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Fawlty Towers set for revival with John Cleese and his daughter

Classic sitcom Fawlty Towers is to be revived with John Cleese returning to write and star alongside his daughter Camilla Cleese. The original show, written by Cleese and Connie Booth, ran on BBC2 for two series in 1975 and 1979. It followed the ...

07 Feb 2023 at 20:25

John Cleese adapts Fawlty Towers for West End stage debut

A stage adaptation of classic TV sitcom Fawlty Towers will premiere on London’s West End, almost 50 years after the first episode was recorded at the BBC. John Cleese, who co-wrote and starred in the original sitcom, has written a two-hour play ...

02 Feb 2024 at 06:55

Entertainment

John Cleese says Fawlty Towers reboot will be ‘hugely different’

Fawlty Towers writer John Cleese has said the reboot will be “hugely different” from the original. The Monty Python star told GB News there will be a lot of “open-air” scenes which the original series “never got”. The original show, written by ...

28 May 2023 at 19:15

Features

Fawlty Towers - don’t mention the reboot!

A lot of what is considered to be classic comedy hasn’t aged well. And so the news that Fawlty Towers is being revived has led to much speculation about whether it can possibly be funny if it is not offensive, or whether it will remain ...

10 Feb 2023 at 16:33

John Cleese says he would not make new BBC show as he announces GB News signing

John Cleese said he would tell the BBC “not on your nelly” if it asked him to make a new programme – as he announced he is joining GB News after being told it is a “free speech channel”. The actor and comedian, 82, created and starred ...

10 Oct 2022 at 13:19

John Cleese says the BBC doesn’t know how to ‘nurture comedy’

Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese has said he thinks the BBC doesn’t know how to “nurture comedy”, and that “there’s not much great comedy these days”, while reflecting on his time working with the broadcaster. Speaking to LBC on ...

02 Dec 2025 at 11:51

John Cleese says nervous breakdown gave him a ‘grasp on what is important’

Actor John Cleese has said he is “glad” he had a nervous breakdown following his third divorce as it gave him “a much more realistic grasp of what was important in life”. The Monty Python star describes having “two and a half, ...

12 Nov 2025 at 02:45

John Cleese: Fawlty Towers play a success as it is ‘funnier than anything else’

John Cleese has said his stage adaptation of Fawlty Towers has been successful because 50 years on from the show’s 1975 TV debut it is still “funnier than anything else that’s on these days”. The 85-year-old was speaking to ...

15 Apr 2025 at 13:07

Entertainment

I had to cut racial slurs from Fawlty Towers: The Play, says John Cleese

John Cleese has said “literal-minded” viewers cause a problem when creating comedy as he feels they “don’t understand metaphor, irony, and comic exaggeration”. The 84-year-old spoke at the media launch of his stage ...

02 May 2024 at 19:12

Timothy West on Prunella Scales’ dementia: I miss her companionship

Actor Timothy West has opened up about his wife, Prunella Scales, saying he misses her “companionship as my best friend” as she continues to live with dementia. The 88-year-old Gentleman Jack star has been married ...

26 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Funniest sitcom moment revealed to celebrate Gold channel’s 30th birthday

Only Fools And Horses character Del Boy Trotter falling through a bar has been voted the funniest sitcom moment of all time by TV fans. The scene from the popular BBC comedy series sees Del Boy, played by Sir ...

01 Nov 2022 at 07:18

Entertainment

John Cleese: BBC comedy in parlous state because of committees and bureaucracy

John Cleese has said comedy at the BBC is in a “parlous state” because the corporation is “run like a bureaucracy” and is made up of “committees”. The Fawlty Towers creator, 83, who will revisit his most ...

10 Oct 2023 at 10:30

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