Hotel Babylon

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Television series
German title Hotel Babylon
Original title Hotel Babylon
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 2006-2009
Production
company		 BBC
length 60 minutes
Episodes 32 in 4 seasons
genre Comedy, drama
Theme music The Babylon Suite
idea Tony Basgallop, Imogen Edwards-Jones
music John Lunn
Jim Williams
First broadcast January 19, 2006 on BBC One
German-language
first broadcast		 December 15, 2008 on FOX Channel
occupation
synchronization

Hotel Babylon is a dramedy television series by the BBC based on the novel of the same name by Imogen Edward-Jones . The series premiered on BBC in January 2006 and is about the luxurious London 5-star Hotel Babylon, its employees and their experiences in front of and behind the hotel scenes.

In Germany, the first three seasons of the series of 15 December 2008 ran to 28 June 2010 at the Pay TV transmitter FOX Channel , from 10 January to 16 August 2010 these squadrons on free TV in were Comedy Central Germany to see . After the fourth season, the series was canceled by the BBC; the cliffhanger in the season finale remained open.

characters

Rebecca Mitchell

Mitchell is the hotel's general manager for the first two seasons. Marital problems mean that she stays at the hotel a lot during the first season. Despite reconciliation with her husband, she gets divorced during the first season. In the second season she learns that her ex-husband is starting a relationship with one of her friends. She herself has a relationship with Charlie in the second season. At the end of the second season, she leaves the hotel.

Charles "Charlie" Edwards

Edwards is named managing director after Rebecca leaves the hotel. He leads a number of more or less serious relationships. In the first season he often meets with Jackie and spends several nights with her in the free rooms of the hotel. Both keep the relationship a secret. In the second season he kisses Rebecca at the Christmas party. In the third season he has a relationship with Anna. It is later revealed that he is the father of Anna's daughter.

After Rebecca's departure and promotion, he faces many problems. The hotel is facing major financial difficulties so that the cleaning staff cannot be paid. He is forced to take out a loan from a friend in prison in order to continue paying the cleaning staff. When the friend demands the money back faster than Charlie can repay it, the seriousness of the situation becomes apparent. Charlie is alerted by Jackie, who killed a man after he tried to steal money from a cleaning company. It turns out that the person killed was a hired thug of his friend, whom Charlie owes money and who was supposed to collect it. Together with Jackie and Tanja, the three of them dispose of the body. When a friend offers Charlie the opportunity to travel with him, he accepts the offer and leaves the hotel at the end of the third season.

Anna Thornton-Wilton

She moves from Hotel Chesterton to Babylon at the beginning of the series to apply for the position of deputy manager. However, the position will be filled with Charlie. However, Rebecca asks her to stay at the hotel and take over the management of the reception. Anna represents the comedic character within the series.

In the second season it is revealed that Anna comes from a humble background. Her father is a clerk and her mother is a school cook. It turns out that Anna slept with Charlie during her time at Chesterton. They were both friends until season three and then began dating. Charlie later becomes the father of Anna's daughter, and they both leave the hotel together.

Cast and dubbing

The series was synchronized at Deutsche Synchron , whose headquarters are in Berlin-Tempelhof . Martin Keßler conducted the dialogue book and dialogue direction .

actor role German voice actor Episodes
Tamzin Outhwaite Rebecca Mitchell Christin Marquitan 1-16
Max Beesley Charlie Edwards Norman Matt 1-27
Emma Pierson Anna Thornton-Wilton Marieke Oeffinger 1-27
Natalie Mendoza Jackie Clunes Kim Pfeiffer 1-21
Martin Marquez Gino Primirola Claudio Maniscalco 1-32
Dexter Fletcher Toni Casemore Matthias Deutelmoser 1-32
Michael Obiora Benjamin "Ben" Trueman Alexander Doering 1-32
Raymond Coulthard James Schofield Karlo Hackenberger 1-31
Lee Williams Jack Harrison Rainer Fritzsche 5
Alexandra Moen Emily James Nadine pasta 16

DVD release

In the UK, all four seasons were released on DVD. In Germany, only the first three seasons that were broadcast were released on DVD.

Surname Released consequences Brief information Season FSK
The complete First Season March 26, 2010 8th The 3-DVD box contains all episodes of the first season as well as a 50-minute making-of. 1 From 12 years
The entire second season January 13, 2012 8th The 3-DVD box contains all episodes of the second season. 2 From 12 years
The entire third season May 11, 2012 8th The 3-DVD box contains all episodes of the third season. 3 From 12 years

Soundtrack

In keeping with the series, a soundtrack was produced for the series in 2008, which was released on March 7, 2008 in the United Kingdom under the title Hotel Babylon: The Music . The album was produced by Jim Williams and John Lunn.

Track list

No. title length
1 The Babylon Suite 3:53
2 City Nights 4:29
3 Habanera Smile 4:11
4th Café Rush 4:44
5 Tuesday Club 5:03
6th Shift 4:29
7th Chelsea girl 4:34
8th Swimming under water 5:09
9 Casino 3:40
10 Thames Light 5:01
11 Walking the line 4:39
12 A different life 4:53

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Doug Lambert: Hotel Babylon Axed? . December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on June 15, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Hotel Babylon. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on September 11, 2016 .