Connie Booth News

Then it was the three-day week and the winter of discontent, but at least they had Fawlty Towers and the Clash Fawlty Towers, starring sPrunella Scales as Sybil, John Cleese as Basil, Connie Booth as Polly and Andrew Sachs as Manuel, was one consolation of the 1970s.

The 71-year-old funnyman divorced third wife Alyce Faye Eichelberger in 2008 and thinks his relationships with his former spouses have been increasingly strained and gone progressively downhill.

Basil Fawlty unveils Fawlty Towers' special entree for his "gourmet night" guests as Sybil and Polly look on.

FAWLTY aficionados will know that the name of the English Riviera's most dysfunctional hotel changed from week to week.

*File photo Bruce Barritt takes the leading role of Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers.