Prunella Scales Quotes

I love Jennifer Saunders, the 'Absolutely Fabulous' creator.

When I was in my late teens, I discovered 'Fawlty Towers' and 'Monty Python,' and they still make me laugh.

'Fawlty Towers' was a huge influence on me. I mean, it was so slapstick, too. 'Are You Being Served?' was on 15 times a day, it seemed like, and I loved it.

I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.

I love 'Blackadder,' but history it certainly ain't.

I'm really into 'Veep.' I think that the showrunner Armando Iannucci is a genius.

It is all down to 'The Two Ronnies.' Those years with Ronnie Barker were the spine of my career.

Of current British stuff, 'Brass Eye' was one of my favorite shows.

'The Office' is an amazing show. So is 'Extras.'

I'll always watch anything that Steve Coogan does in the character of Alan Partridge.

I like 'Only Fools and Horses' and 'Father Ted.'

Carla Lane's 'Butterflies' seemed to be on in our house at all times when I was a kid, as did 'The Good Life.' But it was 'Fawlty Towers that made me really sit up for the first time. Basil's incandescent rage made me howl.

I think 'The Big Bang Theory' is one of the greatest written TV shows of all time.

I wrote on the fourth season of 'Arrested Development.'

I'm into comedy, stuff like 'The Office,' 'The Royle Family,' 'Only Fools And Horses,' 'Bilko,' that sort of stuff.

When you watch some old sitcoms, however charming they are, they have often lost speed over the years. The speed of 'Fawlty Towers' has lasted the distance.

The repeat run of Fawlty Towers (BBC2) drew bigger audiences than ever and deservedly so. Statistical surveys reveal that only the television critic of the Spectator is incapable of seeing the joke, which is that Basil Fawlty has the wrong temperament to be a hotel proprietor, just as some other people have the wrong temperament to be television critics.

All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.

But as a kid, I loved 'Monty Python.' My Dad was a devout watcher. We used to watch it when we ate dinner!

I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers.'

'Monty Python' is now more recognised by the films than by the TV series.

'Monty Python' and 'The Simpsons' have ruined comedy for writers for the rest of our lives.

I'm a big fan of '30 Rock,' which I think is the most genius show on television.

'The Cosby Show' made an impact on comedy, television and culture. We rejected lowering the bar.

'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was a huge influence on me as a kid. It looked like a really fun job.