Some sitcom characters command an audience’s attention as soon as they appear on screen: Rigsby from Rising Damp, Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses and Norman Stanley Fletcher from Porridge. Sybil ...

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Fawlty Towers is 50 years old – the legendary British sitcom, created by John Cleese and Connie Booth, aired its first episode in September 1975. Set in Torquay, the series followed the (often chaotic ...

For a sitcom that only lasted for 12 episodes, Fawlty Towers left an indelible mark on British comedy. Discourteous hotel owner Basil Fawlty and his shrewish wife Sybil became legends, along with long ...

Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died aged 93, her family have confirmed. Scales was best known for playing hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the long-suffering and domineering wife of Basil - ...

Prunella Scales was best known for her role as Sybil Fawlty in the sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers’, but enjoyed a varied career on stage and screen (PA Archive) The role of Sybil, the wife of the manic hotel ...

With her towering auburn beehive, acid tongue and constantly smouldering cigarette, she was the Dragon Lady of Torquay. In just 12 perfectly performed episodes of Fawlty Towers, Prunella Scales ...

Prunella Scales, who starred with John Cleese as the squabbling married co-owners of a quaint seaside hotel on the beloved British sitcom Fawlty Towers, has died. She was 93. “We would like to thank ...