John Cleese Archives | Memorable TV - Episodes, News & More

Doctor At Large (ITV Sitcom, Barry Evans)

Ok hands up who can tell us which series had episodes written by members of Monty Python and The Goodies and who can tell us which...

TV3 years ago

Fawlty Towers (BBC Sitcom, John Cleese, Prunella Scales)

In this classic sitcom, manic proprietor Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) owner of Torquay hotel Fawlty Towers manages to cause chaos all about him as well as...

TV4 years ago

Taming Of The Shrew, The (BBC 1980, John Cleese, Susan Penhaligon)

Shakespeare’s comedy of warring lovers, part of the BBC’s attempt to film the complete canon of the great Bard’s plays. Blessed with a fabulous central performance...

TV4 years ago

The Frost Report (BBC-1 1966, David Frost, John Cleese)

Sketch based series hosted by David Frost and broadcast live. Each episode looked at a different topic including the famous ‘class’ sketch written by Marty Feldman...

TV4 years ago

At Last the 1948 Show (1967, Graham Chapman, John Cleese)

Sketch series At Last The 1948 Show was a kind of precursor to Monty Python and The Goodies, featuring John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle...

TV4 years ago

Grand Knockout Tournament, The (BBC 1987, Stuart Hall, Prince Edward)

The infamous show that saw most of the Royal family taking part in a series of It’s A Knockout style games with tons of celebs, all...

Movies4 years ago

Swan Princess (1994 Disney, Jack Palance, John Cleese)

This gorgeous animated children’s fairy tale, partly based on Swan Lake, sports memorable tunes, feisty characters and an infectious romantic spirit. When headstrong beauty Princess Odette...

TV4 years ago

Six Dates with Barker (ITV 1971, Ronnie Barker, David Jason)

Following on from Hark at Barker and the earlier Ronnie Barker Playhouse, Barker returned with another series of six individual comedies, each written by individual writers...

Movies5 years ago

Clockwise (1986, John Cleese, Alison Steadman)

In comedy Clockwise Brian Stimpson (John Cleese) is a state school headmaster with an obsession for timekeeping who is invited to give the keynote speech at...

Movies5 years ago

Rat Race (2001, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg)

In crazy comedy Rat Race John Cleese is Donald P Sinclair, the owner of a Las Vegas casino. In order to increase revenue from his high-rollers,...

TV5 years ago

Hold the Sunset (BBC-1 2018, John Cleese, Alison Steadman)

In sitcom Hold The Sunset the widowed Edith is seriously considering marrying old flame Phil (who now lives just across the street from her) and moving...

Movies5 years ago

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Handmade 1979, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle)

The Life of Brian, The Pythons’ satire on organised religion in general and Christianity in particular (and not, as most people seemed to think at the...

Movies5 years ago

Time Bandits (1981, Michael Palin, Sean Connery)

Terry Gilliam’s extraordinary fantasy Time Bandits begins calmly enough for young Craig Warnock, trapped in a dull suburban existence with his parents David Draker and Sheila Fearn. But...

Movies5 years ago

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970, Peter Cook, Denholm Elliott)

In this very sharp satirical comedy Michael Rimmer arrives at Fairburn Polls to conduct an efficiency study and is soon running the place. His new ideas...

TV6 years ago

Doctor In The House (ITV 1969-1970, Barry Evans, George Layton)

Having already been a hugely popular series of books (by Richard Gordon) and an equally popular Dirk Bogarde starring series of films “The Doctor” series arrived...

Memorable TV

Memorable TV – Episodes, News & More

John Cleese

Doctor At Large (ITV Sitcom, Barry Evans)

Fawlty Towers (BBC Sitcom, John Cleese, Prunella Scales)

Taming Of The Shrew, The (BBC 1980, John Cleese, Susan Penhaligon)

The Frost Report (BBC-1 1966, David Frost, John Cleese)

At Last the 1948 Show (1967, Graham Chapman, John Cleese)

Grand Knockout Tournament, The (BBC 1987, Stuart Hall, Prince Edward)

Swan Princess (1994 Disney, Jack Palance, John Cleese)

Six Dates with Barker (ITV 1971, Ronnie Barker, David Jason)

Clockwise (1986, John Cleese, Alison Steadman)

Rat Race (2001, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg)

Hold the Sunset (BBC-1 2018, John Cleese, Alison Steadman)

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Handmade 1979, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle)

Time Bandits (1981, Michael Palin, Sean Connery)

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970, Peter Cook, Denholm Elliott)

Doctor In The House (ITV 1969-1970, Barry Evans, George Layton)

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