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Shrek franchise celebrates 20th anniversary with star-studded voice cast!

Discover the famous voices behind the beloved Shrek movies. From Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz to Eddie Murphy and Julie Andrews, meet the cast that brought ...

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‘It’s almost like karaoke’: classic UK TV sitcoms transfer to stage – and thrill the superfans

Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Only Fools and Horses … the vogue for screen-to-stage shows taps into our need for nostalgia

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Don’t mention the war … and the rest: the trouble with bringing back Fawlty Towers

Stage revivals of the 70s sitcom and The Fast Show have enough nostalgia value to delight fans. Less certain is what will happen to their more problematic material

The Guardian - UK

Fans Were Asked To Name The Best TV Shows With Under 40 Episodes, And I'm Here For Freaks and Geeks Being On The List

Fans revealed what their favorite TV shows with under 40 episodes are, and I’m so glad Freaks and Geeks is on here.

Cinemablend

John Cleese brings Fawlty Towers stage show to the West End

Theatrical adaptation of the sitcom, opening at the Apollo theatre in May, will combine three episodes including The Germans

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese apologises for ‘very bad joke’ about Donald Trump

Monty Python veteran also defended his right to make controversial jokes, saying: ‘I’ve never tried to amuse the simple-minded’

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30+ Actors With Stand-Up Or Sketch Comedy Experience

A select few actors got their start doing standup and/or comedy before making the leap to acting.

Cinemablend

32 Famous Comedians That Did Sketch Comedy But Were Never SNL Cast Members

Not all sketch comedy heroes were in the SNL cast.

Cinemablend

Please stop giving nihilists a bad name

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Fry uses walking stick after breaking his leg, pelvis and ‘a bunch of ribs’: ‘This is my first outing’

Author and TV presenter had been quiet in the weeks since he fell six feet from a stage at the O2 Arena

The Independent UK

The week in TV: Time; The Dinosaur Hour; All the Light We Cannot See; Roman Kemp: The Fight for Young Lives – review

Jimmy McGovern’s prison drama shifts its focus without pulling its punches; Basil Fawlty is alive and well on GB News; and Roman Kemp proves a great campaigner for young people’s mental health

The Guardian - UK

‘This is my first outing’: Stephen Fry uses walking stick after breaking his leg, pelvis and ‘a bunch of ribs’

Author and TV presenter had been quiet in the weeks since he fell six feet from a stage at the O2 Arena

The Independent UK

Stephen Fry, 66, says childhood sweets were ‘gateway’ to his cocaine addiction

TV presenter recalls boarding school tuckshop that sold candy cigarettes ‘so you were being prepared for cocaine and tobacco’

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The Independent UK

Stephen Fry broke his leg, pelvis and several ribs after dramatic stage fall: ‘This is my first outing’

Author and TV presenter had been quiet in the weeks since he fell six feet from a stage at the O2 Arena

The Independent UK

John Cleese received ‘best offer’ to host GB News show as he attacks new colleague Boris Johnson

‘Monty Python’ star is hosting channel’s new show ‘The Dinosaur Hour’, but has expressed his annoyance upon learning the former PM is also joining the broadcaster

The Independent UK

John Cleese calls fellow GB News presenter Boris Johnson a ‘serial liar’

Mr Cleese said GB News offered him the ‘most extraordinary offer that’s ever been made to anyone in the history of television’.

The Independent UK

Private investigator tells John Cleese what he learnt about him

Daniel Portley-Hanks, now retired, worked in the field for more than 40 years.

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The Guardian - UK

The history men in Frankland prison who got a GCSE pass

Brief letters: Teaching in jail | Sir Bobby Charlton | Barber shops | Mullet threat | John Cleese

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom says GB news is not impartial, but how can that be true? It has every kind of wingnut going

Home to odd Tory MPs and conspiracy theorists, the channel is a broad church – except when it comes to those who follow the rules, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Evening Standard

John Cleese: BBC comedy in parlous state because it is run like a bureaucracy

The comedian said executives often don’t trust talent when it comes to making new shows

The Independent UK

‘Will you shut up?’ John Cleese snaps at Ed Balls during Good Morning Britain interview

‘Fawlty Towers’ creator was discussing his forthcoming GB News show, ‘The Dinosaur Hour’

The Independent UK

John Cleese is struggling to persuade guests to discuss ‘woke issues’ on GB News show

Cleese’s show ‘The Dinosaur Hour’ launches later this month

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s emu war: John Cleese outrun in race to shoot movie of how flightless birds thwarted army’s machine guns

An Australian take on how the emu won the 1932 battle premieres this month, before shooting on the UK comedian’s film has begun

The Guardian - UK

Wake up, people! GB News is after our National Trust scones

The right-leaning channel is throwing its weight behind a Tufton Street-backed campaign to undermine the heritage charity

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