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The London West End stage adaptation of 'Fawlty Towers' will be free of racial slurs, creator John Cleese has said.

Now more than 40 years later Paul Nicholas is playing a very different role as the bumbling old Major in John Cleese s stage adaptation of his BBC hit show Fawlty Towers.

Sitcoms were king in the '70s.

Sitcoms were king in the '70s.

You might be wondering if All Creatures Great and Small season 5 is happening or if the Christmas special was the shows last outing

The possibility of Mrs Hall leaving All Creatures Great and Small likely filled fans with dread as season 4 teased a major change for her

Three episodes of the TV series have been combined to create the plot of the stage adaptation.

The original series, which ran from 1975 to 1979, followed inept hotel manager Basil Fawlty, played by John Cleese, as he tried to keep his hotel and marriage afloat.

Fawlty Towers to hit the West End - John Cleese adapts original TV scripts for the stage

Fifty years since it was first recorded at BBC Television Centre in 1974, the “greatest British sitcom of all time” (Radio Times) Fawlty Towers, has been adapted for the West End stage by comedy legend John Cleese and will premiere at London’s Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue on Wednesday 15 May.