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TV comedy shows don't come any better than Blackadder. It's up there with Fawlty Towers, the BBC's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy TV series and the classic Monty Python.

Fear of causing offence has left TV in danger of becoming too bland, Channel 4's programme chief has said.

Submitted by FunnyFixx.com on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 09:44. BBC interviews John Cleese about his favorite episode of the comedy masterpiece series, Fawlty Towers.

Humour is good for us. Laughter makes us healthier and is said to prolong our lives.

HE MAY be on the road with his How To Finance Your Divorce stand-up tour but John Cleese admits he didn't get so much as a brass farthing for recent work for the BBC.

One of the funniest TV shows ever returns to DVD with new, restored transfers. Is the quality worth the double-dip? What can I say about Fawlty Towers that hasn't been said before? The show consistently makes fan lists of the best situation or British comedies; it is routinely seen in rotation across Europe and North America; and despite the type ...

Walden Media was not the first to bring The Chronicles of Narnia to film. There were also an animated version in 1979, and a live action version made in the late 1980's. Both of these versions were originally made for television.

Irish author Eoin Colfer has revealed he has been writing a stage musical since finishing his Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy sequel.

Spaced . Extras . The Office . The Young Ones . Have you ever wondered why most British TV comedies end after only two seasons, which in brief British season numbers translates to a paltry 12 episodes? Blame Fawlty Towers .

The BBC today releases a deluxe, special edition DVD box set of Fawlty Towers . And they've kindly agreed to give one set to EiNY readers.

Basil Fawlty was rude, snobby, smarmy, hen-pecked, quick to anger, sarcastic and prudish - in the words of his creator, John Cleese, "an absolutely awful human being." But this unforgettable character stood at the center of one of the funniest sitcoms in television history, "Fawlty Towers." The BBC show , which debuted in Great Britain in 1975, ...

The Conservatives would reverse proposals in the Government's Digital Britain bill and may even tear up the BBC's royal charter, shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

The Irish author Eoin Colfer has revealed he has been writing a stage musical since finishing his Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy sequel.

Terry Jones, an original member of Monty Python, directed and starred int the 1979 film Monty Python's Life of Brain, a project repeatedly referenced in the documentary.

It's been more than 30 years since John Cleese made his television classic "Fawlty Towers" and the comedian is just as proud of it now as when he helped create the series in the 1970s.

The BBC will try to reduce the amount of violence in its programmes as part of a crackdown on falling standards.

Move over Woodstock and Neil Armstrong, it's time to celebrate something completely different: the 40th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus ' debut on the BBC.

I can't remember when I last sat down and watched, from beginning to end, a BBC situation comedy.

On Thursday's show, comedian John Donnellan was in our Galway studio discussing the most controversial comedy moments , as written about in this week's Hot Press magazine.

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says the company can take on the search giant as it prepares to launch Windows 7. Google is developing its own computer operating system.