Even at the age of 85, John Cleese is hard at work announcing new versions of classic comedies he was involved with, then never actually making them. Remember the Fawlty Towers reboot starring Cleese ...

Monty Python alum John Cleese blasted the BBC in an interview this week, declaring he would not allow his new Faulty Towers followup to air on the network because they’ve become too politically ...

Is it really a great honour to be on the New Year Honours list? The 2026 selection has certainly raised eyebrows: alongside ...

Cleese told GB News, the right-leaning British news channel, that Shin Fawlty Towers will take Basil Fawlty from his hotel in Torquay to the Caribbean to run a small bijou hotel with his long-lost ...

John Cleese and Eric Idle are continuing to duke it out on social media. The Monty Python legends exchanged barbs earlier this year, locking horns over their estrangement after Idle complained that he ...

The series will follow no-nonsense hotelier Basil Fawlty as he connects with his adult daughter and "navigates the modern world." Emlyn Travis is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly. She has been ...

John Cleese spent Boxing Day courting controversy on X (formerly Twitter) after he posted a joke in which he compared Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. The joke rubbed many of the comedian’s followers ...

The famous British 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers is now on deck for a modern reboot, and original star and Monty Python alum John Cleese is set to return. Created by John Cleese and Connie Booth, the ...

Actor, comedian and writer John Cleese, now 84 and long famed for his seminal comedic work on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” “Fawlty Towers,” “Life of Brian,” “A Fish Called Wanda” and many other ...

Monty Python actor John Cleese has responded to comments by his co-star Eric Idle in which Idle criticised the group’s management for its dwindling finances. In a post that initially surprised many on ...

Comedy legend John Cleese admits he still needs to work aged 85 because he “doesn’t have much money”. The Monty Python icon moaned he’s only now able to choose what he wants to do rather than going ...