JOHN Cleese has revealed that the new Fawlty Towers reboot will NOT air on the BBC as he opened up about the show. The actor, who is best known for portraying Basil Fawlty in the sitcom, said that it would not return to its broadcasting home.
John, 83, who appeared on the BBC sitcom back in the 1970s, opened up about the rebooted series in a new chat. It was revealed this week that Fawlty Towers will return for a reboot – with filming beginning in 2024.
But now, the actor has confirmed that it won't be airing on the BBC. The comedian said that the sitcom would be "in a very different form" to what fans would remember.
read more on fawlty towersYOU SNOBS! Fawlty Towers' return is a stroke of genius - and the BBC have made a mistakePRIDE BEFORE A FAWL I'm real-life Basil Fawlty - here's how show reboot will change my town He hit out that the BBC lacked "the freedom" he remembered in the "60s, 70s and beginning of the 80s". "No, because you wouldn't get the freedom," John revealed, when questioned whether the sequel would be with the BBC in a chat on GB News. "There's a huge argument about wokery, and some of it springs from very good ideas, which is, 'Let's try to be kind to people'.
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