Its reputation ruined by Basil Fawlty, the ‘English Riviera’ has made a comeback
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B B Joanna LumleySamuel Taylor ColeridgeMark ChipperfieldBasil FawltyDonald SinclairLympstone ManorMichael CainesBuckfast AbbeyJohn CleeseAgatha ChristieGleneagles Hotel In TorquayTorbay CouncilDebenhams DepartmentSingapore AirlinesCockington CourtChristieDartmoor National ParkDevon RailwayNational Lottery Heritage FundSydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sun, 23 August 2026
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Agatha Christie loved it, poets deemed it “a most beautiful and very dazzling sight”, but John Cleese had a different view of Britain’s Torquay.