List of Hotel Babylon characters

List of Hotel Babylon characters

This is a list of characters in the TV series Hotel Babylon.

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Cast of Characters

Sam Franklin

Sam Franklin
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Nigel Harman
Duration 2009
First appearance Episode 4.01
Last appearance Episode 4.08
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Occupation Hotel Owner

Sam Franklin is the new owner of the hotel, he arrived at the beginning of the fourth series. He is described as a charismatic, attractive, millionaire businessman who is slightly reckless with his cash. Having lost a fortune, made a fortune, then lost it all again, Sam is always on the look out for a new venture and appears to find it at Hotel Babylon. He is shocked to discover his ex-wife, Juliet, overseeing the hotel and soon sparks begin to fly between them. However, he has had romances Meredith Sutton. The following episode, Sam and his wife, Juliet, celebrate their wedding anniversary (even though they are divorced) and they begin a sexual relationship. However, finding out she had an abortion when he left her, he starts falling for Emily James.

Juliet Miller

Juliet Miller
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Anna Wilson-Jones
Duration 2009
First appearance Episode 4.01
Last appearance Episode 4.08
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Occupation General Manager

Juliet Miller (previously Franklin) arrived originally as a bailiff when the hotel was facing closure in the opener of series four, but took the job of general manager when ex-husband Sam bought Babylon. She is described as professional and first rate at her job, Juliet takes no prisoners and has no room for sentiment when livelihoods and millions of pounds are at stake. Juliet has no issue making tough decisions but when it comes to her personal life she is thrown off course when former husband Sam turns up at the hotel. However, the two decided to work together and became friendly together. However, in episode 5, a brief incident involving Meredith Sutton made a rupture in the relationship. Meredith Sutton was a consultant who Sam hired to build the hotel's management team. However, Meredith was actually Sam's girlfriend and Juliet grew jealous and briefly left Hotel Babylon. Meredith Sutton opted for the job and Sam agreed until he found out a minute later that she had tampered with the exercise. Sam went after Juliet and managed to get her to return.

Preceded by
Jack Harrison
General Manager of Hotel Babylon
2009-
Succeeded by
incumbent

Tony Casemore

Tony Casemore
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Dexter Fletcher
Duration 2006–2009
First appearance Episode 1.01
Last appearance Episode 4.08
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Occupation Head Concierge

Tony Casemore is played by actor Dexter Fletcher. He first appeared in Season 1, Episode 1. Emily James stated that Casemore knows London inside out. The character is currently the head concierge but his previous role was Deputy Manager. Casemore is married and has 2 kids; his daughter appears in Series 3. It is revealed in Series 3 that his family are often irritated at him for being at work a lot of the time. Casemore takes his work very seriously and gets annoyed when Rebecca Mitchell says the word concierge sounds "seedy". He uses his knowledge of London helps the guests anyway he can, in some cases this includes finding prostitutes. Casemore has a good friendship with his fellow workers at the hotel, in particular Anna; their relationship could be described as paternal as well as good friends.

Dexter Fletcher said on his character, "Yes he is a good family man and he always tries to make the right decision. The writers are really challenging Tony's values this series." "He sacrifices a lot in order to create a comfortable family life at home for his wife and kids, and there is always that unintentional clash because he does work so hard he never gets to see his family." "When his daughter Liz turns up at the hotel for an audition a lot of home truths hit him and he is forced to reassess his position both as a father and within the hotel."

Gino Primirola

Gino Primirola
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Martin Marquez
Duration 2006–2009
First appearance Episode 1.01
Last appearance Episode 4.08
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Occupation Head Barman

Gino Primirola is played by actor Martin Marquez. He first appeared in the series in Season 1, Episode 1. Gino has worked at the bar in the hotel for many years. A native of Rome, Italy, he grew up in Spain and still has a strong Spanish accent.

He currently holds the Barman of the Year Award (2007). He is known as a creative mixologist, developing new drinks.

