Hotel Babylon

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Welcome to the Hotel Babylon guide at TV.com. This British drama show from the BBC was launched in January 2006. A second season of eight episodes began on 15 February 2007 and a third on 19 February 2008. The show takes us behind the the scenes of a luxurious five-star London hotel, where manager Rebecca Mitchell leads a team whose job is to give a superlative service to guests who are often less than five star. We see a series of dramas centering on the problems of the rich and the famous, with the hotel's staff always on hand to help - and keen to make a little extra money. The eight episodes of the first series were based on the book Hotel Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones and Anonymous - the unknown joint author was billed as the manager of one of London's leading five-star hotels.moreless
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S 4 :  Ep 8 Aired 8/14/09
S 4 :  Ep 7 Aired 8/7/09
S 4 :  Ep 7 Aired 8/7/09
S 4 :  Ep 6 Aired 7/31/09
S 4 :  Ep 5 Aired 7/24/09

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  • How can you give this a 1!

    10
    "Perfect"
    By DannyLake1, Jan 15, 2012
    I notice the bad reviews seem based on the supposed bad acting, and bad cast. Did you ever consider that both were the intention of the producers?

    The so called "Bad" acting was great, gave the hotel that fake feeling. which, if you listen to all of the opening narrations, is one of the points the show tries to point out. That the smiles and luxury a hotel provides are a facade, and just plain acting.

    As for bad cast, once again, they played their role as the "camp" hotel employees well.

    Watch this, try and get through what seems an overly camp show, and you have a tongue in cheek drama/comedy that will, at the least, entertain you.moreless

  • Please god dont watch this rubbish

    1.8
    "Abysmal"
    By ootsdemons, May 01, 2011
    Scripts are bad plots are worse
    tamzin oithwaite
    is awful
    straight from a third rate soap opera
    too much make up looks like the avon lady

    max beasly
    non actor
    more famous for cheating with a married spice girl
    makes tim vincent look like a great actor

    plot guest comes to the hotel
    something happens
    Regular cast must solve thier problems and save the hotel

    oh dear
    and now the americans have been conned into watching it aswell.We get lost and heros and they get hotel babylon
    Someone somewhere is laughing at this exchange

    The adverts for series one strongly hinted at sex
    being a staple of the show
    not a chance
    i could forgive the bad acting and the over the top ,badley written dialoge if their was some nudity but this is a prime time bbc one show

    Its just plain badmoreless

  • WOW!!! very very BAD!

    1.0
    "Abysmal"
    By Darlton4ever, May 01, 2011
    this show will get cancled very soon cause its extremly bad .

    it has the worst acting i have ever seen on tv and the worst directing i have ever seen on tv and the worst music i have ever HEARD on tv .

    the question here is why havent bbc cancled it yet .

    i mean its the worst show abc ever prouduced they shoud cancle it right now . cause it boring , bad , and extremly dull .

    i dont get why the actors agreed to act in this type of a show , i mean this show will destroy their carrers .moreless

  • I absolutely love Hotel Babylon. The characters are refreshing and witty. The Characters are a fantastic ensemble. Rebecca Charlie Anna and the gang are wonderful, I'd like to stay in that hotel if it were a real place in Britain.moreless

    9.9
    "Superb"
    By trina98, Sep 08, 2008
    The Hotel Babylon I think was a surprising success. Charlie and Rebecca run it like a well oiled machine that sometimes runs amok but they have a wonderful rep. Anna well she's a bit of a snob but a hoot. The end of season two Rebecca after seeing the Hotel didn't get sold to the guy who was going to completely sack the whole staff, she seen that Charlie was made manager and then she walked away into the night to I suppose have some sort of life before she is too old. I hope that Canada's showcase channel picks up the third season as I'm hooked and I'm anxious to see what the gang gets up to.moreless

  • The underbelly of the 5-star hotel world through the eyes of its staff and the many difficulties they face when working with the rich, famous and infamous. Very highly character driven with often interweaving plots.moreless

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By ScarletPanda, Jun 25, 2008
    This show presents a look at the underbelly of the 5-star hotel world through London-based Hotel Babylon, focusing on its staff and the many difficulties they face when working with the rich, famous and infamous. Within the show, you learn a lot about the way hotels staff and operate, even some of the things few hotels would admit to and never be caught doing. The characters are diverse and have unique views on the world and approaches to how the handle their job and despite squabbles and disasters in the hotel, they always seem to work as a team and help each other out wherever possible. The series mostly follows the prospective of its new Deputy Manager, Charlie, an ex-con trying to start anew and eager to prove himself despite recurring problems with his own history. The focus of the show sometimes will shift from episode to episode but generally comes back to his prospective. Later in the show, the focus shifts a bit to the staff as a whole, opening up for a number of the actors' departures after season 3.

    Very highly character driven with often interweaving plots. The characters and their antics are very much what keeps me coming back.moreless
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