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When Monty Python's John Cleese embarked on Fawlty Towers in 1975, fans of Python's surrealism were not particularly optimistic.

One of Britain's best character actresses, Prunella Scales will inevitably be remembered for one character above all Vote for your favourite Fawlty Towers moment at the bottom of this article Although Fawlty Towers was created by John Cleese and Connie Booth in the mid-1970s, Sybil Fawlty was born during the Second World War.

FANS OF JOHN CLEESE'S dry British situational humor shouldn't need an excuse to rewatch any of the 12 outstanding episodes of " Fawlty Towers ," but this week's release of the " Remastered " set certainly provides one.

TICKETS are still availanble to see star of stage and screen Prunella Scales at a performance in Whitby on Thursday.

THERE was nothing 'Fawlty' in this acting masterclass as Prunella Scales taught young actors what she knows.

FAWLTY Towers star Prunella Scales, one of Britain's best loved actresses, stars in the monologue-based Gertrudes Secrets, at Doncaster's Civic Theatre.

Sybil Fawlty is coming to Whitby! Actress Prunella Scales a ' who, as Basil Fawlty's shrewish wife in the TV classic Fawlty Towers, is no stranger to seaside hotels a ' will appear in Gertrude's Secret at the Pavilion Theatre on Thursday October 8 at 7.30pm. The actress is familiar with the Yorkshire coast a ' in 1988 she was one of the stars of ...

By Pauline Hawkins A SHAKESPEARIAN evening with a difference has sprung from actor Timothy West's connection to Square Chapel, Halifax.

WITH only three weeks to go until Bewdley Festival, organisers say they are delighted with the public response.

This Friday sees the start of The Bradford Film Festival, an unrivalled opportunity to view films on every screen conceivable - from 35mm to the monster IMAX screen, from 70mm to the three projector Cinerama so beloved of 1950s epicmeisters.

WHILE I was a bookworm as a kid one novel I didn't ever read was Carrie's War. But I'm looking forward to finally enjoying the tale - on the stage.

London, Carrie's War Your rating Click on a star to rate Henry Hitchings's rating Reader rating Add your review Description: Emma Reeves's adaptation of Nina Bawden's best-selling book about two children evacuated to the countryside during the Second World War.

It's Glastonbury this week, but that doesn't mean there aren't hundreds of exciting sounding things going on good old London town too.... Opening tonight is the adaptation of Nina Bawden's classic children's novel, Carrie's War , at the Apollo Theatre .

This summer, take an unforgettable journey into the past with Nina Bawdena TMs classic tale - Carriea TMs War, live on stage at the Apollo Theatre.

Missing British comedies found in a movie mogul's garage cinema are being restored for a new generation Richard Brooks FOR some 50 years, the reels of film lay forgotten in a London garage.

Stuart Devenie and George Henare tackle Four Flat Whites in Italy with Darien Takle and Annie Whittle.