Talk:Hotel Babylon (BBC series)

Removed the bit about Michael Attwell's character being fired because of Michael Attwell's death, as Mr Attwell participated in the scenes where his character is dismissed and then leaves the hotel. I doubt that many scenes could be created digitally. kju 15:22, 9 May 2006 (UTC)#
 * Plus, the episode in question where he was fired was aired on the 2nd March '06 and he died 16 days *after this...conclusive proof that it was wrongly added SmUX 01:14, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Real or what?
Hi, wiki doesn't explain. I hope it will in short future. Is the hotel Babylon REAL? Is it a solid building - that was really built? If not, where does the camera shots of hotel (in the centre of the town?) take place? 85.132.151.252 (talk) 01:32, 14 May 2009 (UTC)hondrej

is it based on an actual hotel in london? if so what is it called and where is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.217.70.133 (talk) 20:49, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

New Series
Anyone know when Series 3 is due to start? I haven't been able to find a date anywhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.216.65.110 (talk) 05:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Canada
Added Canada to the International Broadcasts section

What's It About? Synopsis Needed!
There's quite a lot of information about the programme in this article... except what it's about!

Someone should add a synopsis... setting, themes etc. I've never watched it so I can't help.

Without some description of what the basic premise of the show is, this article is seriously deficient,

Martan 00:34, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I added a little one, but please do improve on it. Olz06 (Talk)


 * That article is amazing, you can read the whole thing and still not have any idea of what the show's about! --89.127.175.172 (talk) 17:08, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Deviation from normal storyline "cliffhangers"
Anyone who writes information about the show should mention that the show does not rely on cliffhangers to keep people coming back. There is of course the "and on next week's show..." but there have been ample opportunities for the writers to use cliffhangers (like at the end of the second series, where they could have left the fate of the hotel until next series) but they choose not to.

It's not important, but I think it's worth mentioning :-) SmUX 01:18, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Series vs. Season?
Is there a good reason that seasons are referred to as series' throughout this page? I don't really keep up on British tv lingo, but typically the collection of episodes that airs during the series' first year is referred to as 'season 1', not 'series 1'.64.178.144.123 01:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The old adage "potato potato" describes what I think about this...a rose by any other name would smell as sweet! In other words, is it really that important?  Series = Season to most people SmUX 19:59, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It's a BBC show so British lingo wins over American in this article.


 * 'Series' and 'season' are not equivalent terms to most of the world. In the US, Australia, and for some British television shows, the word 'series' describes the show as a whole, including all episodes from all years.  Most British shows however refer to a season of episodes as a 'series', and the show in it's entirety is referred to as a 'television series'.142.179.219.13 02:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Episode List & Titles
I would be happy to write short episode descriptions for an episode list page, but have no clue of how to start one. Most TV shows have a link to a separate page, listing each episode with a short description, in that little box in the upper right of the article. This one does not. If someone begins one, I'd be happy to contribute, although admittedly only with the BBC America edits or online versions I can find. Also, does anyone know the titles of episodes, if they exist, or where to find them? --LKAdriaan 07:38, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * IMDB - usually a good authority on these matters - does not list any episode titles. See: .  Wouldn't be the only show that doesn't name their episodes.  As for creating an episode list page, I'd just find some other show's episode list, copy the formatting, and just change the details. Lurlock 16:38, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I just added a link to a formatted but incomplete episode list page. I will add to it as I rewatch each episode and will try to fill the basic information in from IMDB. Thanks for the heads up on that! --LKAdriaan 07:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and did some other basic stuff like adding a category and a Navbox to the bottom. (Ripped off the one from Footballer's Wives, figured it was close enough.)  I hope it meets general approval - I've never done this on Wikipedia before.  (I'm an admin and major contributor on another wiki, but the rules are slightly different here.)  Now of course, there's a bunch of red-links for all the character names (except Tanja Mihajlov of all people), so you can feel free to start on those as well.  I've only seen the episodes that have been broadcast in the US, so I can't write anything complete about that.  Have fun!  Lurlock (talk) 22:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Also just added all the basic episode info I could get off of IMDB regarding Writers, Directors, and Air-Dates. Now it's just a matter of filling in the blanks with episode descriptions. Lurlock (talk) 22:33, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

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Season 4?
This page (as mentioned in the article) says a 4th season has been commissioned, however the BBC Hotel Babylon page makes it quite clear it's no longer being updated: "Where a particular radio, tv series or other BBC event has ended we generally leave the related web page online, just in case visitors may find it helpful or interesting in future. However, in order to avoid confusion we add a banner notice to the page to make it clear that we're no longer keeping these pages up to date." Sounds a lot more definitive than you'd expect from a series returning to the screen in 2009... Could it be that it's been cancelled after all? -- MiG (talk) 08:59, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * More likely its just an automated message because i hasn't been updated in >1 year. 118.139.0.196 (talk) 02:33, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Plotholes
Can be blatent —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.132.41 (talk) 15:14, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Examples would include (from present series)- someone using a defibrilator without apparent training or basic safety proceedures; and another character resigning/being encouraged to leave because a role-playing exercise 'goes wrong' rather than having a post-scenario analysis with another character expecting to 'walk into the post.' (There is a difference with 'these are the conventions adopted to avoid having to scene set characters each episode' - as with Hustle (TV series) where the intent is to show how the scam would be done rather than why the characters are not 'known to the police.') —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.132.41 (talk) 09:39, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

And if you can find 3rd-party sources talking about this, feel free to add it to the article. Rojomoke (talk) 20:21, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Guest stars season 4
I removed 6 names from the list that I could not find in the BBC source (page 2 of the reference given) (Captain Peacock was a red flag). Those names were: Henry Siu, Ruby Turner, Curtis Neate, Captain Peacock, Lucy Liemann, Carlton Cole. There are more names listed in the BBC source than given on the wiki page. Not sure what criteria were used to include or exclude names from the list. Rwos (talk) 05:31, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

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