John Cleese has said he feels no pressure for new sitcom Hold The Sunset to live up to the success of Fawlty Towers, because he did not write this one himself. Hold The Sunset sees Cleese play Phil, who is keen to move abroad with his ex-partner and neighbour Edith, played by Alison Steadman. Cleese, 78, said he does not worry about this new effort measuring up to that of Fawlty Towers, which aired between 1975 and 1979 and is still considered one of the greatest TV comedies of all time. Phil sits around making sarcastic remarks – that’s exactly how I am in real life! “I keep thinking: ‘I know how to say that line because that’s exactly how I’d say it in real life’.

Source: Irish Examiner February 13, 2018 14:48 UTC