Overview

• In the new issue, John Cleese says he and Connie Booth spent six weeks on each Fawlty Towers episode and argues today’s financing would not permit that process.
• Cleese criticizes BBC commissioning and what he sees as executive caution over offence, with the Daily Mail reporting additional comments from his Radio Times interview and recent public remarks.
• Radio Times highlights Fawlty Towers’ enduring status in polls and notes the stage adaptation is selling out in London’s West End.
• Cover stars Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark promote their unscripted Passage to India series, saying no scenes are set up and there were no writers or actors involved, with Radio Times noting they have a BAFTA win.
• Radio Times states its editor, Shem Law, remains missing at press time and says a clue to his whereabouts appears in the issue.