An audience with Sybil
Source - Sunday, 31 October, 2004.
It's 25 years since Prunella Scales appeared in Fawlty Towers. But even playing Queen Victoria can't eclipse the majesty of the experience. By Michael Shmith.
Cleese makes internet history
Source
- Friday, 5 May, 2000.
Funnyman John Cleese made history on Friday by
appearing in the first major film produced exclusively
for the internet.
The 60-year-old British actor, best known for his
role as madcap Basil Fawlty in the sitcom Fawlty
Towers, stars alongside Stephen Dorff in Quantum
Project.
The movie, which cost $3m (£1.9m) to make,
lasts just 32 minutes and combines live action
with computer animation and 3D effects
Cleese awarded £13,500 damages
Source
- Wednesday, 12 February, 2003.
Comedian John Cleese has been awarded £13,500
by a High Court judge against the London Evening
Standard over a story about his move to the United
States.
Cleese had demanded damages over what he described
as a "vicious" attack on him in an article
that appeared on 11 April last year.
German Basil avoids 'war'
Source
- Tuesday, 10 July, 2001.
BBC Worldwide's German remake of classic comedy
Fawlty Towers will be much like the British original
- except for the absence of the "Don't mention
the war" sketch.
The new series, announced by Worldwide last year,
will be produced by Cologne-based company Clou
Entertainment and shown on German channel RTL.
Fawlty Towers gets German makeover
Source
- Thursday, 15 June, 2000.
Classic comedy Fawlty Towers is to be remade for
German television - complete with its infamous
"Don't mention the war" sketch.
The anarchic 70s sitcom, starring John Cleese as
manic seaside guesthouse owner Basil Fawlty, will
be moved from its original British resort to a
similar German town.
Fawlty Towers goes west
Source
- Thursday, 15 June, 2000.
Fawlty Towers, the classic British TV comedy series,
is to be remade for American television.
A spokesman for John Cleese, the ex-Monty Python
star who co-wrote the cult sitcom with his former
wife Connie Booth, confirmed that a "changed
format deal" has been agreed with CBS though
he said nothing has yet been written.
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Entertainment Cleese 'set for Bond role'
Source
- Thursday, January 14, 1999.
Comedy legend John Cleese is reported to have
landed a role in the new James Bond film,
provisionally entitled The World Is Not Enough.
The star of Monty Python's Flying Circus and
Fawlty Towers is expected to play sidekick
to gadget expert Q, according to Empire magazine.
US drops Cleese sitcom
Source
- Tuesday, 9 April, 2002.
A sitcom starring former Monty Python star
John Cleese has been dropped from US television
after just two episodes.
Bosses at ABC television made the decision
because the show, Wednesday 9.30, failed
to pull in high ratings.
Fawlty Towers tops TV hits
Source
- Tuesday, 5 September, 2000.
Madcap comedy series Fawlty Towers
is the UK TV industry's favourite
British television programme, according
to a survey published on Tuesday.
The poll, conducted by the British
Film Institute, asked 1,600 programme-makers,
TV critics, writers and executives
to give their professional opinions
and personal tastes.
Basil's road rage tops poll
Source
- Thursday, October 21, 1999.
It is an emotion many motorists
will appreciate - although few
go as far as Basil Fawlty and
thrash their broken down vehicle
with a branch.
But drivers appear to at least
sympathise with the fury of the
unfortunate hotelier, as the famous
scene from the TV series Fawlty
Towers has topped a survey of
momentous motoring moments.
Cleese gets top comedy award
Source
- Thursday, 21 February, 2002.
Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese
has been honoured with a top comedy
award.
He will receive the Sir Peter Ustinov/Comedy
Network Award at the Banff Television
Awards on 10 June.
MPs attack 'MacFawlty Towers'
Source
- Tuesday, July 27, 1999.
A committee of MPs has attacked
'Fawlty Towers'-style standards
at some Scottish hotels and bed
and breakfasts.
And they have criticised the new
Scottish Executive for failing
to appoint a tourism minister
to tackle problems in the industry.
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