Fawlty Towers is 50 years old – the legendary British sitcom, created by John Cleese and Connie Booth, aired its first episode in September 1975. Set in Torquay, the series followed the (often chaotic ...

LONDON (AP) — One of the most memorable episodes of one of the most popular British sitcoms of all-time has been withdrawn from a U.K. streaming service because of numerous racial slurs. UKTV, a ...

Adam Jackson-Smith and Anna-Jane Casey as Basil and Sybil - Hugo Glendinning A marvellous pick-and-mix of musical offerings closes the Proms, with an offbeat playlist in line with the light-hearted ...

The recent stage play version of perhaps the greatest sitcom ever made, Fawlty Towers: The Play, is set to air on TV for the first time as part of the classic sitcom's 50th anniversary celebrations.

Early on Friday, BBC-owned TV network UKTV announced on Twitter that it had temporarily removed the episode titled “The Germans” from its Gold download service as it contained “racial slurs.” The ...

John Cleese‘s ’70s sitcom Fawlty Towers only ran for two, six-episode seasons (S1 in 1975 and S2 in 1979) but it’s regarded as one of the best examples of the form. In it, Cleese played the ...

The BBC have been slammed by viewers after airing an episode of classic sitcom Fawlty Towers in tribute to one of its stars Prunella Scales who has died at the age of 93, following a long battle with ...

John Cleese has issued an “apology” for rebootingFawlty Towers with his daughter, Camilla Cleese. The actor told fans that the forthcoming series – which follows Basil discovering he has a secret ...

LONDON — One of the most memorable episodes of one of the most popular British sitcoms of all-time has been withdrawn from a U.K. streaming service because of numerous racial slurs. UKTV, a streaming ...