The Hotel Inspector (2005) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Hotel Inspector online in HD.
The Hotel Inspector — Storyline
A celebrated hotelier visits a struggling British hotel and tries to turn its fortunes by giving advice and suggestions to the owner.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Alex Polizzi
The Hotel Inspector — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2005-09-29 |
| Seasons | 21 |
| Episodes | 159 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | 5 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Rating | 8.8/10 (6 votes) |
The Hotel Inspector — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Nandos/Forget-Me-Not Guest House, Stratford (2005-09-29) — Hotelier Ruth Watson helps Kate and John, owners of a Stratford-upon-Avon B&B that is the only one on its street without an RAC diamond rating. Sending them off to observe a four-s
- E2: Hanmer Arms, Wrexham County Borough (2005-10-06) — Ruth Watson meets Keith and Val Morris, who three and a half years ago bought the Hanmer Arms, a classy 23-bed hotel in Wrexham County Borough. Family members have invested £1 mill
- E3: Worlington Hall Hotel, Suffolk (2005-10-13) — Ruth Watson helps sisters Sharon and Joy with their struggling country house hotel in Worlington, Suffolk. While the Grade-II listed building is in good repair, the operating syste
Season 2
- E1: Saxonia Guest House (2006-07-06) — In Somerset, Ruth Watson visits the three-diamond, eight-bedroom hotel Saxonia in Weston-super-Mare. She suggests to owners Jon and Sandie Harrap that unattractive decor and clutte
- E2: Langtry Manor Hotel (2006-07-13) — Ruth Watson visits Langtry Manor Hotel in Bournemouth, which was built in 1877 for King Edward VII in honour of his mistress Lillie Langtry, and later turned into a hotel. Ruth imm
- E3: Key West Hotel (2006-07-20) — Ruth Watson travels to Newquay in Cornwall in a bid to improve the Key West Hotel, owned by Brian and Gill Scott, who opened the establishment as part of their retirement plans. Ho
- E4: Sparkles Hotel (2006-07-27) — Ruth Watson visits Sparkles, a child-friendly hotel in Blackpool suffering from financial problems due to a severe lack of guests. Owner Sue spent £1 million turning the former ter
- E5: Blossoms Guest House (2006-08-03) — Ruth Watson is faced with her toughest challenge yet when she visits 15-bedroom Georgian guest house Blossoms in the centre of York. The owner's cost-cutting has led to complaints,
- E6: Tasburgh House Hotel (2006-08-10) — Ruth Watson visits the award-winning Tasburgh Hotel in Bath in a bid to discover why the establishment has a distinct lack of guests. She meets the B&B's owner Sue, and tries to co
- E7: Hanmer Arms Revisited (2006-08-17) — Ruth Watson travels to the Hanmer Arms on the border of England and Wales to find out if owners Keith and Val Morris have listened to the advice she gave them in the previous serie
- E8: Worlington Hall Hotel Revisited (2006-08-24) — Ruth Watson revisits Worlington Hall in the Suffolk countryside to see if owners Joy and Sharon have taken her advice on how to save their failing business. On her first trip, she
Season 3
- E1: Grand Hotel, Hastings (2007-09-06) — Ruth heads to the East Sussex coast to tackle a hotel whose owner is actively opposed to her ideas before he has even met her.
Ruth is in Hastings to visit the Grand Hotel, a seaf
- E2: Beech House Hotel, Reading (2007-09-13) — Ruth attempts to change the fortunes of a hotel in Reading, whose owner is resistant to the idea of altering his prices.
Beech House is a 15-bedroom hotel in Reading, owned by bus
- E3: Safari Hotel, Bournemouth (2007-09-27) — Ruth meets Vincent and Lidy Van Nuyk, the Dutch owners of the 14-bedroom Safari hotel in Bournemouth. Drowning in debt and unable to carry out vital renovations on the hotel, Vince
- E4: Butley Priory, Suffolk (2007-10-11) — Tonight, Ruth visits a bed and breakfast establishment housed in a beautiful medieval priory. The owner is reluctant to share her home with guests, but needs to boost her income to
- E5: Weyanoke, Eastbourne (2007-10-18) — Renowned hotelier, restaurateur and author Ruth Watson continues her mission to reverse Britain’s reputation for poorly run hotels, guesthouses and B In tonight’s instalment, Ruth
- E6: St Alfeges B&B, Greenwich (2007-10-27) — In tonight’s instalment, Ruth visits the heart of Greenwich, South-East London, to meet actor hotelier Robert Gray and assess his three-bedroom B
Actor Robert Gray turned his home
- E7: Haven Hotel, Great Yarmouth (2007-11-15) — Ruth comes to the aid of a pair of novice hoteliers in Great Yarmouth, who desperately need a crash course in the hotel business if their guesthouse is to stay open. To see how a h
- E8: Woodlands Lodge Hotel, New Forest (2007-11-22) — Ruth heads to the Woodlands Lodge, a 16-bedroom country hotel set deep in the heart of the New Forest. The Woodlands' restaurant has recently lost its coveted AA rosette and a new
- E9: Key West Guest House, Newquay (Revisited) (2007-12-13) — Ruth finds out if Brian and Gill Scott, owners of the Key West hotel in Newquay, took her advice when she visited them a year previously.
