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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hotel Babylon isn't the best written show on television. What makes it great is its style and presentation: there's something about the gorgeous sets, photogenic cast and interesting camerawork that made me feel at home from the first episode to the last. Okay, so it may be a long way from the real hotel business, (or the real world generally for that matter,) and the stories may rely more on catchy visuals than serious plots, but Hotel Babylon wraps the viewer in a cosy stylish cocoon, and I can quite happily live with that. Isn't that what a good hotel does?
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I watched the entire series from its orriginal air and loved it. Personally, i think the idea wasso frsh, yes there have been so many hotel comedys/dramas/dramedeys, etc, but only set in lower class hotels. To see the scandals, many of which based on truth, in a 5* london hotel. the camera is brilliant, plus the links of accelerated shots of london is brilliant. the hotel always looks immaculate and the set is so convincing, if only it were real!!
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hugely entertaining, another of those unique offerings like Cutting It that aren't easy to categorise and some people will inevitably call sleazy or superficial - yet really it's neither because the lowdown is said to be based on truth, ditto in the equally rivetting book of the same title that this TV series is based on. As an enthusiast for Arnold Bennett's fine old books about hotels, Imperial Palace and Grand Babylon Hotel, I was immediately tempted to watch this TV series if only out of curiosity, and am delighted I did. Rather different to Bennett but equally fascinating! Intensely more-ish so thank goodness there is another series to come next year. Highly recommended.
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Outrageous, flawed and always OTT, but who cares? This is fun as hell!
Hotel Babylon is one of those TV series where the BBC takes a risk. Let's face it, it's hardly realistic or ground breaking, is it? But the BBC played its cards brilliantly here. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ben Franks
hotel babylon
Bought this to remind me of the TV series, so I've seen it already.
Pure escapism from our bland, normal everyday life to the luxury of a five star hotel. Read more
Pure escapism from our bland, normal everyday life to the luxury of a five star hotel. Read more
Published 12 months ago by K.C.
great to watch!
This dvd box set was great to watch (best one i have seen)If your thinking of getting this i would say you were mad not too.
Published 13 months ago by suz :@)
BLIND BUY TURNED INTO GREAT SHOW
IM FROM CANADA NEVER HEARD OF THIS BUT IT WAS ON SALE SO I BLIND GOT IT SO HAPPY I DID IT WAS LIKE 16$ USD SHIPED AND IT PLAYS FINE IN PS3 IN CANADA AND USA
Published on 5 May 2010 by tylermovieman
Fabulous!
If you have caught some of the episodes of later series on the TV you won't be disappointed to see how it all began. I would highly recommend it!
Published on 12 Mar 2010 by C. Evans
Pure, unadulterated fun
This is not a show to be taken seriously, but is one to be watched in the humour that it was intended. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Sarah Clerin
scandalously juicy
you've got to love a tv show with a title like this and the credits alone are fantastic. a little far fetched perhaps but highly entertaining. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2009 by jewellery
Hoteliery with pizzazz
This is a good series; there are snippets of behind the scenes in hotels, and good character interaction. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2009 by Mike Golding
Grand Hotel it ain't
And I thought only American television could produce such pointless, unfunny, witless shows.
Good-looking Max Beesley was delightful in Tom Jones but, aside from the... Read more
Good-looking Max Beesley was delightful in Tom Jones but, aside from the... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2009 by M. FUSCO
A funny, witty British hotel drama
The setting is a London hotel and Series 1 is really funny, making you wonder if all hotels are like it, and they probably are. Light-hearted but realistic all the same. Read more
Published on 17 July 2009 by Alexandre
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