Hotel Babylon - Season 1
by Alrick Riley, Iain B. MacDonald, Keith Boak
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Actor: Dexter Fletcher, Emma Pierson, Max Beesley, Natalie Mendoza, Tamzin OuthwaiteDirector: Alrick Riley, Iain B. MacDonald, Keith Boak
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Anonymous
Writer: Harry Wootliff
Writer: Howard Overman
Writer: Imogen Edwards-Jones
Writer: Toby Whithouse
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 471 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Worldwide
Product features:
- Hotel Babylon introduces the tantalizing and seductive world of the luxury 5-star hotel, a place where money not only talks, but can buy you just about anything you desire. Tarnzin Outhwaite and Max Beesley star with guests Joan Collins and Anthony Stewart Head. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 883929001668 UPC: 883929001668 Manufacturer No:&nbs
Movie Reviews of Hotel Babylon - Season 1
Movie Review: Addictive, Posh Fun
Summary: 5 Stars
Hotel Babylon is a witty, clever, and utterly addictive 2006 British television series launched in the States via BBC America in 2007. The formula is fool proof: assemble a hotel staff of strongly drawn characters, each with a secret past; add dashes of sexual tension, avarice, silliness and whimsy; then, in each episode fold in a parade of hotel guests, everyone arriving with their own baggage of deceit, pathos, and lunacy. The result is a comedy that has dark dramatic undertones, and a drama that breaks into giggles when the tension reaches a breaking point.
The promotional trailers aired on BBCA did not do this justice. Those soundbites made it seem as though the series was a debauched soap opera designed to attract a viewership of self- pleasuring adolescent boys. What a delightful surprise to find such a well-written, well acted series. Serious subjects such as immigration raids and drug trafficking crimelords shift stage with rock stars who refuse to party and sophomoric revenge raids on rival hotels.
The action centers around Charlie (Max Beesley), the deputy general manager with a murky past, as he adjusts to his new status in one of London's swankiest hotels. The rest of the staff (many it seems have either shagged him or want to) make his job a challenge, but ultimately pull together to solve the myriad of crises brought on them daily by the guests, who are all played by major stars themselves. (Anthony Stewart Head as the suicidal jingle writer will have you falling off your sofa choking with laughter; Joan Collins as the aging noblewoman will leave you wistful). As the series progresses, the viewer comes to feel sisterly sympathy for the sluttishly obsequious receptionist Anna (Emma Pierson), and certain conspiracy with the barmaster Gino (Martin Marquez). For me? My secret crush has always been Tony the Concierge (Dexter Fletcher), as he knows all, sees, all, can solve all, and is the most centered and upright of them all.
You won't regret purchasing this DVD. Each episode is a little treat unto itself (e.g. Episode Six, a homage to Hitchcock, must have been a hoot to film; it's a treasure to watch). You'll enjoy watching and re-watching for time to come.
Summary of Hotel Babylon - Season 1
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