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Basil Fawlty

since 2025 › Feb › 07 (Fri) @ 06:22 UTC

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39 days ago

Lifelong love that tamed the Dragon Lady of Torquay: As Prunella Scales dies at 93 after a long battle with dementia, why her 61-year marriage to Timothy West was such a joyous contrast to the warfare between Sybil and Basil Fawlty ⊕⊕

found 2025 › Oct › 29 (Wed) @ 01:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

STEVENS: Often cited as the most brilliant sitcom ever made, the 50-year-old show - set in a run-down hotel on the Devon Riviera - has never dated and remains hysterically funny.

41 days ago

Catherine Connolly’s election as president has added a new dynamic to Irish politics | Justine McCarthy ⊕⊕

found 2025 › Oct › 26 (Sun) @ 13:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

After a bizarre contest in which both government candidates blew their chances, the left has shown it can unite to win

The magical ingredient required to become the president of Ireland is as mysterio…

3 months ago

John Cleese launches blistering attack on 'clueless' BBC bosses who have 'no idea what they're doing' as he blames woke censorship for killing British comedy

found 2025 › Sep › 02 (Tue) @ 09:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Cleese, who starred as the hapless and perpetually irritated hotel owner Basil Fawlty, has insisted fans will never again see work from him on the BBC.

6 months ago

PATRICK MARMION reviews The Comedy About Spies at the Noel Coward Theatre: A head-spinning winner, spy spoof hits comedy gold

found 2025 › May › 14 (Wed) @ 00:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

A Sixties spy spoof that is like Johnny English meets Basil Fawlty in a Piccadilly hotel. It's bigger, better and more brilliantly bungling than ever.

9 months ago

JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: This pitiful SNP government is so jaw-droppingly inept that it MUST be on to a hiding at the next election, right? Don't hold your breath...

found 2025 › Feb › 07 (Fri) @ 06:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

In a sublime moment of British comedy Basil Fawlty wonders whether the latest calamity in his Torquay hotel is all in his imagination.

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