rinks wrote:Big Brother is coming back. Oh, joy.
Vermilion wrote:rinks wrote:Big Brother is coming back. Oh, joy.
I bet we won't get another fight night.
rinks wrote:Vermilion wrote:rinks wrote:Big Brother is coming back. Oh, joy.
I bet we won't get another fight night.
Oh man, if they populated it entirely with former contestants, I’d be there. Especially for Victor and Science. But not Kitten.
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Basil Fawlty is back. A reboot of John Cleese’s British comedy sensation Fawlty Towers is in the works and Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock Entertainment is developing.
More than 40 years after the second and final season drew to a close, Monty Python star Cleese is set to write and star alongside daughter Camilla Cleese, in news that will bring joy to a generation of British comedy fans.
The new series will explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world. Plot details are largely being kept under wraps but the development will bring the story forward to explore Basil’s relationship with a daughter he has just discovered he had, as the pair tempt fate and team up to run a boutique hotel.
The Cleeses have joined with Reiner’s Castle Rock on the development, with Reiner, Michele Reiner, Derrick Rossi and Matthew George exec producing.
John Cleese praised George’s “understanding of the ‘creative process'” and described their first meeting as “one of the best creative sessions I can remember.”
Rob Reiner added: “John Cleese is a comedy legend. Just the idea of working with him makes me laugh,” while George described meeting John and Camilla Cleese as “one of the great thrills of my life.”
KK wrote:The new series will explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world.
Tineash wrote:KK wrote:The new series will explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world.
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Memento Mori wrote:Tineash wrote:KK wrote:The new series will explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world.
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Cuttooth wrote:Memento Mori wrote:Tineash wrote:KK wrote:The new series will explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world.
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"We remain fully committed to the West Midlands and all of the funding for Doctors will be reinvested into new programming in the region.
"We would like to thank all the Doctors cast and crew who have been involved in the show since 2000. We know the crucial role Doctors has played in nurturing talent, and we will work to develop new opportunities to support skills in scripted programming.
"The final episode will screen in December 2024 and we are working closely with BBC Studios to give it the finale it deserves."