John Cleese joins GB News as he calls British TV ‘cliched and cowardly’

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John Cleese's use of it in an interview today.The BBC chat show host said it "must be hard" for the likes of the 82-year-old to perhaps tone down what they say on this day after speaking freely with no backlash for many years.The 59-year-old said: "You read a lot of articles in papers by people complaining about cancel culture and you think, in what world are you cancelled?"I'm reading your article in a newspaper, or you're doing interviews about how terrible it is to be cancelled?"Graham went on to suggest that the word should be replaced with "accountability" instead.He added to Times Radio: "John Cleese has been very public recently about complaining about what you can say and I just think it must be very hard to be a man of a certain age, who's been able to say whatever you like for years, and now suddenly, there's some accountability there.Nadia Sawalha 'very sure' she would never do Strictly after Kaye Adams"It's free speech but not consequence free."Earlier this year, the Fawlty Towers actor announced he will be fronting a documentary to find out if it's possible to create comedy without causing offence.A description about the show titled John Cleese: Cancel Me says he will "explore why a new woke generation is trying to rewrite the rules on what can and can’t be said".John has been no stranger to sharing what he deems cancel culture in recent years.Last year, he slammed BBC owned UKTV for temporarily removing an episode of Fawlty Towers.A 1975 episode titled The Germans was taken off the streaming service because it contains "racial slurs".At the time, the streaming service said it expected to reinstate the show with "extra guidance" in "the coming days".After criticism about the move from John and others, the

John Cleese told fans he was "amused" after BBC Radio 4 seemingly cut his interview short as he claimed he'd be "cancelled" if he had a show on there again.The 82-year-old discussed his move to GB News with presenter Amol Rajan, who wrapped up their chat after five minutes.Speaking of joining GB News, the actor said: "The nice thing about talking to the GB News audience is they may not be used to hearing the sort of things I'll be saying."But the only thing is, the BBC haven't come to me and said, 'Would you like to have one of our shows?'"And if they did I would say, 'Not on your nelly' because I wouldn't get five minutes into the show before I'd be cancelled or censored."Amol chimed in, saying: "Well, we've given you five minutes today and I can promise you you haven't been censored yet."Madonna, 64, causes stir in TikTok clip coming out as gayQuickly wrapping up the chat, he added: "At that, I think we should leave it."Taking to his Twitter after, John seemingly implied the irony of the BBC cutting his interview short after he criticised them.He wrote: "I was amused that the moment I really criticised the BBC yesterday, the interview was brought to a rapid end."Before we had talked about the things we had planned to talk about ten minutes earlier."Express.co.uk has contacted a representative for BBC Radio 4 for comment.BBC listeners shared their thoughts on the situation on social media. T.C wrote: "Quite amusing that you had to go on the BBC to publicise your show on another channel, all the time knowing you intended to criticise the channel you were using for that publicity.

Monty Python legend will host a new show on the channel from next year, claiming viewers should be “prepared to be shocked” by the topics he will cover.Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Cleese said:  “There’s a massive amount of important information that gets censored, both in TV and in the press. In my new show, I’ll be talking about a lot of it.

Comedy star John Cleese is returning to British TV by making a show for right-leaning channel GB News.

Manori Ravindran International Editor “Monty Python” star John Cleese is set to host a regular show on right-wing news channel GB News next year. The 82-year-old actor revealed his new project on BBC Radio 4’s popular “Today” program on Monday morning. “I was approached and I didn’t know who they were,” said Cleese of GB News, which set up shop in Britain in 2021. “I don’t know much about modern television because I’ve pretty much given up on it — I mean, English television. Then, I met one or two of the people concerned and had a dinner with them and I liked them very much. “What they said was, ‘People say it’s a right-wing channel, but it’s a free speech channel,’” explained Cleese, who is working on the show with political satirist and comedian Andrew Doyle.

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John Cleese, 82, has issued a plea on Twitter in view of his over five million followers in an effort to save his dearest possession.The Monty Python star has asked for help from London's "beloved London black cab drivers" as he has left his diary in the car.John took to Twitter this afternoon to ask his 5.7 million Twitter followers for help.He pleaded: "A quick plea for help from my beloved London black cab drivers."Will the driver who dropped me off at a doctor's practice on Grafton Way recently, after we'd had a long chat."Please see if my diary might be wedged in the seat somewhere in the back of his cab."Social media users rushed to the comments to either offer help to the outspoken star or use the opportunity to jibe the comedian.JohnChaytor joked: "Every tabloid journalist is now ringing all their black cab contacts..."CMKetchum added: "I'm sure every one reading their Twitter behind the wheel will be frantically checking their backseats at this very moment."PoweredByScuba commented: "Well I must say I'm super envious of the cab driver who drove you and the opportunity to meet in person to return your diary."John usually uses the micro-blogging site to take his aim at "wokeism" and it's potential threat to "liberal democracy".He recently replied to a tweet that took aim at the actor and his opinions, calling him out for going to “war against wokeism.”Replying to the Twitter user, who goes by @greaggrhys, John replied: "Wokes may not think that trying to undermine the key principle of liberal democracy matters, but I do."It may not be quite as important a problem as global warming, but it's the only one that I know something about."Reaffirming his stance on the concept of wokeism, John sparked a debate, with