Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers to return with John Cleese and daughter

The new Fawlty Towers will be developed for Castle Rock Television and executive produced by Rob Reiner. In surprising news, Castle Rock Entertainment have revealed plans to revive the classic 1970s British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Often hailed as the example of the perfect television comedy, the original show consists of just 12 episodes across two … >

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Jekyll and Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde among new Britbox titles this December

Charlie Higson’s Jekyll and Hyde (2015) comes to Britbox this December, among a whole host of other shows It ran for one season and was mired in controversy over depictions of violence, but there’s another chance to catch the series on Britbox from December 10. Jekyll and Hyde starred Tom Bateman as Dr Robert Jekyll and … >

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Fawlty Towers

John Cleese returns to BBC One in new comedy series ‘Edith’

BBC One has ordered a new comedy from the Oscar-nominated co-author of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. Written by Charles McKeown, Edith will star John Cleese (Fawlty Towers) alongside Alison Steadman and Jason Watkins. The cast of the six-part series also includes Jessica Hynes, Anne Reid, Rosie Cavaliero, James Cosmo and Peter Egan. The official synopsis reads: “For Edith (Alison Steadman), … >

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Watch John Cleese recap 6 seasons of ‘The Walking Dead’ in 4 minutes

NOW TV has enlisted the help of British comedy legend John Cleese to remind The Walking Dead fans of the story so far. The seventh season of the hit post-apocalyptic show premieres at 9pm on Monday 24 October on FOX. Since the first episode aired in 2010, The Walking Dead has served up 83 episodes and 252 deaths. Cleese … >

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Win ‘Absolutely Anything’ on Blu-ray!

All-star comedy Absolutely Anything lands on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on Monday 7 December. > Buy Absolutely Anything on Amazon. To celebrate the release, we’ve got Blu-rays to give away to four of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and retweet this tweet: Win! Follow @CultBoxTV and … >

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