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19 January 2006 (UK) more
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Another Show putting the BBC back at the top of UK Drama more (13 total)

Cast

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Dexter Fletcher ... Tony Casemore / ... (32 episodes, 2006-2009)
Martin Marquez ... Gino Primirola (32 episodes, 2006-2009)
Michael Obiora ... Ben Trueman (32 episodes, 2006-2009)
Raymond Coulthard ... James Schofield (31 episodes, 2006-2009)

Danira Govich ... Tanya Mihajlov (28 episodes, 2006-2009)

Emma Pierson ... Anna Thornton-Wilton (27 episodes, 2006-2009)
Max Beesley ... Charlie Edwards (22 episodes, 2006-2009)
Natalie Jackson Mendoza ... Jackie Clunes (21 episodes, 2006-2008)
Tamzin Outhwaite ... Rebecca Mitchell (16 episodes, 2006-2007)

Alexandra Moen ... Emily James (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
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60 min (8 episodes)
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Argentina:13 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:MA (some episodes)
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Rebecca Mitchell: [about Tanya who has a black eye, due to a run in with a guest] Good God what happened to her?
Charlie Edwards: One of the guests attacked her
Rebecca Mitchell: Which guest?
[long pause]
Rebecca Mitchell: Was there anything broken?
Charlie Edwards: Maybe her jaw.
Rebecca Mitchell: No I mean fixtures and fittings, do we have a viable insurance claim?
[Tanya starts speaking Serbo Croat]
Rebecca Mitchell: Do we need a translator for this? My Serbo Croat isn't very strong.
Charlie Edwards: [to Tanya] In English.
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Featured in "Screenwipe: (#3.4)" (2007) more

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27 out of 48 people found the following review useful.
Another Show putting the BBC back at the top of UK Drama, 17 February 2006
Author: bon_the_one from Spain

Another Show putting the BBC back at the top of UK Drama.

This is another show on the BBC that just fills me with joy! For so long I have been deeply depressed at the state of UK TV. Channel4 came up with "Big Brother", and suddenly it was reality TV on every channel. Now it may be just me, but I get enough reality watching the News channels and getting depressed. I have craved good drama for years now. Drama should be a little escape from reality, a break from the news, an hour to 'switch off' and immerse yourself in another World, like a long hot bath! Drama on UK TV has been very poor of late. The soaps are being run almost nightly, and I felt that these almost daily showings are leaving the writing teams really pushed for more desperate ideas. We have had a couple of gems now and again ("Queer as Folk" for example). So you cannot imagine my delight when I heard the BBC were resurrecting "Dr Who". Russell T Davis at the helm (a writer I have worshiped since I watched Children's TV!) and a cast and crew that should be envied the World over I was excited. Sure enough, "Dr Who" was a sensation! Suddenly there seems to be a resurgence in drama on UK TV. No offense to my American buddies (responsible for 24, QaF, Sex and the City, 6Feet Under et. all), but it is great to see UK Drama coming back with the quality and care the US throws at a lot of it's Dramas. I must at this point, thank HBO for all they do for drama in the US :) So, onto "Hotel Babylon".

This show is a wonderful creation, and another great commission by the BBC. A collection of individual stories that can be watched independently of each other and enjoyed. However, the Hotel staff are a great excuse for building a story arc as the series develops and you become attached to them emotionally. The stories contain humour, and moral conflict that makes you think. This is not 'brain death TV' but something and some people you become involved with. This cannot be praised highly enough.

The cast are superb, totally superb. The writing is clever and wonderfully woven, and the editing makes the show a beautiful thing to watch. The sets are lavish and totally believable, the lighting is perfect, the sound track (VO and music) is wonderful. This is a show that I hope has been filmed in HD, so we can really appreciate the work done by both crew and cast in this wonderful format even more on DVD (HD or Blu-Ray, I don't care!) release.

Please give this show a try, and I truly believe you will not be disappointed. Do not expect "Fawlty Towers". Expect a lavish well made Drama, that will excite and engage. I thank the whole team for such a great job.

With a growing portfolio, "Hotel Babylon", "Doctor Who", and "Sea of Souls" to name but three, I am quietly hopeful the BBC has passed it's 90's "Reality" phase, and now are back into GREAT Drama.

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