"The Wedding Party (Fawlty Towers) ""The Wedding Party"" is the third episode of the BBC sitcom ""Fawlty Towers"". In the episode, Basil is disgusted when two young lovers, Alan and Jean, begin 'hanky-pankying' under his very nose while checking in. He becomes convinced that they and two other guests (a couple called the Lloyds) are engaged in group sexual misbehaviour, somehow also involving Polly. Meanwhile, another guest, Mrs Peignoir, has become attracted to Basil, and circumstances conspire to put him in apparently compromising situations whenever any of the aforementioned are around. A heatwave has hit Torquay, bringing Basil's incompetence—not to"
"character Jeeves, from the ""Jeeves and Wooster"" stories by P. G. Wodehouse, stated in the stories that he took his holidays in Herne Bay. Herne Bay, Kent Herne Bay is a seaside town in Kent, South East England, with a population of 38,563. On the south coast of the Thames Estuary, it is north of Canterbury and east of Whitstable. It neighbours the ancient villages of Herne and Reculver and is part of the City of Canterbury local government district. Herne Bay's seafront is home to the world's first freestanding purpose-built Clock Tower, built in 1837; from the late Victorian"
"Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. There has been a settlement in this location since the Mesolithic era. A nunnery was founded by Eanswith, granddaughter of Æthelberht of Kent in the 7th century, who is still commemorated as part of the town's culture. During the 13th century it subsequently developed into a seaport and the harbour developed"
"poet, novelist, and painter P K Page was born in Swanage, Dorset on 23 November 1916. In 1919, she left with her family for Canada. In 1954, Page won the Canadian Governor General's Award for poetry and in 1977 was made an Officer to the Order of Canada, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of Companion of the Order of Canada. Swanage is stated as the hometown of John Cleese's character Basil Fawlty in the sitcom ""Fawlty Towers"". Some of James Blunt's video ""Carry You Home"" was filmed in Swanage and Worth Matravers. The first episode of the second"
"Lyme Regis Lyme Regis is a town in West Dorset, England, west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Styled ""The Pearl of Dorset"", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel coast at the Dorset–Devon border. It is noted for fossils found in cliffs and beaches on the Heritage Coast or Jurassic Coast – a World Heritage Site. The harbour wall known as ""The Cobb"" appears in Jane Austen's novel ""Persuasion"", in the John Fowles novel ""The French Lieutenant's Woman"", and in the 1981 film of that name, which was partly shot in the town. A former mayor and"
"One programme, ""Britain’s Toughest Jobs"". Blackpool is a popular seaside resort, and the beach-front tower is still a major attraction. It is lit during the annual Illuminations, when the town and seafront are decorated with colourful illuminated displays for along the promenade. Blackpool Tower Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it is tall and is the 120th tallest freestanding tower in the world. Blackpool Tower is also the common name for Tower buildings, an entertainment complex in a red-brick"
"Falmouth, Jamaica Falmouth is the chief town and capital of the parish of Trelawny in Jamaica. It is situated on Jamaica's north coast 18 miles east of Montego Bay. It is noted for being one of the Caribbean's best-preserved Georgian towns. Founded by Thomas Reid in 1769, Falmouth flourished as a market centre and port for forty years at a time when Jamaica was the world's leading sugar producer. It was named after Falmouth, Cornwall in the United Kingdom, the birthplace of Sir William Trelawny, the Governor of Jamaica, who was instrumental in its establishment. The town was meticulously planned"
"Gyllyngvase Gyllyngvase (; , meaning ""the shallow inlet"") is one of the four beaches associated with Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, south of Pendennis Castle. It is to the south of Falmouth town centre, but was an essentially rural area as recently as the late 19th century. However, the growth of tourism in the town at around the turn of the 20th century saw the area become more built-up and the seafront on Cliff Road became home to several major hotels. The Bay Hotel opened in 1909 halfway along Cliff Road, but closed due to a fire in 1990 and was"
"Mablethorpe Mablethorpe is a seaside town on a sandy shore in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population, including Sutton-on-Sea, was 12,531 at the 2011 census. A horde of Roman treasure was found in Mablethorpe, as well as a Roman brooch and pottery. Mablethorpe as a town has existed for many centuries, although part of it was lost to the sea in the 1540s. For example, records of the Fitzwilliam family of Mablethorpe Hall date back to the 14th century. In the 19th century, it was also a centre for ship breaking during the winter. Mablethorpe Hall is"
