BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers is making a fresh return to the stage in a sequel show, John Cleese has confirmed.

The comedy legend, 85, revisited his role as bumbling hotel owner Basil Fawlty on the West End last year, drawing in fans of the original show, which ran from 1975 to 1979.

Fawlty Towers: The Play was a two-hour-long stage show penned by Cleese based on three of the original episodes: The Hotel Inspector, The Germans and Communication Problems, remaining faithful to the original tone of the show.

He passed the baton over to Danny Bayne to portray the lead role, however.

Now, three more episodes will be revived in a sequel – The Psychiatrist, The Kipper and The Corpse, which involve storylines like hiding a dead body and trying to wrangle an escaped rodent.

In a statement, Cleese

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