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A stage adaptation of classic TV sitcom Fawlty Towers will premiere on London’s West End, almost 50 years after the first episode was recorded at the BBC.

A stage adaptation of the classic TV sitcom Fawlty Towers is set to come to London’s West End, almost 50 years after the first episode was recorded at the BBC.

Fawlty Towers star John Cleese has penned a two hour play, based on episodes of the hit BBC sitcom, that will premiere on London's West End

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.

A stage adaptation of 'Fawlty Towers', written by John Cleese, is set to come to London's West End.

The court of the St. James Theatre has assembled! The Tony Award-winning Best Musical comedy Monty Python’s SPAMALOT has just announced its cast and we have the full list!

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical comedy Monty Python’s SPAMALOT will return to Broadway this fall at the St. James Theatre. We have all the details!