"his ""Bramblewick"" series set in Robin Hood's Bay – ""Foreigners"", ""Three Fevers"", ""Phantom Lobster"" and ""Sally Lunn"", the second of which was filmed as ""Turn of the Tide"" (1935). He died in Fowey, Cornwall, on 8 June 1966 and the house he lived in (21 Passage Street) was named ""Bramblewick"" after his book series. Leo Walmsley Leo Walmsley (1892 – 1966) was an English writer. He was born at 7 Clifton Place, Shipley in the county of West Yorkshire in 1892, and two years later his family moved to Robin Hood's Bay on the coast of present-day North Yorkshire, where"
"most of his film ""Village of the Damned"" were shot in and around Inverness. The town is 15 miles or so from Drake's Bay on the Pacific Ocean, named after Sir Francis Drake, who explored the coast in the 16th Century. Although Drake's official log was lost, the ship's doctor's log described landing in an area that reminded him of the White Cliffs of Dover. Drake's Bay is backed by similar-looking cliffs, leading many to believe this is where the ship landed. The region became the property of James Shafter, who began to develop the property in the 1890s. It"
"raised in Folkestone. Folkestone is twinned with: Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. There has been a settlement in this location since the Mesolithic era. A nunnery was founded by Eanswith, granddaughter of Æthelberht of Kent in the 7th century, who is still commemorated as part of the town's culture. During the 13th century it subsequently developed"
"the parish of Pelynt in Cornwall, England. The first capital was Martha Brae, located inland from Rock Bay. Trelawny is best known for its sugar estates and sugar cane mills. It had more sugar estates than any other parish, so there was need for a sea coast town to export it. Falmouth became a thriving seaport and social centre. The town had two of its own newspapers; ""The Falmouth Post"" and ""The Falmouth Gazette"". Trelawny was also home to the largest group of Maroons in the island. A 1739 treaty between the Maroons and the English gave the Maroons freedom"
"He died in 1988, and the film was released the following year. Ballard Berkeley Ballard Blascheck (6 August 1904 – 16 January 1988), known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He played Major Gowen in the British television sitcom ""Fawlty Towers"". The son of Joseph and Beatrice Blascheck, he was born in Margate, Kent. He served as a Special Constable with the Metropolitan Police during the Second World War, witnessing the Blitz at first hand including the bombing of the Café de Paris nightclub. For his service he received the Defence Medal and the"
"Fáilte Towers Fáilte Towers is a reality TV show broadcast that aired on RTÉ during August 2008 on RTÉ. The concept involved thirteen celebrities running a hotel for sixteen days and nights in order to win money for their designated charities. The show format was not repeated nor was it exported or resold. The name is a play on the BBC sitcom ""Fawlty Towers"" and the word """" meaning 'welcome' in Irish. The hotel used in the series is Bellingham Castle in Castlebellingham, County Louth. The show is presented by Aidan Power and Baz Ashmawy and the judges are Bibi"
"Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Lancashire coast in North West England. The town is on the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, northwest of Bolton and northwest of Manchester. It had an estimated population of 139,720 at the 2011 Census, making it the most populous town in Lancashire. Throughout the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, Blackpool was a coastal hamlet in Lancashire's Hundred of Amounderness, and remained such until the mid-18th century when it became fashionable in England to travel to the coast in the summer to improve"
"Godrevy Godrevy (, meaning ""small farms"") ( ) is an area on the eastern side of St Ives Bay, west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which faces the Atlantic Ocean. It is popular with both the surfing community and walkers. It is part owned by the National Trust, and offshore on Godrevy Island is a lighthouse maintained by Trinity House which is said to be the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's novel ""To the Lighthouse"". Godrevy lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the South West Coast Path runs around the whole promontory. There are several public car"
"dockyards"". High fantasy author Neil Gaiman also sets his graphic novel ""The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch"" around Southsea, Gaiman having grown up in Portsmouth. A street along the seafront in Southsea was renamed ""The Ocean at the End of the Lane"" by the city council in honour of his novel of the same name. Notable crime novels set in Portsmouth and the surrounding area include Graham Hurley's D.I.Faraday/D.C.Winter novels and C. J. Sansom's Tudor crime novel ""Heartstone"", with the latter including references to the famous warship ""Mary Rose"" and descriptions of Tudor life in the town."