James Schofield

James Schofield
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Ray Coulthard
Duration 2006–2009
First appearance Episode 1.01
Last appearance Episode 4.08
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Occupation Food and Beverage Manager

James Schofield is played by Ray Coulthard. He is the food and beverage manager, although in series three it was revealed that he is on a permanent diet, after having lost of weight following the advice of a man who stayed at the hotel.

From the beginning of the series, James is shown to be somewhat socially conservative, serving as something of a foil for Gino, who has more of a sympathy for the poor and less fortunate stemming from his own upbringing. In series two, James is also shown to have a gambling addiction.

Emily James

Emily James
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Alexandra Moen
Duration 2008–2009
First appearance Episode 3.01
Last appearance Episode 4.08
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Occupation PR Manager

Emily Rushby (work name Emily James) is played by Alexandra Moen. She appeared at the beginning of the third series posing as a journalist attempting to seize incriminating information from the staff before revealing herself as the new manager of PR, much to the chagrin of the staff. It was revealed in the second episode of the third series that she is the daughter of the hotelier, Damien Rushby, who briefly becomes owner of Babylon, however she wishes to find her own way in the hotel industry. Emily can speak fluent German which is revealed when she pretends to be a Liechtenstein princess for Sam's PR fake wedding. Ben acts out as one of the United Kingdom's richest men getting married to the princess and falls in love with Emily briefly.

Benjamin "Ben" Trueman

Ben Trueman
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Michael Obiora
Duration 2006–2009
First appearance Episode 1.01
Last appearance Episode 4.08
Profile
Occupation Acting Head Receptionist

Benjamin "Ben" Trueman is played by Michael Obiora. He is openly gay and often provides comic relief. He is a receptionist and works with Head Receptionist, Anna Thornton-Wilton.

Ben is homosexual and is proud of his sexuality. Growing up he took cocaine with his friend as revealed in Season 2. In the same season, it is revealed his friend is now a rapper and books into Hotel Babylon, Ben avoids him as it is well known he is homophobic. It is later revealed that Ben once kissed him when they were younger revealing this may be behind his hatred of gay men.

Ben is a receptionist at Hotel Babylon and works closely with Anna, as she is the head receptionist. He is friends with the rest of staff but accuses Rebecca and Charlie of being racist out of anger of being the first to be told he and the rest of staff could lose their jobs in the 2nd Season Finale.

Michel Obiora said on Ben Trueman from BBC.com, "Playing a gay character really brought out my feminine side and my girlfriend really liked it. She said I smiled a lot more and used my hands more to gesticulate. She really liked my camp side. She also thinks I take more time over my appearance now which I wasn't aware of."

Preceded by
Anna Thornton-Wilton
Head Receptionist of Hotel Babylon
2009-
Succeeded by
incumbent


Melanie Hughes

Melanie Hughes
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Amy Nuttall
Duration 2009
First appearance Episode 4.07
Last appearance Episode 4.08
Profile
Occupation Receptionist

Melanie Hughes, played by actress Amy Nuttall, lands the job as the new receptionist at Hotel Babylon quite by accident when her boyfriend abandons her on the steps of Hotel Babylon in series four. After bluffing her way into the vacant post Ben takes her under his wing and turns ugly duckling Mel into a swan.

Tanja Mihajlov

Tanja Mihajlov
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Danira Gović
Duration 2006–2009
First appearance Episode 1.01
Last appearance Episode 4.08
Profile
Occupation Head of Housekeeping

Tanja Mihajlov is played by Danira Gović. Tanja is a member of the cleaning staff and plays a major role in the plot of first episode of Hotel Babylon. After she is viciously attacked by a woman in charge of the budget of the American rock band Junk Dogs (residing in the hotel), the staff begins planning how to get even with the malicious woman. Tanja was attacked because when she entered the Junk Dogs' room, she saw the woman sniffing cocaine. The lady got furious at Tanja and started hitting her, leaving several bruises on Tanja's face. While Tanja was struggling, she kept on saying "Dosta, dosta! (Enough, Enough!)"

