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Fawlty Towers star Connie Booth, who played loveable maid Polly in the iconic sitcom, has hit out at her ex-husband John Cleese for failing to discuss the reboot with her

"I just didn’t find it funny, not one bit"

It ran for 12 episodes and is now being revived

The former prime minister’s lack of self-awareness would be comedy gold if her prose weren’t so desperately dull

There was a news photograph recently in which a Filipina bride in Iloilo on the island of Panay carried a bouquet of onions down the aisle rather than flowers. She explained that while flowers would soon be thrown away the onions would last and ensure the newlyweds have something to…

John Cleese played hotelier Basil Fawlty in the beloved sitcom Fawlty Towers which ran from 1975 to 1979, and it was announced recently that the actor will reprise the role for a brand new series

It first aired back in 1975

Announcement that John Cleese will reboot the 1970s sitcom is met with a mix of excitement and concern in the Devon resort

Plus the brilliant Happy Valley, 25 years since the death of my dad, my psychiatrist retires and a Fawlty idea

John Cleese has refused to work with the BBC over a remake of classic comedy Fawlty Towers.

A reboot of the classic Seventies sitcom won’t just be a disappointment, says Louis Chilton. It proves that absolutely nothing is sacred