The recent stage play version of perhaps the greatest sitcom ever made, Fawlty Towers: The Play, is set to air on TV for the first time as part of the classic sitcom's 50th anniversary celebrations.

Fawlty Towers is taking up residence in the West End! The beloved BBC sitcom from the 1970s, written by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth, has been adapted for the stage by Cleese and will be ...

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 ...

The London West End stage adaptation of “Fawlty Towers” will be free of racial slurs, creator John Cleese has said. “Fawlty Towers – The Play” is based on the classic 1975 sitcom and is written by ...

I just found myself on Shaftesbury Avenue at the Apollo Theatre, in London's West End to get up close and personal with John Cleese. As in, I am in the second-to-front row, the stage is before me, and ...

If you are a fan of British sitcoms, then recent news that the legendary Fawlty Towers is getting a revival has you absolutely chuffed. John Cleese is set to return as both writer and star, alongside ...

U&Gold has acquired the broadcast rights for Fawlty Towers: The Play (1×120’).Recorded during the show’s run at the West End with its original cast, Fawlty Towers: The Playwill airin September to mark ...

Does the West End really need a stage adaptation of "Fawlty Towers", the "greatest British sitcom ever made"? I entered the theatre feeling pretty sceptical, said Fiona Mountford in The i Paper. But I ...

John Cleese ’s Fawlty Towers – The Play has announced that it is extending its West End run for a second time. Currently playing at London’s Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue, the critically acclaimed ...

14:37, Mon, Dec 1, 2025 Updated: 15:28, Mon, Dec 1, 2025 Fifty years after it first broadcast in September 1975, Fawlty Towers remains one of the most beloved British sitcoms of all time. This is ...