JOHN CLEESE - FROST REPORT TO RETURN FOR ONE-OFF BBC SPECIAL AT EASTER

The satirical 1960s TV show The Frost Report will return as a one-off special, the BBC has confirmed.

Host Sir David Frost will be reunited with the surviving members of the cast, including John Cleese and Michael Palin.

Ronnie Corbett and Tim Brooke-Taylor will also appear on BBC Four's two-hour reunion show on Easter Monday, March 24th.

The programme is credited with laying the foundations of many important British comedy partnerships.

First aired in 1966 and following on from That Was The Week That Was, the show launched the careers of many of its stars and paved the way for shows such as Monty Python.

It was in rehearsals for the Frost Report too that Corbett and the late Ronnie Barker were first referred to as "the Two Ronnies".

Commenting on the reunion, Sir David Frost said: "Putting The Frost Report Is Back together has been a joy, with so many memories – and even more important, so many laughs – along the way."

One of the most famous sketches from The Frost Report involved the tall Cleese looking down at the shorter Barker, who in turn looked down at still shorter Corbett, each making an observation on social class divisions by referencing their height.