BBC will edit out racist remarks made by Major Gowen in Fawlty Towers

BBC will edit out racist remarks made by Major Gowen in Fawlty Towers when the comedy series is re-aired next week The BBC will edit out racist remarks made by Major Gowen in Fawlty Towers Broadcaster will air the comedy series in its Festival of Funny from Monday Last year John Cleese slammed UKTV for removing an … Read more

Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers actor Louis Mahoney dies at 81

Louis Mahoney dies: Trailblazing actor who was one first black members of Royal Shakespeare Company and starred in Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers passes away aged 81 The actor’s death was announced in a statement released by his agents on Monday Louis was born in The Gambia and moved to the UK in 1957 to … Read more

Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers star Louis Mahoney dies at the age of 81

Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers star Louis Mahoney dies at the age of 81… as tributes are paid to the anti-racism activist The actor’s death was announced in a statement released by his agents on Monday Louis was born in The Gambia and moved to the UK in 1957 to study medicine, but decided to … Read more

UKTV to reinstate Fawlty Towers ‘don’t mention the war’ episode

An episode of Fawlty Towers which featured racist language has been put back on UKTV after the streaming site took it down yesterday. The episode titled The Germans – fondly remembered for the line ‘don’t mention the War’ – will return to the platform with warnings highlighting ‘potentially offensive content and language’, a statement from … Read more

‘Germans’ episode of Fawlty Towers is taken off-air

An episode of Fawlty Towers from which the N-word and other offensive terms had previously been cut has been taken down from the BBC’s Netflix-style streaming service UKTV. The 1975 episode titled The Germans – fondly remembered for the repeated line ‘Don’t mention the war’ – is the latest in a series of British programmes to be culled from … Read more

Fawlty thinking? British actor John Cleese charges fans £249 to be insulted in four-minute videos

Fawlty thinking? British actor John Cleese charges fans £249 to be insulted in four-minute video ‘shout outs’ John Cleese, 80, is charging £249 to send a personalised message to a fan The Monty Python star has already responded to six requests for a video Website Cameo allows fans to pay for messages from their favourite … Read more