John Cleese has lead the stars paying tribute to actress Prunella Scales after her death at the age of 93. The celebrated actress was best-known for her role as Sybil Fawlty – the long-suffering wife of John Cleese’s hotel owner Basil – in BBC comedy Fawlty Towers. Her death comes after her long battle with … Read more
Sir Michael Palin has broken his silence the long-running behind-the-scenes feud that has divided the surviving members of Monty Python. In his most revealing comments yet, the 82-year-old star said that the group’s carefree, contract-free approach to writing sketches in the 1970s has come back to haunt them – fuelling rows over who created what, … Read more
Feuding between members of celebrated comedy troupe Monty Python has been no laughing matter for some time. But now it’s turned really nasty, with Eric Idle accused of bullying. Incensed by estranged colleague Idle publicly criticising their management by fellow Python Terry Gilliam’s daughter Holly, John Cleese fumes: ‘Very upset to see that Eric Idle … Read more
John Cleese has lashed out at the BBC in a candid new interview, raging that ‘British people deserve better’ than the channel which he claimed is too easily influenced by the ‘nastiness of the extremely woke’. The Fawlty Towers actor, 85, claimed that the corporation hasn’t commissioned anything funny in years as he recounted meeting with executives … Read more
One of the most joyous pieces of television you are likely to see this year, or any year, involves Sir Michael Palin, surely our most adventurous octogenarian, picking his way, barefoot on the slippery stones, behind one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world – El Hacha in Venezuela. Behind the full force of … Read more
Miriam Margolyes has opened up about her unlikely friendship with Leonardo DiCaprio during the filming of Romeo + Juliet, including the moment she incorrectly assumed he was gay. The 84-year-old actress told Mail columnist Bryony Gordon how she and the Hollywood star would spend hours shopping together in Mexico City markets, where DiCaprio’s choice to wear … Read more
Monty Python star John Cleese, is hoping to buy a home in Bath, close to where he grew up. Cleese, 85, who insists he’s ‘surprisingly poor’, has lived in Monaco in the past, and more recently in Nevis in the Caribbean, where there’s no income tax. He said in April he’d gifted his £1.5million flat … Read more
