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An episode of Fawlty Towers will air tonight on BBC One in a special tribute to late actress Prunella Scales.

The BBC has confirmed that it will air the episode in the wake of the 93-year-old's death.

Scales played the character of Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil for the entire run of the show, from 1975 to 1979.

She appeared in all 12 episodes of both series, the BBC said.

Tonight (Tuesday, October 28), an episode, titled The Builders, will air.

It is the second from the first series and originally hit television screens on September 26, 1975.

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During the episode, hotelier Basil, played by John Cleese, and his wife Sybil decide to have 'structural work' carried out on the hotel while they

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