"Plymouth Plymouth () is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London. Enclosing the city are the mouths of the river Plym and river Tamar, which are naturally incorporated into Plymouth Sound to form a boundary with Cornwall. Plymouth's early history extends to the Bronze Age, when a first settlement emerged at Mount Batten. This settlement continued as a trading post for the Roman Empire, until it was surpassed by the more prosperous village of Sutton founded in the ninth century, now called Plymouth. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers departed"
"known for its beaches. It is referred to by many nicknames such as ""The City of Destiny"" and ""The Jewel of the East Coast"". It has been selected as one of the Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under the Smart Cities Mission. As per the ""Swachhta Sarvekshan"" rankings of 2017, it is the third cleanest city in India.. The local belief behind the name of the city states, there was a king of 4th century, who on his pilgrimage halted at Lawson's Bay and built a temple dedicated to Vaisakha, which was submerged under the sea,"
"Some of the filming of Lawrence of Arabia took place on the dunes. The sand dunes were featured in the BBC series ""Coast"" and ""Weatherman Walking"". Newton is home to one independent schools: St Clare's Newton, Bridgend Newton () is a village located near the seaside resort town of Porthcawl, in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Newton village dates from the 12th century and St John the Baptist Church was founded by the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem 800 years ago and originally built as a fortress, still overlooks the village green. The Jolly Sailor pub, the"
"station on the Isle of Portland. For example, the departure of Blake and Hardy was filmed in front of Devonport's original main entrance, the Keyham Dock Gate (although there is some debate as to whether this was a interior studio shot). Smeaton's Tower on the seafront at Plymouth Hoe was used for the leave ashore scenes between ""Shorty"" Blake (Mills) and his wife Freda (Kay Walsh). The destroyer played HMS ""Torrin"". The film was the second most popular movie at the British box office in 1943. The film was one of the most successful British films ever released in the"
"town is called Market Shipborough. The pub the ""Startled Duck"" in the TV series is better known as the ""Greyhound Inn"", in which the Earl of Orford created the first coursing club open to the public, in 1776. Kingdom's office is Oakleigh House, near the town square (formerly the house of the Head Master of Hamond's Grammar School), with the coastal scenes filmed at Wells-next-the-Sea on the north Norfolk coast. Swaffham Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich. The civil parish has"
"moving along the coast towards the Helford river are Castle, Tunnel, Gyllyngvase, Swanpool and Maenporth beaches. The National Maritime Museum Cornwall opened in February 2003. The building was designed by the architect M. J. Long. The ""Falmouth & Penryn Packet"", first published in 1858, is still based in the town as the lead title in a series of Packet Newspapers for central and western Cornwall. The West Briton newspaper, first published in 1810, is a weekly tabloid newspaper which has a ""Falmouth & Penryn"" edition reporting on the area. Falmouth has many literary connections. The town was the birthplace of"
"Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort on the south coast of England that is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of ""Brighthelmstone"" was documented in the ""Domesday Book"" (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to"
"of ""Gladiators"". In July 2011, Twist and Pulse of Britain's Got Talent led one of the most well-attended illumination events. Mablethorpe Mablethorpe is a seaside town on a sandy shore in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population, including Sutton-on-Sea, was 12,531 at the 2011 census. A horde of Roman treasure was found in Mablethorpe, as well as a Roman brooch and pottery. Mablethorpe as a town has existed for many centuries, although part of it was lost to the sea in the 1540s. For example, records of the Fitzwilliam family of Mablethorpe Hall date back to the"
