John Cleese, the creator and actor of Fawlty Towers was presented with the honour of switching on the Christmas lights in Bath on Thursday 17th November. The lights were switched on the week Read more comedy news »
John Cleese illuminates Bath with Christmas lights
November 22nd, 2011South African radio ad contributes to Alimony fund for Cleese
November 16th, 2011John Cleese has collaborated with well known online store site, TAKEALOT which has launched a beauty store online. The company worked with John Cleese to Read more comedy news »
John Cleese wanted by the public as the face of bank notes
November 10th, 2011John Cleese is among some of the contemporary suggestions made by the public, looking for a face to be displayed on Bank of England bank notes. Cleese is one of several famous names, including Linda Smith, David Beckham and Princess Diana.
A new £50 bank note was issued on Wednesday 2nd November 2011, featuring Matthew Boulton, entrepreneur and James Watt, engineer. Together they produced a steam engine, with their company playing a Read more comedy news »
Linehan announces the end of The IT Crowd
November 3rd, 2011As eager fans of The IT Crowd await the fifth series of the popular Channel 4 sitcom, Graham Linehan announced the end of the series on Reddit, social media network. The Irish writer, who also created the Read more comedy news »
Cleese happy with South African tour
October 27th, 2011During an interview with Ryan O’Connor on Radio KFM, Cleese admitted that he was:
“touched that South Africans like my stuff so much”.
The British writer and actor of famous comedy shows Fawlty Towers and Monty Python’s Flying Circus, is currently appearing in Cape Town on his famous Alimony Tour.
The comedy star, aged 71 appeared in Read more comedy news »
John Cleese says BBC comedy shows aren’t funny anymore
October 20th, 2011During an interview with The Telegraph, John Cleese commented on the poor quality of BBC comedy scripts. This was after the BBC had sent Read more comedy news »
Fawlty Towers star to start the countdown to Christmas
October 13th, 2011Star and co-writer of comedy shows Fawlty Towers and Monty Python’s Flying Circus, John Cleese has been invited to switch on the Christmas lights in Read more comedy news »
Cleese says he isn’t worried about criticism
October 6th, 2011John Cleese has recently revealed that criticism of his writing doesn’t worry him at all. As most celebrities appear to be obsessed with the opinion of critics, Cleese is refreshingly candid in his approach to people picking apart his work. The creator and star of Fawlty Towers admitted that he found writing a much more gratifying task than acting, during an interview with Fairfax Media. He also considers writing to be a sign of creative talent. Read more comedy news »
Star of Little Britain raises over £1 million for Sport Relief
September 29th, 2011David Walliams has completed his fourth challenge to raise money for Sport Relief, recently finishing his arduous swim of the River Thames. The star of Little Britain completed his bid to swim 140 miles last week, despite numerous setbacks. During his bid to raise money for charity, David Walliams was struck down by “Thames Tummy”, which gave him Read more comedy news »
Director of classical comedy shows dies
September 19th, 2011Comedy director, John Howard Davies passed away recently, after fighting cancer. Aged 72, the child actor who later became well known and respected as a director of classical comedy shows, died with his family around him at his home in Oxfordshire. Read more comedy news »