Classic sitcom Fawlty Towers is to be rebooted, starring John Cleese alongside his daughter Camilla Cleese. The original show, written by Cleese and Connie Booth, ran on BBC2 for two series in 1975 and 1979.
In 2019, the show was named the greatest British sitcom of all time by a panel of television experts for Radio Times magazine. But on Tuesday (February 7) Castle Rock Entertainment announced it had closed a deal with actor and writer John Cleese to bring back the television series.
The BBC show followed the unfortunate exploits of highly-strung Torquay hotelier Basil Fawlty, played by Cleese, and his wife Sybil, portrayed by Prunella Scales, as they tried to keep their hotel and marriage afloat. The original ran for two series of six episodes each.
