List of Hotel Babylon Episodes - Series 1 (2006)

Charlie (Max Beesley) is interviewed by Rebecca (Tamzin Outhwaite) for the job of Deputy Manager. Later he realises he has a rival, Anna (Emma Pierson), with whom he has some history, and who proves to be a clever and formidable opponent. On the plus side, the beautiful Head of Housekeeping Jackie (Natalie Mendoza) has started inviting him to assignations in guests' bedrooms.

He must prove his worth and this involves manipulating a world famous rock band into spending as much money and trashing as much of the hotel as possible. Thanks to their hard-nosed manager Nina (Rachael Stirling) things don't exactly go to plan at first, but when she assaults one of the chambermaids, Charlie takes matters into his own hands.

With the help of the rest of the staff, Charlie organises a surprise party to teach her a lesson, and extract as much money as possible from the band.

Unfortunately for him, Rebecca puts Charlie in charge of keeping suicidal guest Mr Machin (Anthony Head) alive, while concierge Tony has to deal with the repercussions of mistaking a legitimate guest for a hooker. But this is the least of his worries as Rebecca's re-branding of his job has severely rocked his confidence.

Wealthy Russian student Natasha (Anamaria Marinca) begs Charlie to help her organise a green card wedding at the hotel.

Charlie only agrees after Tony reminds him of how much cash they could make from delivery scams at the event, realising it's the one way he can raise the money to bribe Pete out of telling Rebecca about his past.

Finding an agreeable suitor is easy enough, but can they convince Natasha's billionaire father Vladimir (Matthew Marsh), and more importantly Rebecca, that the wedding is genuine?

The whirlwind of wedding plans catch Rebecca on a personal level, but it's obsessive compulsive guest Mr Daniels (Steve Pemberton) who makes her realise that hiding in the hotel isn't going to solve her own relationship problems.

When Anna bumps into – literally – wealthy American lawyer Richard (Matt Day), she becomes convinced they're fated to be together. In a delusional whirl, she stops at nothing to get this man (and the lifestyle) that she's after.

And if it means breaching the 'strictly no guest/staff relationships' rule, well, Anna's always felt rules were meant to be broken. With Rebecca on her back, only the quick thinking of fellow receptionist Ben keeps Anna's indiscretions under wraps.

Charlie is happy to let beautiful female guest Alice (Susie Amy) massage his bruised ego after colleague and love interest Jackie goes off on a date. Alice turns out not to be all that she seems, robbing her date and making off with Pete. When the date is found drugged in his room the next day, Charlie realises he's had a narrow escape, and that he should value Jackie more.

Meanwhile, James and Gino bicker over the treatment of a couple who won a stay at Hotel Babylon in a competition.

Below stairs, we witness a world the guests never normally get to see – the immigrant labour that really makes the place work. A raid on the hotel by Immigration Officers forces Jackie into a dilemma when she's reminded by the officials about her own immigration status. What can she do to stop them deporting her?

Gino has less serious problems – in order to keep the tips from a particularly generous guest flowing, he has to pretend to be gay. Can even Ben help him convince in the role?

Meanwhile, Charlie is asked by a guest, Liz Sykes (Lisa Faulkner) to help cover up an affair she's been conducting at the hotel. Rebecca takes a hard line with him and orders him not to intervene, disarming him by implying she knows something about his fraudulent past.

When Liz's lover, John Fuller, returns to the hotel with yet another woman, Charlie realises that Liz is being spun a line. A quick phone call leads to an uncomfortable confrontation for John.

Already spooked after Tony tells them a grisly tale of murder at a nearby hotel, Anna and Charlie are further unsettled by the disappearance of security guard Jagdeep.

Anna delivers a bottle of whiskey to a sheik, who is staying at the hotel after buying antique pistols at a Sotheby's auction. On her way back, she becomes convinced that she's heard a guest murder his wife. Charlie refuses to take her seriously, despite having seen the guest, Mr Johnson, arguing with his wife earlier.

Mr Johnson's behaviour – like sneaking his suitcases out in the middle of the night – worries Anna. With Charlie's help, she snoops around in his room, and discovers blood in the bath and a bag of rope, tape and rubber gloves.

In the bowels of the hotel, Charlie discovers Jagdeep seriously ill in a toilet cubicle. Meanwhile, Anna is terrified when Mr Johnson tries to make her accompany him. Seeing how scared she is, Charlie finally agrees to confront him, but when they go to his room they find a young, drunk, woman tied up in his wardrobe.

A returning Mr Johnson is hit on the head by Anna – and Charlie finally phones Rebecca. She finds that Mr and Mrs Johnson were attempting to retrieve the pistols bought by the sheik. To do this, they abducted one of the sheik's wives – the woman in the wardrobe – and Mrs Johnson had swapped places with her.

When £3,000 goes missing from the room of wealthy guest Lady Patton (Joan Collins), stolen by someone using a staff pass, Rebecca comes down hard on the staff. Suddenly everyone is a suspect facing instant dismissal if found guilty.

Riled and suddenly untrusting, she not only interviews all of the staff, but also calls in an auditor – much to the distress of Gino and Jackie, whose stocktake figures are complete fantasy. Meanwhile, Anna is leading a teenage virtuoso violinist into naughtiness.

Derek the doorman manages to persuade Rebecca, via Charlie to interview his wayward son for a job at the hotel. The lad is rubbish, though.

About to break the bad news to Derek, Charlie realises the awful truth from something the doorman says – Derek must be the hotel thief.

Rebecca must maintain her professional stance and hand Derek his P45. The anguish doesn't end there, despite Tony's good work in heading-off ball-crunching auditor Ms Merchant with some well-placed bribes.

The surprise arrival of the hotel chain's European Director Adrian unsettles the staff further. Only Rebecca knows he's there for more than purely business reasons – the two of them had a fling a few months before.

Adrian proves to be only the start of their worries: a star witness, Mr Wiltshire, is being housed at the hotel during the course of an infamous gangland trial. Tony is nervous about the risk to staff and Charlie has the unenviable task of looking after the guest.

Whilst Tony attempts to forment a mutiny amongst the staff, Rebecca finds herself being wooed by Adrian with an offer of promotion abroad – and a new life with him. Meanwhile, Charlie builds up a rapport with Mr Wiltshire, and realises that he's come to the hotel just to die away from prison.