Manuel in Torquay

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Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

Manuel in Torquay


David Rodgers reports from HMS Torquay and from the Imperial Hotel. The hotel is hosting the Fifteenth International Gastronomic Festival and Torquay's most famous waiter is on hand to serve up some comedy. Andrew Sachs plays the iconic comedy character from TV's Fawlty Towers about the goings-on at a Torquay Hotel. Basil Fawlty took on the waiter from Barcelona who has a heavy Spanish accent to help run the hotel with cheap labour.


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