All Creatures Great and Small star Samuel West has spoken out, following the "very sad" loss of his beloved mother and Fawlty Towers legend, Prunella Scales . The actress, who was also known for presenting Channel 4's Great Canal Journeys , died at the age of 93 on Monday, 27 October. Prunella's passing came almost one year after her husband of 61 years, Shakespearean stage actor Timothy West . "I'm about to open as Malvolio in the RSC's Twelfth Night at the Barbican for Christmas, and the thought that neither of them will see it…," Samuel said on BBC Radio 4's Last Word .

© Dan Wooller/Shutterstock Samuel West pictured with his mother Prunella Scales and father Timothy West in 2012

"I mean, the first time we did it, it was just after my father's death, and I sort of did it

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