- E10: Tasburgh House Hotel, Bath (Revisited) (2007-12-27) — Ruth returns to the Tasburgh House hotel near Bath to see if owner Sue Keeling – a retired air hostess – has managed to turn her fortunes around. Will the business be flying high,
Season 4
- E1: Brecon Castle (2008-07-10) — For her first assignment, Alex faces the tall order of rescuing a massive 43-bedroom hotel in Wales that has seen better days. Reputedly the oldest hotel in Wales, the Castle of Br
- E2: The Lenchford Inn (2008-07-17) — This week, Alex heads to an attractive pub hotel on the banks of the River Severn in Worcestershire. The views may be picturesque but this establishment is far from tranquil. The L
- E3: Jessop House Hotel (2008-07-24) — Alex heads to historic Tewkesbury to inspect the eight-bedroom Jessop House Hotel, located just yards from the town's famous abbey. "It looks like a very pretty town," Alex says. "
- E4: West Usk (2008-07-31) — Alex visits the West Usk Lighthouse, a unique four-bedroom establishment on the edge of the Bristol Channel. Owners Frank and Danielle bought the lighthouse after seeing an advert
- E5: Number Nine (2008-08-07) — Alex heads to Torquay, which was once home to Britain’s most notorious fictional hotel. The 12-room guesthouse Number Nine is no Fawlty Towers, but it is certainly faulty – losing
- E6: Garden Lodge (2008-08-14) — Alex visits a nine-bedroom guesthouse in Folkestone. Garden Lodge is only two miles from the Channel Tunnel and should be getting a healthy passing trade. But business is in declin
Season 5
- E1: The Crown Inn (2009-07-06) — The Crown Inn is owned by former care assistant Karen Lloyd who invested her life savings into opening it two years ago. All was apparently going well until a number of bad interne
- E2: Walpole Bay (2009-07-13) — The Walpole Bay was once at the epicentre of the Margate tourist trade. But much like Margate itself, this once grand old dame has seen better days. The Edwardian hotel was on the
- E3: Sunnyside (2009-07-20) — Alex Polizzi attempts to help the struggling Sunnyside Hotel in Blackpool. In a bid to boost the B&B's pitiful occupancy rate, the owners plan a huge refurbishment – but refuse to
- E4: Rose and Crown (2009-07-27) — Alex visits the market town of Wisbech, where the 300-year-old Rose and Crown is in crisis. Can the hotel inspector convince owners Jacquie and Jonathan to eliminate the mountains
- E5: The Swan (2009-08-03) — Alex visits the 14th-century Swan Hotel in Norfolk. With 15 empty bedrooms and a deserted restaurant, the Swan is struggling to stay afloat. Can Alex breathe some life into this la
- E6: African Queen (2009-08-10) — Alex climbs aboard floating hotel the African Queen. With the boat running at just 30 per cent occupancy, owners Bonny and Andy are at breaking point. Can the hotel inspector throw
- E7: Glangrwyney Court (2009-08-17) — Alex Polizzi sets out to improve the fortunes of the Glangrwyney Court guest house in the Black Mountains, Powys. Despite its five-star rating and reasonable occupancy rate, owners
- E8: Hotel du Repos (2009-08-24) — British couple Liz and Michael Callis emigrated from Britain and bought a 14-bedroom guest house in the Swiss Alps, but their hopes of a stress-free retirement have been ruined by
Season 6
- E1: The Astor, Plymouth (2010-07-22) — For her first challenge this series, Alex visits the three-star, 62-bedroom Astor in Plymouth, owned by the flamboyant Joseph Louei. Having risen from pot-washer to owner of a hote
- E2: Artist's Residence, Brighton (2010-07-29) — Alex’s latest challenge is the Artist Residence in Brighton, a nine-bedroom B&B run by 21-year-old student Justin. Decorated and staffed by up-andcoming artists, the establishment
- E3: The Rutland Arms, Bakewell (2010-08-05) — This week’s show sees Alex turn her attention to the Rutland Arms Hotel in Bakewell, Derbyshire. Set on the edge of the Peak District, the hotel enjoys high occupancy rates during
- E4: The Sandygate Hotel (2010-08-12) — Alex Polizzi tries to reverse the fortunes of the Sandygate Hotel in South Yorkshire, where owners Dave and Dyan Elliott have estimated they have six months before going bankrupt.
- E5: Windsors Hotel (2010-08-19) — Alex Polizzi heads to the six-bedroom Windsors Hotel in Chertsey, Surrey, where occupancy rates have fallen to 25 per cent. Although impressed by the service and quality of food at
- E6: Kingston Estate (2010-08-26) — Alex Polizzi visits the Kingston Estate in rural Devon, where former model Liz Corfield and her husband Michael run a luxury B&B, guesthouses and a spa and conference facility, but
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does The Hotel Inspector have? 21 season(s) with 159 episodes.
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