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The Gleneagles hotel in Torquay, famous as the inspiration behind the hotel run by Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, is to be knocked down to make way for a new development of retirement flats.   |
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@ogdenz | 28 November 15 |
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Aww. Shame.
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@kaitleen | 28 November 15 |
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murica took this show..ditched basil and made his wife the main character..
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@ogdenz | 28 November 15 |
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I remember a documentary with John Cleese describing the Hotel owner that inspired Basil Fawlty. 
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@kaitleen | 28 November 15 |
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the major may as well pitch a tent in gardens until the twilight home is built then
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@obi_jon | 28 November 15 |
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It wasn't filmed there. The exterior shots were filmed at Wooburn Grange Country Club in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, which had to be demolished after being extensively damaged in a fire several years ago.
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@phillwin | 28 November 15 |
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where in torquay was it went to the bancourt 2star hotal |
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@obi_jon | 28 November 15 |
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@ kaitleen - 28.11.15 - 11:10pm murica took this show..ditched basil and made his wife the main character.. They tried to remake it 3 times, all unsuccessfully. Chateau Snavely(starring Betty White and Harvey Korman), Amanda's(starring Bea Arthur) and Payne(starring John Larroquette). |
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@obi_jon | 28 November 15 |
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@ phillwin - 28.11.15 - 11:32pm where in torquay was it went to the bancourt 2star hotal Don't know phill, it must be nearly 30yrs since I was last in Torquay. |
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@ogdenz | 28 November 15 |
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Eric Idle said he awoke one morning only to find his suitcases missing,he asked the owner where they had gone.The owner replied ''i chucked them over the wall..off the premises. Lol
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@birdy | 28 November 15 |
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Oh yeah. My parents used to torture me with this show as a kid.
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