'Racist' slur cut from Fawlty

By Michael Idato
January 25 2013 - 3:00am
John Cleese and Prunella Scales as Basil and Sybil Fawlty.
John Cleese and Prunella Scales as Basil and Sybil Fawlty.

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) clashes with visiting German tourists, is one of its most-loved.

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