Relying on the rest to get you through does not always work. Ask the US television producers who made the bizarre decision to leave out the character of Basil Fawlty when they remade Fawlty Towers for ...

Rude, snobbish, obtuse and with little patience, entering the hospitality industry was probably never the best move for Basil Fawlty. He is constantly frustrated by his wife and the guests who he ...

John Cleese said he decided not to use the N-word in an upcoming Fawlty Towers show as too many people ‘don’t understand irony’. The actor, best known for playing hotel owner Basil Fawlty ...