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What sitcom did John Cleese co-write with his first wife, Connie Booth?

  • Blackadder

  • Fawlty Towers

  • Only Fools and Horses

  • Yes Minister

Answer

John Cleese and Connie Booth co-wrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers, in which Cleese starred as hotel owner Basil Fawlty. The show won the 1980 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance and topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes.
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