John Cleese to revive Fawlty Towers after 40 years
Feb 8, 2023 11:12:15 GMT
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Post by Lord Fickle on Feb 8, 2023 11:12:15 GMT
Comedy series Fawlty Towers is set to be revived after more than 40 years.
John Cleese, who played Basil Fawlty, will be returning to write and star alongside his daughter Camilla Cleese.
The two-series show, which featured on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979, followed the lives of Torquay hotelier Basil and his wife Sybil as they tried to keep their business and marriage afloat.
The new series will explore how the cynical and sarcastic Basil navigates the modern world.
Castle Rock Entertainment announced on Tuesday it had closed a deal with Cleese to bring back the television series.
The revival will also see Basil and his daughter, who he has just discovered is his, team up to run a boutique hotel.
Fawlty Towers was named the greatest British sitcom of all time by a panel of television experts for Radio Times magazine in 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64563839
This has got to be one of the worst ideas in the history of entertainment.
You'll never top the original series of Fawlty Towers. I couldn't guess how many times I've watched both series all the way through, and I know every line, but they still make me fall off the sofa laughing.
This won't.
John Cleese, who played Basil Fawlty, will be returning to write and star alongside his daughter Camilla Cleese.
The two-series show, which featured on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979, followed the lives of Torquay hotelier Basil and his wife Sybil as they tried to keep their business and marriage afloat.
The new series will explore how the cynical and sarcastic Basil navigates the modern world.
Castle Rock Entertainment announced on Tuesday it had closed a deal with Cleese to bring back the television series.
The revival will also see Basil and his daughter, who he has just discovered is his, team up to run a boutique hotel.
Fawlty Towers was named the greatest British sitcom of all time by a panel of television experts for Radio Times magazine in 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64563839
This has got to be one of the worst ideas in the history of entertainment.
You'll never top the original series of Fawlty Towers. I couldn't guess how many times I've watched both series all the way through, and I know every line, but they still make me fall off the sofa laughing.
This won't.
