• Rowan Atkinson is the man in ‘Man Vs Bee’

    Rowan Atkinson is the man in ‘Man Vs Bee’

    Only the brilliant comedic genius that is Rowan Atkinson could build antcipation for an entire comedy series around one man’s fight with….a bee! When the former star/co-creator of such British comedy classics such as Mr. Bean and Blackadder is given a platform to showcase his physical comedy capabilities, it does spell the potential for comedy gold. In Man vs. Bee, […]

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  • Happy 82nd, Dame Penelope Keith!

    Happy 82nd, Dame Penelope Keith!

    Today is Penelope Keith’s 82nd birthday. With a long public television history dating back to the days of Good Neighbors and To the Manor Born to her efforts serving as host for PBS’ The Funny Ladies of British Comedy and More Funny Ladies of British Comedy and right through to her more recent presenting efforts in the numerous […]

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  • Swedish author discovers lost 13th episode of ‘Fawlty Towers’

    Swedish author discovers lost 13th episode of ‘Fawlty Towers’

    With the mysterious script chronicled in the book Fawlty Towers – A Worshiper’s Companion, a lost, never-before-broadcast 13th episode of the classic British comedy Fawlty Towers has been discovered. Swedish author Lars Holger Holm admits that he viewed the mysterious 13th episode in 1999 in the London flat of an individual from the Editorial Department who worked on numerous […]

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  • Did the German ‘Fawlty Towers’ ever dare to ‘mention the war’?

    Did the German ‘Fawlty Towers’ ever dare to ‘mention the war’?

    Even though we re still a few years away from the 50th anniversary of Fawlty Towers (September 2025), I thought it would fun to take a look back at how the greatest situation comedy of all-time made the leap to German broadcaster RTL. The first ever non-English adaptation of the John Cleese/Connie Booth bit of brilliance occurred […]

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  • R.I.P. Peter Bowles, aka Richard DeVere in ‘To the Manor Born’

    R.I.P. Peter Bowles, aka Richard DeVere in ‘To the Manor Born’

    Peter Bowles, most notably known for his role opposite Dame Penelope Keith as the self-made businessman Richard DeVere in To The Manor Born, has died at the age of 85. Airing from 1979-1981, the series was reprised for a one-off special in 2007 celebrating Audrey and Richard’s 25th wedding anniversary with a party at Grantleigh Manor. To the Manor […]

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