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John Cleese to host GB News show as he rails against ‘cancel culture’

Monty Python star says he will talk on TV channel about ‘important information that gets censored’

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese lands GB News show as he says BBC would 'cancel' him within minutes

Monty Python legend John Cleese has taken another pop at the BBC but admits he had no idea who GB News were when station bosses approached him about doing the hour-long programme

Daily Mirror

John Cleese joining GB News with new show about ‘free speech’ and ‘woke’ politics

‘Monty Python’ star admitted he hadn’t heard of channel before they contacted him

The Independent UK

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Mastermind’s Gestapo origins, immortal sitcoms and the birth of reality TV: 100 years of the BBC, part six

From ‘Basil!’ to ‘lovely jubbly’, welcome to the age of the classic sitcom – and the dawn of a new genre where nothing was off the table apart from ‘making love and going to the lavatory’

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t cry until I knew I was going to live’: Monty Python’s Eric Idle on surviving pancreatic cancer

Three years after being diagnosed, the 79-year-old has been given the all-clear. He reflects on losing his friends George Harrison and Robin Williams – and how he still manages to always look on the bright side of life

The Guardian - UK

Monty Python’s Eric Idle reveals he ‘survived’ pancreatic cancer

Doctors were able to diagnose the 79-year-old extremely early.

The Independent UK

Review: 'Sicker in the Head: More Conversations About Life and Comedy,' by Judd Apatow

There was a time when comedians knew they had made it when they got to perform on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." The modern-day equivalent may be working with Judd Apatow. The tireless director and producer behind everything from "Knocked Up" to HBO's "Girls" puts his status to good…

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John Cleese's War on Wokeism

The Monty Python legend says political correctness is ruining creativity in all aspects of human activity.

Reason

John Cleese: Wokeism Is the Enemy of Comedy—and Creativity

The Monty Python legend says political correctness poisons thinking in all areas of human activity.

Reason

Monty Python super fans go on the Holy Grail of honeymoons in Scotland

John and Gemma Wood, from Sussex, toured the country earlier this month scoping out locations from 1975 classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Daily Record

John Cleese admits being careless with money after forking out £25m on divorces

The star said he hasn’t earned as much from his career, which spans seven decades, as his fans think, saying he "never knew how much money I had"

Daily Mirror

Harassment and filming of patients outside clinic cannot be tolerated

Campaigners have been harassing patients exercising their legal and human right to vital health services.

Daily Record

Celebrities who've snubbed honours from the Queen - and why they turned them down

A large number of famous faces have been listen in theQueen’s birthday honours - but here is a look at the famous faces who refused or sent them back

Daily Mirror

Robyn Williams, host of ABC RN's The Science Show, on 50 years of broadcasting and the day Norman Swan saved his life

Astronauts on Apollo 17 landed on the moon in 1972, the same year Robyn Williams made his broadcasting debut. Half a century later, he's still on air, hosting The Science Show, and as enthusiastic about science as ever.

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John Cleese blasts Sunak for branding scrutiny of wife's non-dom status as 'hit job'

John Cleese said questioning financial affairs of politicians and their relatives is a normal part of democracy. Rishi Sunak said scrutiny of his wife's non-dom status was an attempt to 'smear him'

Daily Mirror

Monty Python legend John Cleese's 'mic taken away as he makes controversial joke'

Fawlty Towers and Monty Python star John Cleese was at an 'evening with' style event in Texas when he made a joke about slavery, reportedly prompting another comic to snatch his mic away

The Independent UK

John Cleese has his microphone taken away after making controversial slavery joke

‘I want reparations,’ the comic said during a panel at SXSW in Austin, Texas

Wales Online

Single mum stuntwoman destined for Hollywood received advice from John Cleese and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Following a Zoom converation on Cameo, John Cleese gave Laura 'some really good acting tips' during lockdown

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Jo Kendall obituary

Actor in the high-spirited Footlights revue Cambridge Circus in the 1960s who was a founding cast member of Emmerdale Farm

Daily Mirror

Jo Kendall dead - I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again star dies as John Cleese pays tribute

The actress and comedian starred in the classic BBC show I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and spent her final days at a retirement home for acting stars.

The Independent UK

Monty Python’s John Cleese joins tributes to his ‘old friend’ Barry Cryer

The comedy writer and performer, who had a career spanning seven decades, has died aged 86.

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