Oct 19, 2009 | Times Online
Prunella Scales, 30 years on from Fawlty Towers
One of Britain's best character actresses, Prunella Scales will inevitably be remembered for one character above all Vote for your favourite Fawlty Towers moment at the bottom of this article Although Fawlty Towers was created by John Cleese and Connie Booth in the mid-1970s, Sybil Fawlty was born during the Second World War.
How history helped Britain's masterwork comedy series
Connie Booth and John Cleese utilized some unique techniques while taping episodes of Fawlty Towers in the mid-'70s, such as rushing through jokes and ignoring the faint scent of cod.
John Cleese in 12 million divorce settlement
John Cleese has reached a 12 million settlement in his acrimonious divorce from his third wife Alyce Faye Eichelberger.
John Cleese and Fawlty Towers is one of my favourite sitcoms from the seventies.
AT the 30-year reunion of comedy show Fawlty Towers, the tallest of the original cast is utterly delighted to be home.
EXCLUSIVE: Marriage demons ...
ACTRESS Connie Booth has told for the first time how the 'demons' from her faltering marriage to John Cleese inspired one of Britain's finest sitcoms.
I love Fawlty but there'll be no fresh Basil
HOME > FEATURES > EXPRESS YOURSELF > I love Fawlty but there'll be no fresh Basil COMEDY ICONS: Prunella Scales, John Cleese, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs reunited Basil's alter-ego John Cleese talks to DAVID STEPHENSON about how the legendary sitcom was made and reveals that the BBC nearly passed on the series.
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'Fawlty Towers' reunion, a 'Fish Called Wanda' musical
From the U.K.'s Daily Mail we learned of the unlikely sight at left: The cast of the classic '70s British comedy Fawlty Towers gathered to promote two documentaries airing on the British comedy channel G.O.L.D. starting this weekend .
High-flyers: Flight of the Conchords
Wings of desire: Kiwi comics Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement return with more spoof folk songs and gags in a new BBC4 series enlarge This Sunday, the UKTV channel Gold will be screening a 30th-anniversary Fawlty Towers reunion documentary, featuring all of the main cast, including, uniquely for such an exercise, Connie Booth.
ANDREW Sachs calls Sachsgate 'nice' as he's reunited with the Fawlty Towers cast
ANDREW Sachs called the Sachsgate scandal 'very nice' today, as he was reunited with the cast of Fawlty Towers.
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