John Cleese previously turned down a CBE in the New Year's Honours. The actor achieved global fame as a co-founder of the comedy troupe Monty Python, starring in all four feature films. He is also ...

COMEDIAN John Cleese says the BBC has lost the art of developing comedy. The Monty Python and Fawlty Towers legend, 86, claims it is because the corporation is now run by bureaucrats. He told Nick ...

John Cleese has said “literal-minded” viewers, who don’t understand when something is a joke, are ruining comedy. Cleese, who recently revealed he was “surprisingly poor” despite his successful ...

According to industry website TV Blackbox, 1,489,000 tuned into MAFS while the John Cleese special only attracted 458,000 viewers. It comes after Seven heavily promoted the roast and brought in ...

Comedy legend John Cleese stars in new documentary "John Cleese Packs It In," reflecting on his stage career and European tour.

Much like the Only Fools and Horses musical, which visited Leeds Grand Theatre, in 2025, it is apparent the Fawlty tour has ...

'Literal minded' people have ruined comedy by failing to understand 'metaphor, irony and exaggeration' and missing the punchline, John Cleese has claimed. Speaking ahead of the launch of his stage ...

John Cleese is in talks to return to the BBC A new sitcom has been written specifically for the comedy star He had previously ruled out a return to television John Cleese could return to the BBC to ...

Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese has said he thinks the BBC doesn’t know how to “nurture comedy”, and that “there’s not much great comedy these days”, while reflecting on his time working with the ...

Read on for what Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson REALLY thought of each other when they first met HIS brilliant Fawlty Towers was a sitcom masterclass, with hapless hotelier Basil one-liners going down in ...

John Cleese says he worries about writing comedy now because he cannot get to grips with the modern world. The Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star, 77, says a lot of contemporary life is lost on him.

John Cleese previously turned down a CBE in the New Year's Honours. The actor achieved global fame as a co-founder of the ...