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Sybil returns to 'Fawlty Towers' Sybil returns to 'Fawlty Towers'
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A Devon hotel which helped inspire the legendary series Fawlty Towers is welcoming back one of the show's stars.A Devon hotel which helped inspire the legendary series Fawlty Towers is welcoming back one of the show's stars.
Actress Prunella Scales who played long-suffering Sybil has been invited back as part of celebrations over a £1m revamp of the Hotel Gleneagles.Actress Prunella Scales who played long-suffering Sybil has been invited back as part of celebrations over a £1m revamp of the Hotel Gleneagles.
John Cleese, who played Basil, based the series on the Torquay hotel which he visited in 1971.John Cleese, who played Basil, based the series on the Torquay hotel which he visited in 1971.
He described the then owner Donald Sinclair as "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met".He described the then owner Donald Sinclair as "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met".
Mr Sinclair, who died in 1981, is said to have thrown fellow Monty Python colleague Eric Idle's suitcase out of the window "in case it contained a bomb" and complained about Terry Gilliam's table manners.Mr Sinclair, who died in 1981, is said to have thrown fellow Monty Python colleague Eric Idle's suitcase out of the window "in case it contained a bomb" and complained about Terry Gilliam's table manners.
Barbara DePaulis is also returning to the hotel, which catered for daughter's disastrous wedding in the 1970s. Barbara DePaulis is also returning to the hotel, which catered for her daughter's disastrous wedding in the 1970s.
Guests are being invited to dress up as Basil and Sybil to mark the event
One guest had to be rushed to hospital with a broken nose and her husband was asked to wait tables.One guest had to be rushed to hospital with a broken nose and her husband was asked to wait tables.
She told BBC News: "It was the first wedding reception that the Gleneagles had had. They did not have enough staff or food. Guests are being invited to dress up as Basil and Sybil to mark the eventShe told BBC News: "It was the first wedding reception that the Gleneagles had had. They did not have enough staff or food.
"It was just hysterical. In the end we had to laugh."It was just hysterical. In the end we had to laugh.
"I can understand how it got the name Fawlty Towers after that.""I can understand how it got the name Fawlty Towers after that."
New owners of the Gleneagles, Brian Shone and Barry Taylor, say that is all behind them as they re-open the hotel on Monday after a £1m revamp.New owners of the Gleneagles, Brian Shone and Barry Taylor, say that is all behind them as they re-open the hotel on Monday after a £1m revamp.
Ms Scales said: "You can't run a worse hotel than Fawlty Towers. Anything they do will be better and I'm sure it will be excellent.Ms Scales said: "You can't run a worse hotel than Fawlty Towers. Anything they do will be better and I'm sure it will be excellent.
"I am sure all hotel managers have learned quite a lot from the series.""I am sure all hotel managers have learned quite a lot from the series."
The actual hotel seen at the start and end of the series was the Wooburn Grange Country Club in Buckinghamshire, but that burned down in 1991.The actual hotel seen at the start and end of the series was the Wooburn Grange Country Club in Buckinghamshire, but that burned down in 1991.
Despite only running for 12 episodes, Fawlty Towers regularly tops polls of favourite TV shows.