- Holds the Guinness World Records for the longest after-dinner speech (twelve-and-a-half hours) and previously held the longest on-screen kiss record (three-and-a-half minutes, performed with/upon Cheryl Baker on the 14th February 1984 episode of Good Morning Britain (1983)).
- He and his wife Michèle Brown are founders of the Teddy Bear Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon.
- Conservative MP for Chester 1992-1997.
- Has been honorary president of the Association of British Scrabble Players since 2002.
- When he appeared as a presenter on Good Morning Britain (1983) he was famous/notorious for his chunky woollen jumpers with very bold patterns or pictures on them. Viewers used to knit them for him.
- As a teenager, comedian Jack Whitehall was commissioned to paint a picture of Gyles' cat.
- Is related to Jeremiah Brandreth, one of the leaders of the Pentrich Revolution, 1817.
- Once, he ate 18 cakes.
- Has appeared in pantomimes.
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