The recent death of Andrew Sachs made me feel nostalgic and I re-watched Fawlty Towers . So much has already been said and written about this most celebrated of British television programs, but Sachs’ death renewed discussion of Fawlty Towers ’s success. One point was the reminder that when the program was first pitched to the BBC, a memo was written heaping scorn on the quality of the writing of the pilot script.