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John Cleese says Fawlty Towers stage show auditions were 'so awful' in playful interview after admitting he agreed to West End revival for the pay cheque

John Cleese has joked he was 'very worried' about the success of the Fawlty Towers stage show because the auditions were 'so awful'. John Cleese has joked he was 'very worried' about the success of the Fawlty Towers stage show because the auditions were 'so awful' John, 84, appeared on This Morning on Friday alongside actors Adam Jackson-Smith, who plays …

The real-life couple who inspired Fawlty Towers: How guesthouse owners Donald Sinclair and his wife were behind the creation of Basil and Sybil Fawlty... and the other hotel staff who inspired waiter
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From impersonating a goose-stepping Nazi in front of German guests, to thrashing his red Austin car after it failed to start, Basil Fawlty was the most gloriously haphazard of hotel owners. They became the inspiration for Basil and Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers after Monty Python's John Cleese visited the hotel with his co-stars and encountered the 'wonderfully rude' Sinclair. …

From impersonating a goose-stepping Nazi in front of German guests, to thrashing his red Austin car after it failed to start, Basil Fawlty was the most gloriously haphazard of hotel owners. They became the inspiration for Basil and Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers after Monty Python's John Cleese visited the hotel with his co-stars and encountered the 'wonderfully rude' Sinclair. …

Fawlty Towers to be rebooted by John Cleese and his daughter

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‘Don’t do it!’ Paul Whitehouse offers John Cleese advice on Fawlty Towers reboot

This was my first thought when John Cleese announced his plan to bring back Fawlty Towers, 44 years after the last episode was first transmitted. Someone — possibly Cleese himself — once said that in their youth every comedian plays the person they dread becoming Or perhaps the genius of Fawlty Towers springs from Cleese’s separation of his mother into …

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John Cleese's ex wife Connie Booth claims the star didn't tell her about the Fawlty Towers reboot

John Cleese's ex-wife Connie Booth has claimed the actor did not tell her about his Fawlty Towers reboot - despite creating the show with her. Lack of communication: John Cleese's ex-wife Connie Booth has claimed that the star didn't tell her about the Fawlty Towers reboot which was announced last week 'Because a previous American reboot of Fawlty Towers had …

John Cleese on prediction Fawlty Towers revival will be about ‘wokery’: ‘The idea hadn’t occurred to me’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy John Cleese has responded to predictions that the Fawlty Towers revival …