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Eighties heart-throb Paul Nicholas looks unrecognisable as the Major and Adam Jackson-Smith is seen as Basil as first pictures of Fawlty Towers reboot are revealed


Now more than 40 years later Paul Nicholas is playing a very different role as the bumbling old Major in John Cleese 's stage adaptation of his BBC hit show Fawlty Towers.

Paul Nicholas was a heartthrob in the early 80s wit his chiseled jaw and curly blonde hair but he's now playing bumbling old Major in John Cleese ’s stage adaptation of Fawlty Towers John Cleese was all smiles as he arrived at the sneak peak of the West End show dressed in a pair of blue jeans with dark brown and grey trainers, a plain black t-shirt, and a light beige jacket Cleese posing with Anna-Jane Casey who wore the iconic outfit of her character Polly - a pink suit and white ruffled blouse with her curly hair piled on top of her head

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