ones only had two series and Blackadder had four (plus some specials). Others such as Allo Allo and Red Dwarf started well, but went on too long. Even Mrs Brown’s Boys, I found funny at first but there’s only so far you can stretch one joke.

[@MrPlownds26]

@@davidhamm7909 Father Ted is another two season classic.

[@paulsawtell3991]

Trying to do more would have downgraded the sheer class of it.

[@HenrysAdventures]

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[@manchesterplanespotter1343]

Brilliant video Henry cheers.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much!

[@Quinnysings]

You have to go to Gleneagles for your din dins tonight 😂 great vid mate.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you! :)

[@kerrylester8437]

Great work Sir, maybe have a go at Dad's Army next😊

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you and thanks for the suggestion! :)

[@TheBrummie60]

Wonderful video, thanks so much for your excellent presentation. Being a keen fan of the iconic 1960s' series, The Prisoner, perhaps it would be a good idea to visit the show's main location, Portmerion; failing that, closer to home, you have Westminster Place in West London, which is where they filmed the exterior shots of No.6's former residence in the capital. Not forgetting the underground car parking scene and McGoohan's drive down the Mall. Be seeing you (again)!

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much! Thank you for the suggestion on The Prisoner. I've visited Portmerion in the last and it's certainly somewhere I'd like to revisit and made a video.

[@willswheels283]

Very interesting vid Henry thanks for showing these locations, I’ve never seen them before. Love the Lada, when I was growing up there were lots of Ladas about and they were often the butt of jokes but they were good cars in reality, more so if you have a mechanical mind and happy to tinker, I use to travel to college in a G reg white Lada estate back in the early 90’s, it was like a tough old tank, it had plenty of character.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much! I agree Ladas had lots of jokes made about them but I'm still very happy to own one today. As you say, they're like an tank and have plenty of character.

[@mikehudson8884]

Great video young man....I enjoyed it.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much!

[@kissofthelabrador3998]

Brilliant Henry. Thanks

[@HenrysAdventures]

You're welcome! Thank you for joining me!

[@Trond_travels]

Amazing stuff. One of the best sitcoms

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you! I agree, one of the first I ever started watching when I was about 9 years old.

[@chrisgreen8803]

Great job 👏 fun video 🎉🎉

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much! :)

[@MrTudwud]

They must have done some research in Torquay itself. I stayed at a hotel that looked very similar to Fawlty Towers in Torquay. The view from my room was identical to that shown in the "that IS Torquay, that is the sea, wilderbeast" scene with the deaf woman.

[@pooooornopigeon]

You can see the sea it's between the land and the sky.

[@simoncee9011]

Thank you, great video.

[@HenrysAdventures]

You're welcome! Thank you for joining me!

[@alexcharlesworth7580]

Strange how old buildings mysteriously burn down and then get replaced by housing estates 🤔.... On another note, as a classic car owner myself, once your Lada is passed her 40th birthday, it qualifies for historic vehicle status and that will make it ulez exempt!

[@HenrysAdventures]

Yes, very strange that! As for my Ladas 40th Birthday its only a few years away so we'll be doing to a trip into London to celebrate!

[@steelhelmetstan7305]

Me and the wife stayed in the 'real fawlty towers' the gleneagles, Torquay in 2001....it was very pleasant, 4 course evening meal, a pathway down to a secluded beach, an open air swimming pool and I seem to recall some autographed paperwork etc under a glass topped desk at reception, signed by John Cleese and possibly the monty python team, can't remember really. Me and the wife were sat in the garden as the sun went down, much to the annoyance of the other guests, we couldn't understand why they kept looking out of the window at us.....then we heard grunting sounds ....ah the penny dropped, the hotel used to feed the local badger population all the left overs. Me and the missus sitting there meant the badgers wouldn't come out. I really hope the builders took care to not disturb these creatures......Torquay seemed a nice place back then......slightly different when we went back in 2018🤔🤔🤔

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you for watching and telling me about your memories of the Gleneagles!

[@richardarcher3435]

Excellent, thank you, but shouldn't you have crossed the road to get the same angle where the camera was for the car thrashing scene?

[@phillwainewright4221]

Have you done One Foot In The Grave filming locations? They were done in and around Bournemouth, and all the featured places are still there.

[@alexcharlesworth7580]

Only Fools and Horses would be good too. Nelson Mandela House is in Bristol.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Yes, here it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4q2qoB9i6djrck

[@OlafProt]

My goodness they've actually built on the old hotel site! I didnt realise it was so long ago it burnt down!

