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Hotel Babylon
Starts Thursday 19 January at 9.00pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ ONE
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Staff profiles: confidential, for Management only!
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Rebecca Mitchell
General Manager of Hotel Babylon, 35, immaculate, loves Prada and Jimmy Choo.
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She has wanted to run a five-star hotel since walking past one for the first time on a shopping trip to London as a child.
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All her life has been spent on this career path and she's ambitious to the degree that she can't really focus on anything else. Least of all her crumbling marriage.
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Rebecca's only concern is her hotel and she will always, always put the guest first… well, as long as profit margins are secure!
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Charlie Edwards
Head Receptionist who becomes Deputy Manager at the end of the first episode. Thirty-two, attractive, technically single. Charlie's a Jack of all Trades, master of none.
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He's our 'everyman' and introduces us to the world – giving us all the tips and exposing the secrets we need to know.
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Likeable, he possesses impressive moral standards, which is interesting considering his complex past and economy with the truth on his job application form.
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Unlike his boss Rebecca, working in a luxury hotel was never his life plan: he stumbled into it and discovered he had a real gift for the job and that the service industry suited him.
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Now he's got a career he's ambitious, but not in a calculating way. Charlie's management skills and methods might not be as orthodox as Rebecca's, but his ambition and natural charm might just be enough to get him to the top.
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Tony Casemore
Concierge, 37, married with children, but with the hours he works, he doesn't get to see much of them.
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As Concierge, he's a true specialist – he knows everything the guest needs to know – he can get you anything, from anywhere, and always within 24 hours.
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An effortless charmer and easy-going, he has a different kind of life plan to the managers, his principle aim being to raise enough in tips over the next few years to retire at 44.
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Has worked in the hotel business for years and knows it inside out. He has almost become part of the fabric of Hotel Babylon itself.
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Anna Thornton-Wilton
Appointed Head Receptionist by the end of episode one, she is 26 and from a middle-class family in Surrey. Not aristocratic by any means, although she'd like you to think so.
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She works in the luxury hotel business because she feels completely at home there – but really working there is the only way she can afford to be a part of it.
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She's clearly gorgeous and seems to know it and, as far as she's concerned, it's only a matter of time before she bags a wealthy and eligible guest.
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Her sole ambition is to marry into the lifestyle she believes she deserves.
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Horribly insincere, she doesn't need to worry about people liking her because she doesn't seem to care. You will love to hate her.
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Jackie Clunes
Head of Housekeeping, 28, Australian. Followed an English backpacker over here, had his child, but now they're separated.
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Jackie took the job because she can keep regular hours and therefore look after her son. A casual 'sex-thing' with Charlie adds more than a little excitement to room inspections.
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A staunch team player, Jackie is always fiercely protective of the below-stairs staff - those who the guests rarely see.
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Gino Primirola
Head Barman, 42, half-Italian, half-Spanish. The luxury end of the market is awash with Spanish barmen, but Gino is particularly proud of his dual identity.
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Whilst his background might be slightly chequered, he's undeniably clean and kind-hearted. His strong, unique morality somehow seems to stop with the ladies…
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Ben Trueman
Receptionist, 23. Loves the luxury hotel world because of its style and inherent campness. He's not ambitious – but then is not sure what he really wants to do.
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Ben has been at Babylon for about a year, is still quite wide-eyed and gets starstruck. He has, however, impeccable moral convictions and is quick to assert them.
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James Schofield
Restaurant and Purchasing Manager, 40. Extremely pretentious and rather old school. James knows the value and importance of all things luxurious and gets a huge kick from ordering the finest produce.
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He just can't help looking down his nose at people who can't pronounce foreign labels.
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Derek Crisp
Doorman, 53. Derek's a loyal team player, but do not get on the wrong side of him. He knows the hotel business like nobody else – doormen tend to hand their jobs on from generation to generation and Derek's father and grandfather were both doormen.
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Derek would like to see his son Adam follow in their footsteps - it's a good line of work and has always looked after Derek – in fact, he'd be lost without his job.
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Dave Wiltshire
Bell boy, 19, the butt of all practical jokes, but safe under Tony's wing.
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A bit green under the collar and prone to make the odd embarrassing faux pas. But he'll learn…
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Tanya Mihajlov
Chambermaid, 24. Hails from somewhere in the Balkans but nobody quite knows where (or cares).
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She's sulky and refuses to clean anything beyond her call of duty. Would love to move to a front of house job, but has a long way to go. Her attitude, if nothing else, would have to change! Ìý |
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