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John Cleese returns to Basil Fawlty role in new 'Should Have Gone to Specsavers' campaign

on Dec 27, 2015 | 0 comments

By Stephen Lepitak

John Cleese has returned to the role of Basil Fawlty and teamed up with Specsavers to recreate one of his most famous moments from sitcom Fawlty Towers.

Cleese has filmed an advert for the opticians which will see him recreate the famous scene in which hotelier Basil Fawlty thrashes a car with a tree branch, and will continue to follow the brand’s long running ‘Should Have Gone to Specsavers’ tagline when it turns out to be a police car he is attacking.

A making of video has appeared on YouTube (see above) with scenes from the filming of Read full story ›

Source: The Drum