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John Cleese reunites with Monty Python members at Fawlty Towers West End show

The comedy greats posed for photos with the cast of the West End stage adaptation of the beloved sitcom

Evening Standard

Fawlty Towers: The Play at the Apollo review: energetic and loyal adaptation of Britain's greatest ever sitcom

John Cleese’s ragefully impotent Torquay hotelier Basil Fawlty is uncannily reincarnated by Adam Jackson-Smith

Evening Standard

Fawlty Towers review – comedy history repeats itself as stage farce

John Cleese’s transposition of his TV sitcom to the theatre has pitch perfect performances, but it never quite becomes a play

The Guardian - UK

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Goodbye to gallery audio guides at last

Brief letters: Castle Howard exhibition | John Cleese and racism | Hidden cost of coffee in Italy | Fair toilet provision

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese cut N-word from Fawlty Towers revival because people ‘don’t understand irony’

Speaking at launch for West End adaptation, Cleese complains about literal-minded viewers ‘not playing with a full deck’

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese says playing Basil Fawlty on stage 'would kill me' as play hits West End

The comedian is bringing Fawlty Towers to the stage for the first time but he won’t be playing the starring role

Evening Standard

Secret to eternal youth? John Cleese extols virtues of stem cell treatment

Therapy has remarkable medical potential but experts say private clinics making far-reaching claims operate in regulatory grey zone

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John Cleese reveals £17,000-a-year battle to stay young: 'I think it’s worth it'

The TV star says he travels to Switzerland to undergo stem cell therapy treatment

Evening Standard

John Cleese: I was contacted by the spirit of late Monty Python co-star

The comedy great says he unintentionally made contact while visiting a psychic to help ‘explore his consciousness’

Evening Standard

“We were spoofing the idea of the concept album, but in a fun way that didn’t totally mock it… It’s only in recent times that I’ve appreciated how complex the music is”: Why Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick needed to be serious - and a send-up

Ian Anderson set out to make “the mother of all concept albums” while incorporating a large measure of Monty Python - but some people laughed at all the wrong places

Louder

Shrek franchise celebrates 20th anniversary with star-studded voice cast!

Discover the famous voices behind the beloved Shrek movies. From Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz to Eddie Murphy and Julie Andrews, meet the cast that brought ...

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‘It’s almost like karaoke’: classic UK TV sitcoms transfer to stage – and thrill the superfans

Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Only Fools and Horses … the vogue for screen-to-stage shows taps into our need for nostalgia

The Guardian - UK

Don’t mention the war … and the rest: the trouble with bringing back Fawlty Towers

Stage revivals of the 70s sitcom and The Fast Show have enough nostalgia value to delight fans. Less certain is what will happen to their more problematic material

The Guardian - UK

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Fans Were Asked To Name The Best TV Shows With Under 40 Episodes, And I'm Here For Freaks and Geeks Being On The List

Fans revealed what their favorite TV shows with under 40 episodes are, and I’m so glad Freaks and Geeks is on here.

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese brings Fawlty Towers stage show to the West End

Theatrical adaptation of the sitcom, opening at the Apollo theatre in May, will combine three episodes including The Germans

The Independent UK

John Cleese apologises for ‘very bad joke’ about Donald Trump

Monty Python veteran also defended his right to make controversial jokes, saying: ‘I’ve never tried to amuse the simple-minded’

Cinemablend

30+ Actors With Stand-Up Or Sketch Comedy Experience

A select few actors got their start doing standup and/or comedy before making the leap to acting.

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32 Famous Comedians That Did Sketch Comedy But Were Never SNL Cast Members

Not all sketch comedy heroes were in the SNL cast.

The Guardian - UK

Please stop giving nihilists a bad name

The Independent UK

Stephen Fry uses walking stick after breaking his leg, pelvis and ‘a bunch of ribs’: ‘This is my first outing’

Author and TV presenter had been quiet in the weeks since he fell six feet from a stage at the O2 Arena

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Time; The Dinosaur Hour; All the Light We Cannot See; Roman Kemp: The Fight for Young Lives – review

Jimmy McGovern’s prison drama shifts its focus without pulling its punches; Basil Fawlty is alive and well on GB News; and Roman Kemp proves a great campaigner for young people’s mental health

The Independent UK

‘This is my first outing’: Stephen Fry uses walking stick after breaking his leg, pelvis and ‘a bunch of ribs’

Author and TV presenter had been quiet in the weeks since he fell six feet from a stage at the O2 Arena

The Independent UK

Stephen Fry, 66, says childhood sweets were ‘gateway’ to his cocaine addiction

TV presenter recalls boarding school tuckshop that sold candy cigarettes ‘so you were being prepared for cocaine and tobacco’

The Independent UK

Stephen Fry broke his leg, pelvis and several ribs after dramatic stage fall: ‘This is my first outing’

Author and TV presenter had been quiet in the weeks since he fell six feet from a stage at the O2 Arena

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