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Specsavers: Fawlty Car Feat John Cleese #shouldve

Basil Fawlty is back... but he's still struggling with anger issues and modern technology.

by shots on 4^th January 2016

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Specsavers – Specsavers: Fawlty Car Feat John Cleese #shouldve

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Production Company Blink Productions
Director Tim Bullock

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Production Company Blink Productions
Director Tim Bullock
Post Production The Mill/London
Editing Company Whitehouse Post/Los Angeles
Editor Mark Burnett
Director of Photography Stephen Keith-Roach
Executive Producer James Bland
Producer Ewen Brown

Creative Simon Bougourd
Creative Neil Brush
Creative Director Graham Daldry
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To mark the 40th anniversary of British TV show Fawlty Towers, lead character Basil Fawlty returns to our screens to star in the latest 'Should've Gone To Specsavers' ad.

Helmed by Tim Bullock, John Cleese reprises his iconic role while continuing to struggle with modern day technology.

The spot was created by an in-house Specsavers creative team, that also released a series of BTS spots featuring Cleese (below) talking about the highs and lows of the project, including the difficulties of finding an appropriate branch.

And the below BTS video sheds more creative insight on the project.

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Editing Company Whitehouse Post
Post Production MPC London
Production Blink Productions
Creative Simon Bougourd
Creative Neil Brush
Creative Director Graham Daldry
Director Tim Bullock
Director of Photography Stephen Keith-Roach
Editor Mark Burnett
Executive Producer James Bland
Producer Ewen Brown
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