Editing Prunella Scales (section)

===Later years===
On 16 November 2007, Scales appeared in ''[[Children in Need]]'', reprising her role as [[Sybil Fawlty]], the new manager who wants to take over [[Hotel Babylon (BBC series)|Hotel Babylon]]. [[John Cleese]] said in an interview on 8 May 2009 that the role of Sybil Fawlty was originally offered to [[Bridget Turner]], who turned down the part, claiming "it wasn't right for her".{{cn|date=July 2024}}

Scales appeared in the audio play ''The Youth of Old Age'', produced in 2008 by the [[Wireless Theatre Company]], and available to download free of charge on their website.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/product/the-youth-of-old-age/ |title=The Youth of Old Age |work=Wireless Theatre Company |year=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> In 2008, she appeared in ''[[Agatha Christie]]'s [[Miss Marple]]'' "[[A Pocket Full of Rye]]" as Mrs Mackenzie.

Scales appeared in a production of ''[[Carrie's War]]'', the [[Nina Bawden]] novel, at the [[West End theatre|West End]] [[Apollo Theatre]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/scales-joins-carries-war-in-west-end-104621/ |title=Scales joins Carrie's War in West End|date=6 March 2009|publisher=OfficialLondonTheatre.com|access-date=31 October 2017}}</ref> The run was successful despite middling reviews. However, Ben Bradley, writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'' Arts & Beats, stated that Scales was the most memorable thing about the show, "[playing] a rich, Miss Havisham-like eccentric, who trails through her house in evening gowns".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/postcard-from-london-pipsqueaking-at-peter-pan/ | title=Postcard from London: Pipsqueaking at 'Peter Pan' | date=8 July 2009 }}</ref>

Scales starred in the 2011 British live-action [[3D film|3D]] family comedy film ''[[Horrid Henry: The Movie]]'' as the titular character's Great Aunt Greta.<ref name="bbcamerica.com"/> She appeared in a short audio story, ''Dandruff Hits the Turtleneck'', written by John Mayfield, and available for download.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Dandruff-Hits-The-Turtleneck-Audiobook/B004LNS5H2 |title=Dandruff Hits The Turtleneck Audiobook |via=audible.com |year=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> Scales starred in a short film called "Stranger Danger" alongside Roderick Cowie in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.strangerdangershort.co.uk/?page_id=2 |title=Credits |work=Strangerdangershort.co.uk |year=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070643/http://www.strangerdangershort.co.uk/?page_id=2 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013 she made a guest appearance in the popular BBC radio comedy ''[[Cabin Pressure (radio series)|Cabin Pressure]]'' as Wendy Crieff, the mother of Captain Martin Crieff.

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Alongside her husband, Scales appeared in ''[[Great Canal Journeys]]'' for Channel 4 from 2014 for 10 series, before her deteriorating health brought her television career to an end. Stuart Heritage, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'' in November 2016, commented that it "is ultimately a work about a devoted couple facing something huge together. It's a beautiful, meditative programme".<ref>{{cite news|last=Heritage|first=Stuart|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/nov/07/great-canal-journeys-prunella-scales-timothy-west|title='It's like glimpsing an old couple holding hands': why I adore Great Canal Journeys|work=The Guardian|date=7 November 2016|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref> "An emotional but unrooted glimpse of life with dementia" was Christopher Howse's characterization in October 2018, writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/10/07/great-canal-journeys-series-9-episode-1-review-emotional-unrooted/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/10/07/great-canal-journeys-series-9-episode-1-review-emotional-unrooted/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Great Canal Journeys series 9 episode 1 review: an emotional but unrooted glimpse of life with dementia|first=Christopher|last=Howse|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=7 October 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Reviewing Scales's and West's last episode in October 2019 for ''The Guardian'', Jack Seale wrote "Since the first instalment in 2014, the series has charted the long, slow goodbye that is living with dementia, cherishing every moment of precious normality and celebrating how an immersion in nature is the surest way to bring the old Pru back."<ref>{{cite news|date=21 October 2019|title=Great Canal Journeys: how a bittersweet boating show captured viewers' hearts|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/21/great-canal-journeys-timothy-west-prunella-scales-narrowboat|access-date=9 January 2021|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>