Penny Lancaster and brother Oliver attend Fawlty Towers opening night time
Penny Lancaster put on a leggy display as she attended the opening night of Fawlty Towers: The Play with her rarely seen brother Oliver.
The former model, 53, looked effortlessly stylish in a chic black minidress with floral print, featuring long sleeves and a thigh-skimming hemline which showed off her long legs.
The wife of rock legend Rod Stewart added a boost to her height with dusty pink strappy heels and sported a bronzed tan.
The TV personality beamed as she stopped to strike a few poses on the red carpet with her brother ahead of the event at the Apollo Theatre in London.
Oliver rocked a striped blazer jacket which he teamed with a black shirt and matching trousers.
Penny Lancaster put on a leggy display as she attended the opening night of Fawlty Towers: The Play with her rarely seen brother Oliver
The former model, 53, looked effortlessly stylish in a chic black minidress with floral print, featuring long sleeves and a thigh-skimming hemline which showed off her long legs
The iconic British sitcom has been revived for an eagerly-anticipated West End production, more than 40 years later.
It sees the comedy legend John Cleese reprising his role as Basil Fawlty. The actor recently admitted it is not something he is excited about, had it been a new script, but that it is a ‘good deal’.
Despite his initial skepticism about revisiting the iconic show, having turned down a musical and TV show, the screenwriter finally accepted an offer in 2015.
In a candid interview ahead of the opening, John, 84, revealed he is doing it for the money so that he no longer has to fly economy.
He told The Times: ‘But this is about getting myself a nest egg, so I can get a place in the sun. Because I have a problem with British weather.
‘And if there’s a crisis, you can throw money at it. That’s the best thing about money.
‘The next stage is to have enough not to have to fly commercial. I’m 6’4” and I find flying absolutely awful.’
The comments come after it was announced last year that the actor is writing a new television show set in the Caribbean, which will see Basil’s daughter who has worked in hotels all her life, embark on a new job and enlist the help of her father.
The wife of rock legend Rod Stewart added a boost to her height with dusty pink strappy heels and sported a bronzed tan
The TV personality appeared in high spirits as she hit the red carpet ahead of the event at the Apollo Theatre in London
Penny and Oliver were all smiles as they exited the theatre holding hands
Oliver rocked a striped blazer jacket which he teamed with a black shirt and matching trousers
The pair were seen laughing as they headed to a waiting car
Penny looked incredible in the floral minidress as she departed the Apollo Theatre
The iconic British sitcom Fawlty Towers has been revived for an eagerly-anticipated West End production, more than 40 years later
It sees the comedy legend John Cleese reprising his role as Basil Fawlty, as the actor recently admitted he is doing it for the money (pictured on This Morning this month)
John with the cast of the West End show. Right to Left: Anna-Jane Casey, John Cleese, Hemi Yeroham, Adam Jackson-Smith and Victoria Fox
John Cleese with the original cast of Fawlty Towers, in the hit BBC sitcom which was broadcast from 1975 to 1979 for two seasons
John with his ex wife Connie Booth who played Polly in the original BBC show. The pair divorced in 1978 but there are rumours she will be sneaking into the West End revival
He is also working on a musical and a non-musical version of Monty Python’s Life of Brian, plus another comedy film about cannibalism.
The 12-episode sitcom is based on a real-life hotel owner, Donald Sinclair, who ran the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay and the couple became fascinated with his incredibly rude behaviour.
John was married to Connie, 83, from 1968 to 1978 after they both met on the comedy circuit while studying drama in New York.
The couple co-wrote and starred opposite each other in both series of Fawlty Towers with Connie playing the chambermaid Polly Sherman – although they divorced before the second series was finished and aired.
In 2020, the BBC removed an episode of Fawlty Towers from UKTV over ‘racial slurs’.
Titled The Germans, Cleese’s hotelier upsets a German family with constant references to the Nazis.
Despite the controversy, John confirmed the new West End production of the classic 1970s sitcom will include the scene in which a delusional Fawlty, suffering from a head injury, continually brings up the Second World War.
It’s been 50 years since the first show was first recorded at the BBC studios in December 1974.