In season 2 (episode 2) she is caught up with her horrific past in Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence. A guest named Michael Dović, an esteemed construction entrepreneur and family man from Croatia checks in. Tanja remembers his voice from the war during which he killed her friends and neighbours. He was then known as Dragan Milandroković. She confides to Charlie, but he thinks that she's probably mistaken because of her trauma. Disappointed about the hotel management's attitude towards her problem, she takes matters into her own hands desperate to prove she's right and to make the mercenary pay for his misdeeds.

Charlie looks up Milandroković's name on the Internet and finds a bunch of horrible and notorious articles about him. About Dović, on the other hand, he doesn't find anything incriminating. In fact, Dović even set up an orphanage for children with parents killed in the civil war. But when he anticipates Tanja's assault on Dović, he realizes that he has had a plastic surgery and got a completely new identity. In the end Charlie helps her by having Milandroković discreetly arrested and kicked out of the hotel.

Tanja is from Croatia, and has an accent when speaking English, but is nevertheless well understood by the rest of the hotel staff. She speaks in her mother tongue on several occasions, often when she's furious because of something. In the first episode she says after being beaten up: "E, lipo je meni mater rekla 'Vrati se ti, kćeri, u Šibenik, oni su ti svi ludi!'" (I should've listened to my Mum when she said 'Come back to Šibenik, honey, they're all crazy!). Later, after being frustrated at the hotel manager who was trying to keep things hushed up, she says, "Ma, razumiš ti vraga crnoga!" ("You don't freakin' understand anything!).

Tanja mentions Šibenik, the Croatian city in which Danira Gović was born and raised. This implies that Tanja is a Dalmatian girl who speaks the Ikavian dialect.

Preceded by
Jackie Clunes
Head of Housekeeping of Hotel Babylon
2009-
Succeeded by
incumbent


In Season 4 she becomes a main character appearing in the title card.

Anna Thornton-Wilton

Anna Thornton-Wilton
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Emma Pierson
Duration 2006–2009
First appearance Episode 1.01
Last appearance Episode 4.03
Profile
Occupation Former Head Receptionist

Anna Edwards (née Thornton-Wilton) is played by actress Emma Pierson. She has been a main character since the series began. She is a comical character who isn't very intellectual, and she often follows her heart instead of her head, which provides humour in the show. She wears high heels as part of her receptionist uniform, but this adds to her 'ditzy' demeanour, increasing the comedic aspects of her character.

Anna arrived in episode 1 to interview for the position of Deputy Manager, although a likely candidate for the job, she was beaten to the post by Charlie Edwards. Rebecca asked her to stay at Hotel Babylon as Head Receptionist, the post which Charlie gave up for Deputy Manager.

Anna is aspirational. She works in the luxury hotel business because not only does she feel completely at home - it's the only way she can afford to be a part of it. She's gorgeous but knows it, and as far as she's concerned it's only a matter of time before she bags a wealthy and eligible man. Her sole ambition is to marry into the lifestyle she believes she deserves. But her plans become unstuck when Anna finds herself head over heels in love and not with the wealthy entrepreneur she's always dreamed of.

Little is known about her personal life, due primarily to the fact that the action of the series rarely leaves the hotel. It is known that she once slept with Charlie before the series began, she once described a night out to Jackie in which it is suggested she often goes to night clubs.

Before the events of the first series, it was revealed that Anna had slept with Charlie Edwards. They are friends until Series 3 when they start dating. However they broke up later in Series 3.

Anna is close friends with the rest of the staff in the hotel. At the end of series 3 she begins dating a surgeon; however, she rejected his proposal of marriage when she found he was using her to have children.

Emma Pierson said about Anna, "She has grown up a bit and changed a little but she is still naughty and irreverent underneath." "Having had two years of getting to know each other Anna and Jackie have very much settled their differences and now get on, despite having a new female colleague on the floor (Emily)."

