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Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

  • TV Series
  • 2017–
  • 1h
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Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby (2017)
Monica and Giles work behind the scenes of a hotel that is all about getting out into Iceland's incredible landscape of volcanoes and glaciers.
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Giles Coren and Monica Galetti travel the globe visiting some of the world's most incredible hotels. They go beyond the lobby to see the areas that the public never see and roll up their sle... Read allGiles Coren and Monica Galetti travel the globe visiting some of the world's most incredible hotels. They go beyond the lobby to see the areas that the public never see and roll up their sleeves to work alongside staff.Giles Coren and Monica Galetti travel the globe visiting some of the world's most incredible hotels. They go beyond the lobby to see the areas that the public never see and roll up their sleeves to work alongside staff.

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    • Monica Galetti
    • Giles Coren
    • Robert Rinder
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    512
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    • Stars
      • Monica Galetti
      • Giles Coren
      • Robert Rinder
    • 31User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Monica Galetti
    • Self - Presenter
    • 2017–2024
    Giles Coren
    Giles Coren
    • Self - Presenter
    • 2017–2021
    Robert Rinder
    • Self - Presenter
    • 2023–2024
    Karim Theilgaard
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    • 2021
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    • 2021
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    • 2021
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    • 2021
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    • 2021
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    • 2021
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    • 2023
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    6goodspem

    Gorgeous locations, Awful Giles Coren

    I like so much about this show - except male host Giles Coren. There is a way to be both interesting, funny, and respectful - none of which he achieves. Monica I find superb and clearly understands this world. The hotel staff and management clearly care deeply about their work. And obviously the locations are amazing.
    6fishorsail

    Good show and enjoyed Monica's part. sadly Giles Coren is a jerk.

    The hotel in Singapore is amazing. In the second episode they go to Ecuador where I went to high school. I was really annoyed by Giles in the first episode and sad to see he was in the second one too. I was as uncomfortable as the staff in Singapore with his being such a jerk. I am interested in more places but don't know if I can stand to listen to Giles Coren and his obnoxious style. So they get to travel to some nice places and supposedly will work there but does this guy deserve it? I don't know about that.
    yhnswnf

    Great idea, terrible presenters

    I can't believe the choice of presenters for wgat could be a great programme. Giles is arrogant, childish and tries so hard to be clever whereas monica's monitone delivery and lack of charisma makes you fall asking. I watch it with the mute button on - i like to see where they are but have no desire to hear what they're wittering on about.
    7tonytangney

    Nice work if you can get it.

    It's basically a travel show and if you like travel shows you'll enjoy this.

    The hosts are a mixed bag. Giles Coren is an excellent writer (though I'm suspicious of slim restaurant critics) but grates here. The scruffy cheeky chappy bit wears thin and he can be embarrassingly rude. Monica is amenable enough. They have a great job that's for sure, but found their pretend to work bit the least interesting.

    As for the hotels, would you or I pay the high rates even if we could afford it? Maybe one at a stretch.

    There's a bit of social action spiel thrown in to assuage the guilt of the presenters and the super rich I presume. Overall good though.
    8carolynboston

    Great show but poor choice of host

    I love the show a lot. I've finished the entire first season in one day. However the guy host (Giles Coren) seems too full of himself. A bit arrogant, which really spoils the show! It doesnt suit him. They should replace him in the next season!

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      On 31st October 2022, BBC Studios announced that Barrister and broadcaster Rob Rinder will be the new co-presenter of the fifth series of the programme alongside chef Monica Galetti. The 8-episode fifth series began filming in October 2022 and will air in 2023. Rinder replaces Giles Coren who announced that he was stepping down from his role as he is working on another forthcoming television series. Coren stated that "I have a day job writing and podcasting for The Times and I have only ever been able to make one TV series a year. Each time a new opportunity comes along I have to dump the one I'm on." However, there has been much speculation that Coren's position had become untenable following outrage over comments made by Coren following the death of journalist Dawn Foster.

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      • March 27, 2017 (United Kingdom)
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      • 絕佳飯店:登堂入室
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