
According to John Cleese, his Fawlty Towers revival will not return to the BBC.
The 83-year-old actor is resurrecting the legendary comedy, which first aired on the Beeb in two series of six episodes each in 1975 and 1979, and he has confirmed that the Castle Rock Entertainment production will find a new home.
When asked if he would work on the rebirth with the BBC, he said, ‘No, because you wouldn’t get the independence.’
The former Monty Python star, who is co-creating the show with his daughter Camilla Cleese, has revealed plot details, such as his character Basil Fawlty moving from Torquay to the Caribbean in a “little bijou hotel” 40 years after the second season.
He explained: ‘If you put it in the Caribbean, it becomes very multi-racial. People in the hotel business come from everywhere, so you can bring lots of different people together.
‘The characteristic of Fawlty Towers was the pressure cooker atmosphere created in the hotel.’

The remake, according to The Guardian, will be “an anti-woke nightmare,” according to John.
‘They obviously know better than I do what’s going to be in it,’ he said. ‘Maybe they should write an episode for me that they would find acceptable. Might not be very funny, but I’m sure it would really please some of their reader.’
He added: ‘The idea that it’s all going to be about wokery hadn’t particularly occurred to me.’
This week, executive producers Matthew George, Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner, and Derrick Rossi announced the revival.
‘What I admire about Matt is that, unlike many producers, he actually ‘gets’ the creative process,’ John stated in a statement.
‘When we first met, he offered an excellent first idea, and then Matt, my daughter Camilla, and I had one of the best creative sessions I can remember. By dessert we had an overall concept so good that, a few days later, it won the approval of Rob and Michele Reiner.
‘Camilla and I look forward enormously to expanding it into a series.’