Fawlty Towers fans all say the same thing as reboot of beloved comedy sitcom confirmed

FAWLTY Towers fans are all saying the same thing as the show is set to return to British TV screens.

The comedy programme – which ended 44 years ago – will be back with brand new episodes.

John Cleese, 83, will write it again and play Basil Fawlty.

Cleese’s daughter Camilla, 39, will also write and star in the reboot which will spark a TV bidding war.

Manic Basil Fawlty will be seen grappling with the modern world as he runs a boutique hotel in the Fawlty Towers reboot.

The latest shows, which will see Basil running a hotel with his long-lost daughter, are likely to spark a bidding war between streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon, as well as US and UK channels.

American production company Castle Rock Entertainment, run by director Rob Reiner and producer Matthew George, is backing the new project.

Filming is likely to begin next year.

Cleese said: “When we first met, Matt offered an excellent first idea, and then Matt, my daughter Camilla and I had one of the best creative sessions I can remember.

“By dessert we had an overall concept so good that, a few days later, it won the approval of Rob and Michele Reiner. Camilla and I look forward enormously to expanding it into a series.”

However, while fans are delighted the comedy sitcom is making a return, they’ve all been saying the same thing.

They fear the show will be “too woke” and “politically correct”.

One said: “Won’t be as good as some folk will moan about some of the stuff said.”

Another posted: “Definitely won’t be the same, you couldn’t get away with some of the stuff that was said back then.”

“Canned laughter, politically correct jokes will bounce off the wall,” said a third.

While a fourth commented: “When will they learn what was funny then won’t be now…”

Fawlty Towers, which aired in 1975 with a second series in 1979, consistently tops all-time comedy lists thanks to famous scenes such as “Don’t mention the war” and Basil bashing his car with a branch.

Prunella Scales, 90, who played Basil’s wife Sybil, retired from acting in 2020 following her Alzheimer’s diagnosis six years earlier.

Andrew Sachs, who played Spanish waiter Manuel, died in 2016.

Connie Booth, who co-wrote the original two series and played chambermaid Polly, was married to Monty Python star Cleese from 1968 to 1978.