In the first episode of Series 4, Anna seems to be very, very pregnant but who is the father? Anna finds that her colleagues are taking bets on who they think the father is and this leads to a small fall out. Just to keep them quiet Anna asks Darren, one of the waiters to pretend to be the father. The waiter gets slightly carried away and thinks that Anna is really in love with him. A book is published giving clues about where some emeralds are hidden in the hotel. Anna finds them and gives one of them to Tony on her departure. Later in the series, Anna goes into labour during the day. Charlie returns and is the father of her baby. Charlie proposes to her. Anna gives birth to a healthy baby girl named Scarlett Rose - named after her lipstick. Anna and Charlie leave with Scarlett with the rest of the jewels hidden under her sleeve.

Preceded by
Charlie Edwards
Head Receptionist of Hotel Babylon
2006–2009
Succeeded by
Ben Trueman


Charlie Edwards

Charlie Edwards
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Max Beesley
Duration 2006–2008, 2009
First appearance Episode 1.01
Last appearance Episode 4.03
Profile
Occupation Former General Manager

Charles "Charlie" Edwards is played by Max Beesley. he first appeared in Season 1, Episode 1 and last appeared in Season 4, Episode 3 to propose to Anna. After the departure of Rebecca Mitchell (Tamzin Outhwaite), Charlie became manager. Beesley also narrates the series mostly informing the viewers of hotel events and activities (e.g. the hotel rating system and hotel thefts). He has also been in prison for a year[1]

Not a lot of his past is mentioned in the show. He has worked in other hotels, such as the Chesterton. The BBC character description describes his past as "complex".[2] Charlie also has a brother, Dan, who appears in an episode of the second season (played by Chris Coghill). He is indicated to be considerably less successful than Charlie and to have gotten on the wrong side of the law several times.

Edwards spent 12 months in prison after being sentenced for 18 months. He informed guest "Bones" or Mr Wiltshire (full name not mentioned) of his sentence. This was because of fraud. He did not mention this on his application form and therefore nearly got fired. Several times, Charlie utilizes skills that he might've picked up within the prison system, such as criminal knowledge or fighting ability (shown during an episode in the second season, where he manages to subdue a staff member holding a guest hostage with a swift and accurate punch).

During the first series, Edwards was dating Jackie. They reserved rooms to spend the night. Their relationship was kept discreet at the start. Charlie kissed Rebecca at the staff Christmas party in series two. They arranged to have dinner soon after, but due to complications involving Charlie's younger brother, never did. They eventually agreed to keep their relationship professional, though Rebecca kissed him goodbye in the series two finale. Charlie and Anna dated in series 3, but split up just before Charlie left.

Charlie comes under a lot of pressure when he replaces Rebecca as the General Manager of Hotel Babylon. He receives an email that informs that the Hotel's profits are down by a lot and is then unable to pay the cleaners due to a mix up with wages. He is forced to take out a loan with a friend from when he was in prison to pay the cleaners however, his friend wants the money back sooner than Charlie can get it back. Charlie is called up to a room by Jackie who has accidentally killed a thug who was stealing from cleaners. Charlie realises the thug was taking the money to pay back Charlie's debt and so helps Jackie, with the aid of Tanja, dispose of the body. Charlie then leaves when his friend, Hutch, makes him an offer to travel with him.

Max Beesley said about Charlie, "It's a bit different playing the General Manager now because there is more responsibility for Charlie. Even though he is not running around like a headless chicken, like he was in the first series, he has to be more centred because there is a lot of pressure on him."

He is the father to Anna's daughter, Scarlett Rose. He has moved to New York with Anna and Scarlett.

Preceded by
Rebecca Mitchell
General Manager of Hotel Babylon
2007–2008
Succeeded by
Jack Harrison

Jack Harrison

Jack Harrison
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Lee Williams
Duration 2008
First appearance Episode 3.04
Last appearance Episode 3.08
Profile
Occupation Former General Manager

Jack Harrison is played by Lee Williams. He first appeared in Season 3, Episode 4. He was General Manager. The character joined the staff of Hotel Babylon in its 3rd Series, intending to be the Deputy Manager, but after Charlie Edwards (played by Max Beesley) left, the general manager position became vacant and he was promoted to General Manager. In Episode One of Series Four after over a year as manager it was revealed that Jack had left the Hotel and was replaced by Juliet; Tony hinted that Jack had taken the blame for the imminent closing of Hotel Babylon and was sacked by the directors of the hotel.

