Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009
NOT many comedy shows come much more interactive than Faulty Towers, Interactive Theatre Australia’s very much hands on interpretation of the classic John Cleese and Connie Booth comedy Fawlty Towers and set in real restaurants rather than a theatre.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 12/14/2008
For most viewers, directors of television comedy are little more than a name flashing past on the end credits. Bob Spiers, however, deserves to be remembered as one of the best in the field, bringing to the job a special creativity that greatly enhanced a string of landmark shows.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
For more than a quarter of a century, Bob Spiers proved a master of directing intelligently written, madcap television sitcoms that proved groundbreaking and far removed from the mainstream of television comedy.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
WHEN Christmas is over and the bills for festive fun are starting to arrive, here is just what the doctor ordered to cheer you up -'the chance to laugh yourself silly at John Cleese running riot.
ContractsProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Andrew Sachs (pictured) is a 78-year-old English actor and comedian. I'm not familiar with his complete body of work, but I would be surprised if he ever surpassed his performances as Manuel, the Spanish waiter, bellboy and foil to John...
TV Scoop (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
In the 1970s, the human rights charity Amnesty International put on several comedy gigs involving the likes of Peter Cook, John Cleese, Connie Booth and Peter Ustinov, but it was only in 1979 that the benefits assumed the name Secret Policeman's Ball. After a break in the 90s, the Ball returned in 2006 with the Boosh, Chevy Chase, the cast of Green Wing, Jimmy Fallon, Eddie Izzard and Sarah Silverman...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Review: Fawlty Towers by Graham McCann
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
John Cleese has blown up at a public function and delivered a rant worthy of Basil Fawlty at his most furious.
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
FORMER Monty Python comedian John Cleese has launched an extraordinary attack on his estranged wife and dead mother at a charity event, shocking onlookers.
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
LATEST: MONTY PYTHON star JOHN CLEESE is dating a woman half his age following his split from his third wife. The British actor is currently embroiled in divorce proceedings with his estranged spouse Alyce Faye Eichelberger Cleese. The couple separated in January (08) after 19 years of marriage. And now Cleese, 68, is reportedly romancing 34-year-old magazine [...]
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Actor and comedian John Cleese said his third divorce "will be worth every penny" after he was ordered to pay his estranged wife £75,000 a month in temporary maintenance.
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
MONTY PYTHON star JOHN CLEESE is confident his divorce proceedings against his third wife will be "worth every penny". The actor appeared in a California court on Tuesday (13May08), where a judge ordered him to pay his estranged spouse Alyce Faye Eichelberger Cleese $150,000 (£75,000) a month in temporary maintenance. Speaking outside the court, a wheelchair-bound Cleese [...]
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
John Cleese, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs star in this brief pre-'Fawlty Towers' comedy inspired by an Anton Chekhov story. Rating:4
