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John Cleese returning for Fawlty Towers revival. Monty Pythons Flying Circus legend John Cleese has announced he is working with his stand-up comedian daughter Camilla and producers Matthew George and Rob Reiner on fresh episodes of his classic 1970s British hotel comedy, Fawlty Towers.

OVER the course of our interview, Karen Dunbar will delve into complex and far-ranging subject matter – from outdated language and offence to the…

OVER the course of our interview, Karen Dunbar will delve into complex and far-ranging subject matter – from outdated language and offence to the…

Last week’s column featured the spectacular rise from being a pupil at Sir William Borlase’s School to international fame as bandleader and dancer – Ken “Snakehips” Johnson. By 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War, he was a worldwide star, but the bombs falling almost nightly curtailed the activities of most London music venues. One that was allowed to continue in business was The Café de Paris on Coventry Street. It was one of the most popular places for affluent Lond...

The show is being re-aired to cheer Britain up? The BBC is running a "Festival of Funny” this month, which features an array of new comedy content, as well as stand-up performances and comedy classics celebrated, including Fawlty Towers. Fawlty is not far off 50? Two series aired in all, with six episodes in each. The first episode, A Touch of Class, premiered in September 1975, while series two began in February 1979 and the last episode, Basil the Rat, aired on October 25, 1979. But in ...

Fawlty Towers will be repeated on BBC with racist remarks by Major edited out Mirror 2/03/2021 Nicola Methven The  BBC is re-running Fawlty Towers to cheer Britain up - but with racist outbursts from cantankerous Major Gowan removed. The classic comedy, which runs to 12 episodes, airs from March 15 in its Festival of Funny. Last year writer and star John Cleese, who plays Basil Fawlty, branded Beeb bosses “gutless” for temporarily removing the episode with the Major’s r...

© DC Thomson Sir, – At risk of sounding out of step with the nation, I wonder if the English media’s saturation coverage of old army Captain Sir Tom Moore and the Westminster politicians who have been at pains to outdo each other in their bombastic praise is little more than smokescreen jingoism? There is no doubt that the centenarian did formidably well by raising the best part of £40 million for the NHS. However, there are aspects of this media story which don’t sit well. It seems odd...