Preceded by
Charlie Edwards
General Manager of Hotel Babylon
2008-2009
Succeeded by
Juliet Miller

Jackie Clunes

Jackie Clunes
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Natalie Mendoza
Duration 2006–2008
First appearance Episode 1.01
Last appearance Episode 3.05
Profile
Occupation Former Head of Housekeeping

Jackie Clunes is played by Natalie Mendoza. She first appeared in Season 1, Episode 1 and was a fictional character until she was written out in Season 3, Episode 5. She is Australian and many of her staff are immigrants, some are even revealed to be in the country illegally in season 1 and she herself was almost deported after it was revealed her visa had run out.

Jackie has a son and was almost married. However, her fiancee left her which made her an illegal immigrant due to her being on his visa. Jackie had a new five month visa in series 1 after cutting a deal with immigration.

Jackie is in charge of cleaners at the hotel whom she treats with respect. She often looks after the cleaners and refers to them as "her girls". She has a friendly relationship with most of the other staff. In season 1, she has somewhat of a rivalry with Anna.

Jackie left after an accident left a thug dead in the hotel. She confronted the thug in a room after he stole from the cleaners due to a debt Charlie had with his client. The thug attacked Jackie, prompting her to run into the bathroom and lock the door. Jackie sprayed shampoo on the floor and grabbed an ornament to use it as a weapon. The thug broke into the bathroom and walked towards Jackie, however slipped on the shampoo and hit his head on the edge of the bath, which killed him instantly. With the aid of Charlie and Tanja, Jackie had the body disposed of, and Jackie and her son flew back to Australia.

Rebecca Mitchell

Rebecca Mitchell
Hotel Babylon
Portrayed by Tamzin Outhwaite
Duration 2006–2007
First appearance Episode 1.01
Last appearance Episode 2.08
Profile
Occupation Former General Manager

Rebecca Mitchell is played by Tamzin Outhwaite. She was arguably the main character, appearing first on cast introduction in the opening credits. However, at the end of series 2 she is written off and hasn't appeared in the series since. She was the General Manager of Hotel Babylon until she resigned, she was generally quite strict with staff but seemed to have good relationship with them.

During the first season Rebecca has a troubled marriage and often sleeps in the hotel when she is left at home alone. Rebecca's marriage does recover; however, she does divorce her husband eventually and in the second series finds out her now ex-husband is in a romantic relationship with a friend of hers.

Rebecca is usually quite strict with staff and often got annoyed with Anna for being late for work on numerous occasions in the first season. In the second season she has a romantic relationship with Charlie. However she becomes suspicious of him when she sees him with another woman and it is presumed they have split up since she left.

Rebecca left at the end of Season 2. After the hotel was nearly taken over by hotel tycoon Donovan Credo, Rebecca was forced to lay off Jackie, James, Ben, Gino and Anna, before revealing to Tony that he and Charlie have been selected to stay. Tony's reaction to this prompts Rebecca to take action to call off the deal, preventing Credo buying out and gutting Hotel Babylon. This one false move causes Rebecca to lose the trust of her staff. On leaving her office, Rebecca tells Charlie to "make himself comfortable". When she has left, he sits down and reads an email on the screen that names him as Hotel Babylon's new General Manager. He chases after Rebecca, asking her what's going on. She tells him she's leaving, because all in all the hotel ruined her marriage and her life.

Preceded by
Unknown
General Manager of Hotel Babylon
2006–2007
Succeeded by
Charlie Edwards

References

  1. ^ Hotel Babylon DVD, Series 1, Episode 8
  2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hotelbabylon/characters/charlie_edwards_person_page.shtml, Correct as of 7th March 08

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