John Cleese introduces broadcast of the Fawlty Towers West End stage show as it heads out on a UK tour, on the exact 50th anniversary of the classic sitcom's first ever episode. The play brings ...

A celebration of John Cleese and Connie Booth's acclaimed sitcom following the misadventures of Torquay hotel owner Basil Fawlty. The programme explores its phenomenal success, with a selection of its ...

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - John Cleese says farce is best seen in the theatre as he brings a new stage version of his classic 1970s comedy show "Fawlty Towers" to London's West End. "Fawlty Towers The ...

For a sitcom that only lasted for 12 episodes, Fawlty Towers left an indelible mark on British comedy. Discourteous hotel owner Basil Fawlty and his shrewish wife Sybil became legends, along with long ...

Prunella Scales, best known to TV audiences for her turn as hotel manager Sybil Fawlty on the BBC classic "Fawlty Towers," died Monday at the age of 93. Though a specific cause of death has not been ...

LONDON (AP) — Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93 and had dementia. Scales’ ...

Currently playing to sold-out houses at London's Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue, John Cleese's FAWLTY TOWERS – THE PLAY, has announced a UK tour. Prepare for a staycation you'll never forget as the ...

As the trusty Fawlty Towers theme, an easy-listening waltz of the kind once fashionable at tea dances on the south coast, trilled through the auditorium, a kind of alternate reality began to envelop ...