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FOR 44 years, the duck was well and truly off. But now Fawlty Towers is set to return to our screens. While this has made many ask “Que?”, there’s others that are doing the funny walk in glee at the idea of John Cleese’s hysterical hotelier being back behind the front desk.

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15 facts you may not know about BBC sitcom Porridge - no theme tune to original name

Patricia Brake has died at the age of 79 after battling cancer.The actress played Ingrid, the daughter of Ronnie Barker’s wise-cracking lag Norman Stanley Fletcher on the hit 1970s prison sitcom.But what do you know about the iconic BBC show? Here Daily Star helps you get your oats by revealing 15 fascinating facts.1. The show was written by comedy legends Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who also penned series such as The Likely Lads and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. A pilot Porridge episode debuted in 1973 followed by the first series in 1974.2.

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Mustang Sally rides again in Back to Barrytown documentary

The Commitments famously brought a contemporary, urban Ireland to the world on the big screen, but a revealing new documentary has lifted the curtain on what really went on behind the scenes on the set of the iconic movie.

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‘Villain’ starring Richard Burton and Ian McShane on Blu-ray

The latest addition to Studiocanal’s prestigious Vintage Classics Collection is the 1971 gangster drama VILLAIN – fully restored and available on Blu-ray for the first time. With a script by acclaimed British writing duo Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, VILLAIN is an intricate and graphically violent British counterpart to Get Carter and The French Connection which foreshadowed seminal 1970s television police dramas such as ‘The Sweeney’.

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New Fawlty Towers is doomed to failure – bitter old John Cleese hasn’t been funny since the 80s and PC mob will ruin it

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