Fawlty Towers characters resurrected

These pictures show Basil Fawlty and Manuel back at each other's throats after 28 years.

Sadly John Cleese, 67, and Andrew Sachs, 77, are not reuniting for a new series of the classic sitcom. The pictures show the Fawlty Towers stars in a new corporate video for Norway oil company Statoil.

In the six new training videos, the rude hotelier is running a restaurant called Basil's Brasserie.

Sachs explained to The Sun: "Basil is creating havoc in a restaurant where the manager is even more incompetent than him. I [Manuel] walk by and spot Señor Fawlty. He vaguely remembers me. It turns out I own a Michelin-starred restaurant in London. Basil is green with envy."

Cleese has said in the past that he will never write any more Fawlty Towers episodes, thus ensuring the classic sitcom, which was filmed in 1975 and 1979, remains one of country's favourites.

John Cleese co-founded the comedy-training-video company Video Arts in 1972. The company has gone on to make millions producing corporate videos starring comedians like Dawn French, Hugh Laurie, Ricky Gervais, and of course Cleese himself. Video Arts was sold in May for £2.4 million.