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The Latest Breaking News from Connie Booth

Prunella Scales says she ‘loves it when people don’t’ ask her about Fawlty Towers

Actor, who played Sybil Fawlty in series, says she finds topic ‘boring’

The Independent UK

Couples’ in-jokes are so irritating. Not so in Colin from Accounts

Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer’s comedy nails the alchemy of what turns the private into the hilariously relatable

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese issues ‘apology’ following backlash to Fawlty Towers reboot: ‘I feel terrible’

Actor is rebooting the Seventies sitcom with his daughter

The Independent UK

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John Cleese issues ‘apology’ following backlash to Fawlty Towers reboot: ‘I feel terrible’

Actor is rebooting the Seventies sitcom with his daughter

The Independent UK

John Cleese issues sarcastic apology following backlash to Fawlty Towers reboot: ‘I feel terrible’

Actor is rebooting the Seventies sitcom with his daughter

The Independent UK

John Cleese didn’t tell ex-wife and co-creator Connie Booth about Fawlty Towers reboot

The actress didn't appreciate discovering the news ‘in the papers’

Evening Standard

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

Fawlty Towers star Connie Booth, who played loveable maid Polly in the iconic sitcom, has hit out at her ex-husband John Cleese for failing to discuss the reboot with her

Daily Mirror

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Fawlty Towers cast where are they now? Prank call scandal, cuts from show and tragic deaths

It ran for 12 episodes and is now being revived

Liverpool Echo

Fawlty Towers cast where are they now? From co-star divorce to prank call scandal

It first aired back in 1975

Manchester Evening News

Fawlty Towers fans have mixed reaction online as iconic UK sitcom set for reboot

Many weren’t happy about the reboot, with one saying: "Connie Booth co-wrote the brilliant original I suspect this will be garbage"

Irish Mirror

An anti-woke nightmare! Why the Fawlty Towers remake is a truly nauseating idea

This is 2023 – not the 80s or 90s. Today’s John Cleese is tediously obsessed with cancel culture and most of the sitcom’s original cast aren’t involved. It’s destined to be terrible

The Guardian - UK

German tourists, Manuel’s ‘hamster’, a drunk chef: Can Fawlty Towers reboot deliver?

Iconic 1970s British sitcom Fawlty Towers is set for a sequel starring John Cleese as Basil Fawlty and his daughter Camilla Cleese.

The New Daily

Fawlty Towers set for reboot starring John Cleese and his daughter

The original show, written by Cleese and Connie Booth, ran on BBC2 for two series in 1975 and 1979

Manchester Evening News

Fawlty Towers set for revival with John Cleese and his daughter Camilla

The original show, written by Cleese and Connie Booth, ran on BBC2 for two series in 1975 and 1979

Evening Standard

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