Series 4 (2009)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Director | Originally broadcast |
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| 25 | "Episode 25" | Jack Williams | Andy Hay | 19 June 2009 (2009-06-19) |
| The new series starts with Hotel Babylon closing down, due to a drop on the stock exchange in Tokyo, and when a terror attack strikes with a Hindi engagement party happening, Hotel Babylon's staff are pushed to their very limits by new manager. Meanwhile, the manager's ex-husband buys the hotel after they look after him. Also Anna is pregnant. They are having a sweepstakes on who is the father and Anna finds out and is very upset. At the very end of the episode the owner's fortune disappears because of the Credit Crunch – the only thing he has left is Hotel Babylon. | ||||
| 26 | "Episode 26" | Andy Rattenbury | Andy Hay | 26 June 2009 (2009-06-26) |
| A celebrity TV couple are busy with their joint 40th birthday celebrations at the hotel. Anna assumes they are perfect together, but uncovers a very different story behind closed doors. Meanwhile, Sam learns the hard way that it is not easy running a hotel when he ignores Juliet's advice and allows rival boxers to stay at Babylon, and the staff rumble a corrupt environmental standards inspector. | ||||
| 27 | "Episode 27" | Dave Logan | Andy Hay | 3 July 2009 (2009-07-03) |
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The team joins a treasure hunt around the hotel searching for valuable emeralds claimed to be hidden at Babylon. Anna takes the lead despite being so close to having her baby. An old face from Hotel Babylon returns to sweep Anna off her feet. Elsewhere, Gino gets duped by a dangerous con man staying at the hotel and Tony is tasked to look after a fading film star who isn't everything she seems. Last appearance of Anna and Charlie. |
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| 28 | "Episode 28" | Marston Bloom | Jim Loach | 17 July 2009 (2009-07-17) |
| Emily's estranged father, Damien Rushby, turns up at Hotel Babylon for a poker tournament, but she doesn't want to see him. Sam and Juliet face a number of inspections during the tournament, and they are sure it's something to do with Damien. In order to get back at her father, Emily helps another participant win the game. However, Sam is pushed into a game of poker, where he gambles the hotel and his money too, which he loses to Emily's father. The gang all try to help get back the hotel, but it doesn't end the way they wanted it to. | ||||
| 29 | "Episode 29" | Darin Henry | Jim Loach | 24 July 2009 (2009-07-24) |
| Sam decides to enrol Juliet and the gang on a team-building course to improve their performance. Meanwhile, a convention is being held at Hotel Babylon, where Gino meets a woman called Mary that he falls in love with. Ben helps Martin Armstrong, an ex-presenter for kids television, by giving him a room, which Juliet finds out about and offers him a job interview as well. In the end, Juliet resigns after a fall out with Sam over Martin. He later finds out that the woman in charge of the course was out to get Juliet's job, and returns to Hotel Babylon. | ||||
| 30 | "Episode 30" | Jonathan Brackley & Sam Vincent | Jim Loach | 31 July 2009 (2009-07-31) |
| The Hotel is in preparation for their first royal wedding, but it's cancelled at the last minute. However, Sam convinces Juliet and the staff to pose as the wedding party, because he's relying on the magazine revenue to pay off a hefty tax bill. James's restaurant is thrown into chaos when a sprightly octogenarian joins the ranks. Elsewhere, a teenage swimming prodigy films a sportswear advert at Babylon, with her supportive manager parents in tow. Tony assumes they have their daughter's best interests at heart, until he discovers a different scenario. In the episode, Emily shares a kiss with Ben! | ||||
| 31 | "Episode 31" | Jess Williams | Andy Hay | 7 August 2009 (2009-08-07) |
| James & Gino are asked to oversee the extravagant funeral of a VIP guest, Christiano Cucci, at Hotel Babylon. As a result, Juliet promises James a promotion to director of food if the event is a success, but he feels Gino is getting in the way of his dream so he fires him. Meanwhile, a baby shower is being held at the hotel, and Sam is asked to help organise it, which leads to a one night stand with one of the party guests! A woman (called Isobel) is up for the job as a receptionist, working alongside Ben, however she is beaten to it by Melanie Hughs, who convinces her to turn down the position. | ||||
| 32 | "Episode 32" | Jack Williams | Andy Hay | 14 August 2009 (2009-08-14) |
| After a succession of intimate dates, Sam and Juliet begin to fall in love again, but the resurfacing of a buried truth soon threatens their reconciliation. It is Tony's turn to host a get-together for his fellow concierges at Hotel Babylon, but when he is called back to work, his colleagues decide to teach him a lesson he is unlikely to forget. Meanwhile, Mel struggles to keep up the pretence of being an experienced five-star receptionist; Juliet is becoming suspicious. Ben, James and Tanya decide to give her the make-over of a lifetime, but is it enough to convince Juliet that Mel's good enough for Babylon? One of Juliet's old friends from a divorce group, Karen (played by Michelle Collins), applies for a singles night held at the hotel, which later turns into disaster when it's revealed that Juliet aborted her baby that she conceived with Sam. And Gino sets out to find the author of an erotic novel found in the office printer! |
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