It’s official, Britain is the angriest nation in Europe, with grumpy Brits topping the polls as being the most hot-headed, irrational and impatient nation in Europe. Ever been queue jumped whilst waiting for your morning coffee? Or been stuck in traffic and found yourself becoming increasingly irate? Well fear not, you’re not alone! In fact it’s reported that Brits get angry, on average, up to four times a day compared to a laid-back 0.2 times from Scandinavians.

The poll picks out the top ten reasons that make Britain the rash and impetuous nation that is, with queue jumpers being at the top with a whopping 48% and traffic jams and delays coming a close second with 43%.

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Andrew Sachs has revealed that he got very badly burnt whilst filming Fawlty Towers.

During a scene where Andrew’s character Manuel supposedly set fire to the hotel kitchen, Sachs revealed that the chemicals used, actually burnt him and left him badly scarred.

Andrew told The Mirror: “They’d covered my jacket with some chemicals which reacted together and caused it to smoke and look as if it was on fire. They told me it was fine, but the problem was it wasn’t, and it got very warm.

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John Cleese has revealed that Fawlty Towers was originally rejected by the BBC for being too clichéd.

As the cast celebrated the show’s 30th anniversary today and at the press event Cleese revealed that when he originally submitted the script to Jimmy Gilbert, then head of comedy at the BBC, it was turned down.

The fellow whose job it was to assess the quality of the writing said ‘This is full of cliched situations, stereotypical characters and I cannot see it being anything other than a disaster’.

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Comic actor John Cleese has said that the cast will never make another episode of the hit comedy Fawlty Towers as they are ‘too old and too tired’.

Cleese, who wrote the show with ex-wife and co-star Booth, said he had to work for 43 weeks – “writing, performing and filming” – to make each of the two series.

Cleese said: “It took so much energy to do that show.

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We’ve got two fantastic money-can’t-buy prizes up for grabs. Two lucky Fawlty fans will each win a pair of tickets to our fantastic Fawlty Towers Re-Opened launch event in London on Wednesday 6th May at 9.30am where they’ll meet the cast and attend a private screening of the G.O.L.D.’s exclusive new show, Fawlty Towers Re-opened.

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The original cast of British sitcom Fawlty Towers are reuniting to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the show.

John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs and Prunella Scales will come together to tell the story of how the well-loved sitcom was made.

The special, called Fawlty Towers: Re-opened, will air on Sunday, May 10 on TV channel G.O.L.D.

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