Comic actor John Cleese has said that the cast will never make another episode of the hit comedy Fawlty Towers as they are ‘too old and too tired’.

Cleese, who wrote the show with ex-wife and co-star Booth, said he had to work for 43 weeks – “writing, performing and filming” – to make each of the two series.

Cleese said: “It took so much energy to do that show.

“I think everyone would be excited if we did it [a new series].

“The problem is, when you do do something that is generally accepted as being very good, a horrible problem arises which is, how do you top it?

“The expectation of what you will do is so high.”

The cast are currently celebrating the show’s 30th anniversary and John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs and Prunella Scales will come together to tell the story of how the well-loved sitcom was made.

The special, called Fawlty Towers: Re-opened, will air on Sunday, May 10 on TV channel G.O.L.D.