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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Nicola Methven

Fawlty Towers star claims John Cleese didn't speak to her before reboot announcement

Connie Booth is miffed that John Cleese is bringing back Fawlty Towers without consulting her.

The 82-year-old co-wrote the hit sitcom with Cleese, then her husband, and starred alongside him as maid Polly.

But Connie, who split from the Basil Fawlty actor after 10 years of marriage in 1978, said she knew nothing about his plan to reboot it after a 44-year gap.

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