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Real hotel used in Fawlty Towers was a hub for 'gambling, illicit encounters and crime' show's floor manager claims
The real hotel used in Fawlty Towers was a hub for 'gambling, illicit encounters and crime'.
The second and final series ended more than 40 years ago but Monty Python actor John, 84, is writing new episodes of the former BBC programme with his comedian daughter Camilla Cleese, 39. Developed by actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner's Castle Rock Entertainment, the new series will look at how cynical and misanthropic snob Basil fares in the modern world, it was announced on Tuesday. Despite being tortured by 'that annoying section of the general public who insist on staying at hotels' in the previous two series which ran from 1975 to 1979 for 12 episodes, Basil and his daughter decide to reenter the industry and open up a boutique property.
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