Comedy legend John Cleese has vowed never to work with the BBC again and has slammed the corporation's bosses as "clueless" who haven't made anything funny since The Office John Cleese has slammed the BBC's approach to comedy (Image: BANG Showbiz)

John Cleese has sworn off working with the BBC in the future. The 85-year-old comedy legend, who created the iconic sitcom Fawlty Towers for the broadcaster alongside his first wife and co-star Connie Booth, has criticised the BBC's reliance on "committees" to decide which comedies get aired. ‌

Speaking at the recent Slapstick comedy festival in Bristol, John expressed his frustration: "If you put a script in now it has to go through a f****** committee who have no idea what they are doing." ‌

He lamented the lack of quality comedy

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