'I yearn for a return to what seemed to be a happier, friendlier, calmer, more ironic culture': John Cleese, photographed in London last week - Rii Schroer for The Telegraph When I was growing up in ...

The series will follow no-nonsense hotelier Basil Fawlty as he connects with his adult daughter and "navigates the modern world." Emlyn Travis is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly. She has been ...

Fawlty Towers star John Cleese has branded BBC comedy executives “stupid” and “clowns” after he was left frustrated by an ideas meeting with the broadcaster. The 85-year-old actor who starred as Basil ...

SCOTS actress Claire Nielson, who starred in a classic episode of the hit comedy show Fawlty Towers, has died aged 89.

Fawlty Towers creator John Cleese paid a moving tribute to his co-star Prunella Scales, describing her as “absolutely perfect”. The beloved actress was widely known for her iconic role as Sybil Fawlty ...

John Cleese has introduced the new Basil Fawlty. Stephen Hall will be taking on the iconic role for a live stage show of Fawlty Towers, which will have its world premiere in Australia in August. "One ...

Fawlty Towers legend John Cleese has returned to Torquay for the first time in more than 50 years - and the infamous incident that led to the creation of the comedy classic. The star, now 86, was last ...

Comedy legend and Monty Python star John Cleese slammed the BBC in a recent interview, arguing that the British media giant had lost its sense of humor and become "dominated by people who are ...

Anyway, Shin Fawlty Towers, as we like to call it for now ("shin" means "new" in Japanese), is set in the present, more than forty years after the end of the second and last season of the series on ...