The popular British sitcom Fawlty Towers is set to get a sequel.

 



The popular British sitcom Fawlty Towers is set to get a sequel.



CAST OF FAWLTY TOWERS REUNITES TO CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOW ON MAY 6, 2009. AP.

The popular British sitcom Fawlty Towers is set to get a sequel.

 Former cast member John Cleese reached a deal with Castle Rock Entertainment to write and star in the new show alongside his daughter, Camilla Cleese.


  • Fawlty Towers ran for two seasons on the BBC between 1975 and 1979.
  • The show covered the lives of Basil and Sybil Fawlty as the fictional English couple struggled to manage their boutique hotel business while keeping their marriage afloat.
  • Cleese will return as Basil Fawlty in the sequel while his real-life daughter, Camilla, will play his fictional daughter in the show.
  • The new series will see Basil Fawlty team up with his daughter to run the fictional hotel amid the challenges of the modern world. 

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  • Television experts for the British magazine Radio Times ranked the original Fawlty Towers as the greatest British sitcom of all time in 2019.
  • The British streaming service UKTV temporarily removed one of the show's episodes in 2020 due to racial slurs before reinstating it with a content warning.

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