Fawlty Towers John Cleese backs Torbay social distancing plea
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Keep your social distance says John Cleese, who played the hapless hotelier Basil Fawlty
Fawlty Towers legend John Cleese has joined in a call for social distancing in the seaside town where the comedy series was set.
Cleese tweeted, external: "Going forward if I see you too close to one another I shall lay down in-between. Social distance!"
The tweet by Cleese who played hapless hotelier Basil Fawlty in the TV comedy, added "2 metres = 1 Basil Fawlty".
Torbay Council responded, external: "Thanks we've been working hard to spread the message here in Torbay."
And it added in another tweet, external: "But for some, the guidance was a little confusing."
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The council, in a Twitter string, external went on: "So we tried to think of a simple way to explain it...
"And finally, we think we've got it right (thanks to you!)."
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