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Fawlty Towers’ Prunella Scales left more than £3m in her will, probate records show

The actor, who was living with dementia, passed away peacefully at her London home in October 2025

The Independent UK · Aug 14

Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales leaves more than £3m in will

The actress died in October last year,

Evening Standard · Aug 14

John Cleese shares heartbreaking photos with 'dear' Fawlty Towers co-star Prunella Scales after her death

John Cleese paid tribute to both stars while sharing snaps of the trio laughing together at an event on Instagram

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025

50 years since Fawlty Towers was first aired on TV

Despite the show’s huge success, co-writer John Cleese said he did not want to write a third series in case it was not as good as the others.

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025

John Cleese says ‘goodbye’ to Twitter – but his daughter is unconvinced

‘Thanks for dinner, Elon,’ the Fawlty Towers star said in an apparent final post

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024

Fawlty Towers review – comedy history repeats itself as stage farce

John Cleese’s transposition of his TV sitcom to the theatre has pitch perfect performances, but it never quite becomes a play

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024

John Cleese cut N-word from Fawlty Towers revival because people ‘don’t understand irony’

Speaking at launch for West End adaptation, Cleese complains about literal-minded viewers ‘not playing with a full deck’

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2024

‘It’s almost like karaoke’: classic UK TV sitcoms transfer to stage – and thrill the superfans

Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Only Fools and Horses … the vogue for screen-to-stage shows taps into our need for nostalgia

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024

‘Will you shut up?’ John Cleese snaps at Ed Balls during Good Morning Britain interview

‘Fawlty Towers’ creator was discussing his forthcoming GB News show, ‘The Dinosaur Hour’

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023

Classic British sitcoms like Fawlty Towers and ‘Allo ‘Allo! ‘contributed to Brexit vote’

The shows reveal the ‘core differences between Britain and her European neighbours’, historian says

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023