John Cleese has said his stage adaptation of Fawlty Towers has been successful because 50 years on from the show’s 1975 TV debut it is still “funnier than anything else that’s on these days”.

Helen Lederer is joining the cast of the Fawlty Towers play when it returns to the West End this summer. The comedian and author – best known for her roles in Ab Fab and Bottom – will be playing Mrs ...