"Freston Tower Freston Tower is a six-storey red brick folly south of Ipswich, Suffolk in the village of Freston. It stands on the banks of the River Orwell. Arguably the oldest folly in England, the tower has various claims for construction dates, ranging from the 15th to 17th centuries. There is a legend that the tower was built by ""Lord de Freston"" in the 15th century for his daughter Ellen, so she could study a different subject on a different floor six days of the week: the 1st floor was dedicated to reception, the 2nd to tapestry working, the 3rd"
"Coast town, is also named after the poem. Hely was the Principal Superintendent of Convicts. He was born in Ireland and died in Sydney. He died before the house he was planning to build at Wyoming was completed. His mausoleum lies beside the Pacific Highway at Wyoming, close to the family home which was built by his widow. The grave was designed by architect John Verge and was recently restored after falling into disrepair. Wyoming is a predominately residential suburb. The first building was the local pub which was built by convicts in 1854 and still exists today. Wyoming also"
"Newtown, Isle of Wight Newtown is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England. In medieval times it was a thriving borough. According to the Post Office the 2011 Census population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Calbourne. Newtown is located on the large natural harbour on the island's north-western coast, now mostly a national nature reserve owned and managed by the National Trust. The Caul Bourne stream through Calbourne passes Newbridge and Shalfleet and empties into the Solent at Newtown. The town was originally called Francheville (i.e. 'Freetown'), and only later renamed Newtown. It"
"25 of J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"" take place in Cornwall (the Harry Potter story at Shell Cottage, which is on the beach outside the fictional village of Tinworth in Cornwall). ""Over Sea, Under Stone"" and ""Greenwitch"" from the series of fantasy novels ""The Dark Is Rising"", by Susan Cooper, are set in Cornwall. Ciji Ware* set her 1997 novel ""A Cottage by the Sea"" on the Cornish coast. Sue Limb's ""Girl, (Nearly) 16: Absolute Torture"" is partly set in St Ives on the Cornish coast. Cornwall is featured heavily in the beginning of ""The Mists"
"Bolsward Bolsward (, West Frisian: ""Boalsert"") is a city in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Bolsward has a population of just under 10,200. It is located 10 km W.N.W. of Sneek. The town is founded on three artificial dwelling mounds, the first of which was built some time before Christ. During the Middle Ages, Bolsward was a trade center and port city connected to the North Sea via the Middle Sea. This connection was lost when the Middle Sea was reclaimed to form arable land. After this a canal was dug to the Zuiderzee. The town is"
"the world and the only location where the luminary reaction can be seen 364 days of the year regardless of the temperature or the weather. Visitors to Falmouth can experience the Glistening Waters by taking a boat trip into the middle of the lagoon after nightfall and swimming in the shallow waters of the lagoon. Falmouth, Jamaica Falmouth is the chief town and capital of the parish of Trelawny in Jamaica. It is situated on Jamaica's north coast 18 miles east of Montego Bay. It is noted for being one of the Caribbean's best-preserved Georgian towns. Founded by Thomas Reid"
"Nettlestone Nettlestone is a village on the Isle of Wight, England about south east from Ryde. It is listed in the Domesday Book and was established c.1086. Together with Seaview, it forms the civil parish of Nettlestone and Seaview. The Priory Bay Hotel between Nettlestone & St Helens is said to be haunted by the ghost of a young lady who died there at the age of 14. Public Transport is provided by Southern Vectis bus route 8, which operates between Ryde and Newport via Seaview, Bembridge and Sandown including intermediate villages, once an hour from Ryde bus station. The"