Brandreth to get exotic in Prestatyn

Thanks to the reality TV spinoff of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, stars have been venturing to wonderful far afield places. But this year’s globetrotting takes them to... Prestatyn,

Wales.

Gyles Brandreth,

74

– who hosted yesterday’s

Oldie of the

Year awards – sighs: “I was invited to take part in Channel

5’s The Real

Marigold B&B in Prestatyn.

“This is going to involve me and a number of old codgers going on a hiking and biking holiday to North

Wales. They want to sex it up, so they’ve invited us in couples.

“I will be zipping up my sleeping bag and sharing a tent with my old colleague

Ann Widdecombe (74).”

Gyles described her as “a curious cross between Danny Devito and

Margaret Rutherford”.

That tent isn’t going to be awkward.