Episode 1
Documentary series following a year in the world of London luxury hotel Claridge's. The housekeeping staff prepare the entire third floor for a visit by foreign royalty.
Claridge's, in the heart of London's Mayfair, is a five-star luxury hotel favoured by royalty and celebrities. For the first time in its long history, this famously discreet institution has opened its doors to documentary cameras. Director Jane Treays has spent a year behind the scenes, upstairs and downstairs, following staff and their guests, some of whom are prepared to pay the price of a small family car for one night's stay.
We're with the chambermaids and housekeepers as they spend days transforming the entire third floor into a palace for foreign royalty who could cancel at a moment's notice. We observe the annual two-week stay of the Melchors from California who have been coming for over 40 years, rekindling their relationship with personal butler Michael Lynch, and we follow the energetic general manager Thomas Kochs as he travels to New York to drum up new business from the top US travel agents.
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A Royal Arrival
Duration: 01:34
Music Played
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Lalo Schifrin
Bullitt (Main Theme)
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Jane Treays |
Producer | Jane Treays |
Executive Producer | Magnus Temple |
Executive Producer | Emma Tutty |
Broadcasts
- Mon 3 Dec 2012 21:00
- Mon 3 Dec 2012 23:20麻豆社 Two Scotland
- Wed 5 Dec 2012 00:10麻豆社 Two England
- Wed 5 Dec 2012 00:25麻豆社 Two Northern Ireland
- Wed 19 Dec 2012 00:20麻豆社 HD
- Thu 20 Dec 2012 02:40
- Wed 2 Jan 2013 14:15
- Tue 10 Mar 2015 22:00
- Thu 12 Mar 2015 02:45
- Tue 12 Jul 2016 22:00
- Wed 13 Jul 2016 02:00
- Mon 18 Dec 2017 15:00