Fawlty Towers
British TV sitcom
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| March 1 2025 | Final closing date of Fawlty Towers: The Play at the Apollo Theatre after a second extension due to popular demand. |
| 2025 | Fawlty Towers: The Play begins its UK tour, bringing the beloved comedy series to live theatrical audiences across the United Kingdom. |
| January 4 2025 | First extension of the play's run at the Apollo Theatre due to popular demand. |
| 2024 | The play continued to be performed, maintaining its run in Sydney and the West End with multiple cast iterations |
| September 28 2024 | Originally scheduled closing date of the play at the Apollo Theatre. |
| May 4 2024 | UK premiere of Fawlty Towers: The Play at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, featuring Adam Jackson-Smith as Basil, Anna-Jane Casey as Sybil, Victoria Fox as Polly, Hemi Yeroham as Manuel, and Paul Nicholas as the Major. |
| February 2023 | A revival of Fawlty Towers was announced, with Cleese set to reprise the role of Basil as an older character still running a hotel and adapting to the modern world. |
| 2016 | Mentioned in the movie Deadpool, where Ryan Reynolds' character lists 'Basil Fawlty' as one of the names he asks Ajax. |
| 2016 | Appears as inspiration for the character Barnabas-Basil Foulty in the video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion Blood and Wine, who serves as Geralt's majordomo. |
| 2016 | Cleese appeared as Basil Fawlty in a Specsavers TV advertisement, humorously recreating the car-thrashing scene from the 'Gourmet Night' episode by accidentally attacking a police car. |
| 2016 | Commenced Australian tour following the world premiere in Sydney. The planned New Zealand tour was cancelled. |
| August 19 2016 | World premiere of 'Fawlty Towers Live' play at the Roslyn Packer Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Directed by Caroline J. Ranger, with Stephen Hall as Basil Fawlty, Blazey Best as Sybil Fawlty, Aimee Horne as Polly, and Syd Brisbane as Manuel. |
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