As part of UKTV’s (or whatever they’re calling themselves this week) push to create more original programming, they’ve begun advertising Fawlty Towers Re-Opened, which consists of interviews with the cast and crew. It might be worth a watch, mainly because it’s the first time the cast have been reunited in 30 years.
The result of this though is that there’s been a whole bunch of rumours about new episodes being produced. Rumours which now John Cleese has thankfully categorically put to rest.
I’m really glad that they won’t make any more Fawlty Towers, first of all because it would just be ridiculous, the cast are all far too old now, and secondly because it doesn’t need any more episodes, it already has 12 perfect ones. If UKTV were to make more episodes it would probably end up being just as poor as the recent Red Dwarf revival.
Also I always hoped Polly and Manuel would have left Fawlty Towers by now, and that maybe Basil might have finally found somewhere peaceful to retire to.
