Basil Fawlty returns to Torquay after 50 years

The appearance at the Princess Theatre will be the first time the hilariously rude, impatient and dysfunctional lead ...

Comedy legend John Cleese to attend Fawlty Towers stage play opening night in Torquay

Comedy legend John Cleese is set to attend the opening night of his Fawlty Towers - The Play, in Torquay later this month. It ...
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John Cleese calls BBC comedy executives ‘clowns’ after frustrating meeting

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 ...
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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 ...

Being Basil Fawlty? I was terrified admits star of Fawlty Towers the Play

Danny Bayne is being totally honest when he reveals what made him want to play eccentric hotelier Basil Fawlty in the stage ...