Here's your big chance to win a champagne mini-break in the actual Torquay hotel which was the inspiration for the award-winning BBC TV comedy series Fawlty Towers.

And as a special bonus, readers who book a late September-early October break will receive a bottle of bubbly and can look forward to a special night of hilarity in the restaurant with a madcap Basil Fawlty look-alike.* Comic star John Cleese stayed at The Hotel Gleneagles in 1971 while filming scenes for Monty Python's Flying Circus.

He was fascinated by the eccentric behaviour of the owner Donald Sinclair - who died in 1981 - and described him as "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met" although his widow said he was totally misrepresented by the comedy.

During the filming of the Python scenes, Sinclair is said to have thrown Eric Idle's suitcase out of the window - thinking it may have been a bomb!

He is also said to have reprimanded Terry Gilliam for not straightening cutlery on the plate after his meal.

Now The Hotel Gleneagles has been acquired by Panna Patel, her husband Kumar and his brother Keethri and to celebrate they are offering South Wales Argus readers a chance to win a two-night break there for two with dinner on one night and a bottle of bubbly.

To be in with a chance to win this prize, simply send your answer to the following question on a postcard, together with your name and address to Fawlty Competition, Newsroom, South Wales Argus, Cardiff Road, Newport NP20 3LJ by May 16, 2005.

Q: In what year did John Cleese stay at The Hotel Gleneagles?

Normal Argus rules apply

l To book your late September - early October stay call 01803 293 637. Please check Basil's appearance dates when making your booking and write "no promo info please" on your competition entry if you do not wish to receive any further information from the hotel. Prize to be taken late September - early October subject to availability.