Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the ‘greatest British sitcom of all time’ (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by ...

Despite spending almost a year on writing, filming, and performing for the first series of Fawlty Towers, John Cleese complained ... his income by appearing in TV commercials.

Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs was brutally smashed ... A second curious viewer quizzed: "How would you not know the difference? Cast iron pans are much heavier" as another cringed: "Putting ...

In news no one was expecting (apart from, perhaps, financial analysts) John Cleese has rebirthed Fawlty Towers ... where the TV show left off and the theatre show begins. The cast is pretty ...

Manuel is Fawlty Towers' waiter, bell-boy, porter, and all-round dogsbody. Basil has hired him - with the intention of teaching him English - because he's cheap, but any attempt at having him do ...

But Cleese argues Fawlty Towers was always destined for the stage moreso than the TV. “Farce is better in the theatre or anywhere else,” he says. “Sit in the middle of the stalls and see all ...

A celebration of John Cleese and Connie Booth's acclaimed sitcom following the misadventures of Torquay hotel owner Basil Fawlty ... experts and supporting cast members.

Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the ‘greatest British sitcom of all time’ (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by ...

TV sitcom BBC Two 1975 - 1979 12 episodes (2 series ... A two hour documentary special looking at Fawlty Towers, plus a two hour clip show. Features Connie Booth's first interview in 30 years. A black ...