Conversation so far:
What were Fawlty Towers?
Cleese achieved greater prominence in the United Kingdom as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers.
When did he begin there?
The first series was screened from 19 September 1975 on BBC 2.

Question: Was it successful?
Self-contained rewrite: Was the show Fawlty Towers  successful?