[1] In the early 1970s, cast members of Monty Python's Flying Circus stayed at the Gleneagles for a planned three weeks, while filming in Paignton.

[3] Due to Donald Sinclair's rudeness towards them, which included criticising Terry Gilliam's "too American" table etiquette and tossing Eric Idle's briefcase out of a window "in case it contained a bomb",[4] the cast left the hotel apart from John Cleese and his wife, Connie Booth.

[7] For the rest of its existence, the hotel retained a reminder of their legacy: the 41 rooms all had names such as Coral or Mimosa.

[1] Many guests were fans of Fawlty Towers who had travelled specifically just to experience staying at the hotel.

[9] In September 2006, Prunella Scales, who played Sybil Fawlty, was "guest of honour" at the reopening of the hotel after a £1 million makeover.