Prunella Scales, the well-known and much loved actress who played the role of Sybil in Fawlty Towers, is among those who are fighting to save Friern Barnet Library. A number of respected authors and actors have joined a petition to reopen the library. The library was closed on 5th April by the council and since that time, nearly (more…)

Troye Sivan from Perth may only be 16 years old, but he has already starred alongside some of the biggest names in show business, including Hugh Jackman and John Cleese. Sivan previously starred in Wolverine playing James Howlett as a youngster, before moving on to star in Spud, a South African film written by John van de Ruit. (more…)

The 51st rector of St Andrews has recently been presented with his position as Chair of Court, following the tradition carried out by other well-known people, including Rudyard Kipling, JM Barrie and John Cleese, creator and star of Fawlty Towers. (more…)

A man has recently been sentenced following an alleged incident involving a police officer. The officer was called out to a disturbance, only to be called ‘Manuel’ and asked whether he was English by the drunken man. Manuel is a character from British comedy show Fawlty Towers, a Spanish waiter who is desperately trying to learn the English language. (more…)

Torbay postcards are to be sent to cruise operators and owners of cruise lines as part of a campaign to boost local tourism. Passengers of cruise liners that anchor at the English Riviera will be given an itinerary which focuses on local areas of interest, including Fawlty Towers and Agatha Christie, born in Torquay. (more…)

The actor and writer of popular comedy shows Fawlty Towers and Monty Python, John Cleese, is to star in the latest management training video produced by Video Arts. The new video, which is a modernised version of ‘Meetings, Bloody Meetings’, uses humour to demonstrate how to maximise the benefits of business meetings. (more…)

A hotel in Torquay which has featured on a Channel 4 documentary ‘The Hotel’, has been inundated with hits on its website and flooded with booking enquiries. According to Mark Jenkins, the manager of The Grosvenor Hotel, the hotel website now receives around 50,000 hits each day in comparison to the previous 100 per day prior to the C4 documentary.

This development may seem perfectly normal for a hotel which has received some publicity, but the hotel in question is managed in a style which is unique and experiences daily disasters on a scale which is similar to episodes of Fawlty Towers, one of the UK’s best-loved comedy shows. Mr Jenkins was televised in the (more…)