The Hotel Inspector

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The Hotel Inspector

The Hotel Inspector

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Episode 1: Brecon Castle

Sun 7 Jun 2009, 7pm on Fiver

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 old…

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Episode 2: The Lenchford Inn

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 estab…

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Episode 3: Jessop House

Sun 28 Jun 2009, 11am on Five

Sun 5 Jul 2009, 1pm on Fiver

Alex heads to historic Tewkesbury to inspect the eight-bedroom Jessop House Hotel, located just yards from the town's famous abbey. "It looks li…

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Episode 4: West Usk

Alex visits the West Usk Lighthouse, a unique four-bedroom establishment on the edge of the Bristol Channel. Owners Frank and Danielle bought th…

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Episode 5: Number Nine

Sun 31 May 2009, 7pm on Fiver

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…

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Episode 6: Garden Lodge

Alex visits a nine-bedroom guesthouse in Folkestone. Garden Lodge is only two miles from the Channel Tunnel and should be getting a healthy pass…

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Episode 1: The Crown Inn

Mon 6 Jul 2009, 8pm on Five

Fri 10 Jul 2009, 7pm on Fiver

No-nonsense hotelier Alex Polizzi comes face to face with one of the worst establishments she has ever visited - the Crown Inn in Lewes. After a…

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Episode 2: Walpole Bay

Mon 13 Jul 2009, 8pm on Five

Fri 17 Jul 2009, 7pm on Fiver

Alex visits the Walpole Bay, an Edwardian hotel in Margate that is rapidly reaching crisis point. Can she talk some sense into the feuding famil…

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Episode 3: Sunnyside

Mon 20 Jul 2009, 8pm on Five

Fri 24 Jul 2009, 7pm on Fiver

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 pl…

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Episode 4: Rose and Crown

Mon 27 Jul 2009, 8pm on Five

Fri 31 Jul 2009, 7pm on Fiver

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 …

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The Hotel Inspector

Award-winning hotelier Alex Polizzi resumes her quest to salvage some of Britain's worst-run hotels and bed-and-breakfast establishments. As the granddaughter of Lord Forte and the niece of Sir Rocco Forte, Alex has all the industry experience and authority needed to turn flagging hotels into profitable ventures.

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  • Alex Polizzi