[@paulthomas9981]

wooburn green was nightclub 60s 70s🤓

[@andyfrearson2299]

Great video Henry. Fawlty Towers was an absolute classic. I think the episode you refer to was called The Kipper and the Corpse. What about some Only Fools and Horses filming locations.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much and thanks for the suggestion on Only Fools and Horses. I certainly intend to do more sitcom locations in the future so watch this space. Regarding Only Fools and Horses in my Seven Stations of Acton video a few years ago I did point out the tower which started as Nelson Mandela House.

[@andyfrearson2299]

@ thanks Henry, I’ll search for the video and watch that.👍🏻

[@RaymondFunnell-bs1wl]

Nice video Henry

[@HenrysAdventures]

@RaymondFunnell-bs1wl Thank you!

[@RandomRamblerOnYouTube]

Great video.. Wooburn Green isn't far from here

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much!

[@markpunt9638]

It’s all gone 😢

[@AnthonyFurnivalTrains]

Great to see this! It was a comedy icon as a show!

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much!

[@Welshy1717]

Good Stuff 😎 I'm getting quite a few film locations...... researching and getting out when I can when get a few days off work.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you! :) I always enjoyed going to see where something was filmed.

[@snacklofter]

👍👍

[@davidpanton3192]

The interior shots of FT bore no relation to the exterior; the dining room was to the right of the lobby as seen from the inside, with the kitchen behind it so it would have stuck out several yards on the left as seen from the outside. There was no such extension!

[@HenrysAdventures]

That does sometimes happen with TV and films.

[@wisteela]

It's disgusting what happened with the hotel. It needed to be saved. I'd forgotten about your Lada. I first saw it in your Keeping Up Appearances video. It's a lovely looking old car.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you for joining me! Sadly things like this have happened in the last with listed buildings. Thank you. I enjoy driving my Lada to all these different places!

[@glenmason1876]

Sir Richard and lady Morris

[@paulbaker5902]

Fab... Is it tru????? That woodburn grange was converted into a nightclub called "basils*

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you. Yes, it was a nightclub but not sure about the name.

[@damiencrowley2506]

Ladas were mega tough and reliable, just not fashionable. If they still made them like that and we're the same price I would definitely have one today.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you! I've always enjoyed driving a Lada but then I do like to be a bit different.

[@bucko321]

ladas were the butt of jokes years ago ,mainly because they was cheap to buy .they were a good work horse.

[@doggerproductions]

My dad had one, he said it was like driving a tank 👌

[@MarriedToTheKGB]

Fantastic bit of narration. I live just up the road from Wooburn Green and glad the Lada is reliable or as the Russians call it a Shigulli. I was in Russia last week and there are still plenty around but every year less and less. I think the export ones were better quality than those made for it's domestic market

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much! There's still quite a few Ladas in Hungary although not as many as there was 10 years ago.

[@ianfitzgibbon3150]

Great video bud - what about Only Fools locations ?

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you and thanks for the suggestion! I'll certainly do other sitcom filming locations in th future.

[@paulburton9386]

You should pop down to the West End and see the stage version!

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you! I'm sure that would be a great evening.

[@GeorgeRainey-s4v]

what a downer-fawlty towers all burnt down in 1991 and only the driveway remains. at least the tree branch street is still there which is a scene he re-anacted in the specsavers commercial with the cop car.

[@GrrMeister]

*Don't Mention Ze Vaw - I did once, but I think I got away with it !*

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

.Good video, like.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you very much!

[@markylon]

Great video, one tip look at the lens and not the screen, it engages more with your viewers and also when I'm watching on my big TV it looks like you're talking to people behind me. Set the camera with the screen then look into the lens and don't look back at the screen. Will make a huge difference to the audience.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you for joining me! I'll see what I can do!

[@frooqy]

Would have been better if you had overlaid photos of the original Fawlty Towers locations from where you're standing so we could get a better idea of what we're looking at. Missed opportunity

[@HenrysAdventures]

copyright.

[@rickreid8572]

so nothing to see

[@andyblogger1]

Another inconvenience of Khan's ULEZ nightmare.

[@HenrysAdventures]

I agree, khan is killing London!

[@sonnylatchstring]

Cars are killing London

[@andyblogger1]

@sonnylatchstring , no. Khan is killing London.

[@HenrysAdventures]

@@sonnylatchstring khan is killing London!

[@parade1996]

My two sons were born in northwick park hospital.I lived around that area for around 38 years.Know that road well.🙂

[@HenrysAdventures]

I went into Northwick Park Hospital once to look for the Paternoster lift, I found it but it wasn't working.

[@parade1996]

@HenrysAdventures probably a good thing as they are considered quite dangerous!

[@HenrysAdventures]

@@parade1996 They're great fun to ride though! You've not lived unless you've travelled in one!