Fawlty Towers is returning to TV for one night only – but there is a catch

However, it is now returning to screens for one night only on New Year's Eve - but instead of John Cleese et al, it will feature the cast of the stage show. The theatre production, recorded during the ...
Variety

‘Fawlty Towers’ Stage Play Won’t Have Racial Slurs, John Cleese Says: ‘The Literal-Minded Don’t Understand Irony’

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 ...
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John Cleese, On Why Fawlty Towers Works Better On The Stage (Video)

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 ...
THE WEEK

Fawlty Towers: The Play – a 'hugely entertaining blast of unadorned nostalgia'

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 ...
Variety

John Cleese’s ‘Fawlty Towers’ Sets London West End Stage Debut

Classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers” has been adapted for the London West End stage by original series writer and star John Cleese. Cleese, who co-wrote the original 1975 TV series with Connie Booth ...