Despite the show’s huge success, co-writer John Cleese said he did not want to write a third series in case it was not as good as the others.

This month marks 50 years since Fawlty Towers first appeared on British television. Just 12 episodes, broadcast in two short series between 1975 and 1979, but its afterlife has been astonishing. The ...

Bumbling Basil Fawlty continues to delight a devoted legion of fans half a century after John Cleese's classic sitcom premiered on the BBC.

John Cleese is talking about the runaway success of Fawlty Towers – The Play, having had two sold out West End seasons and a 10-month UK tour which is about to begin.

John Cleese took a big risk when he helped create “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” back in 1975, as the idea of a series of parody sketches centered around King Arthur seemed absurd compared to ...

Michael Palin of British comedy troupe Monty Python was held at gunpoint by armed Venezuelan guards until showing them a 1971 sketch from the show. He said the stop, while filming a new travelogue TV ...

A British comedy legend has revealed the details of the moment he was held at gunpoint by armed guards in Venezuela. Sir Michael Palin was detained by the totalitarian country’s intelligence service ...

John Cleese comes on the line to chat about his Not Dead Yet! tour, which comes to Southern California to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Monty Python and Holy Grail,” but before we can ask our ...

Monty Python’s absurdist tribute to Canadian tree fellers – the famed Lumberjack Song – is renowned across the world as a comedic classic. Even real lumberjacks like to sing the lyrics: “I’m a ...

When John Cleese and his Monty Python comedy cohorts premiered “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975, they had no expectations that anyone would be talking about it 50 years later. “We really ...

Monty Python legend Eric Idle has revealed the philosophy he lives his life by after surviving pancreatic cancer. The comedian received his diagnosis in 2019, though fortunately it was detected early ...