[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” admin_label=”HEADER: 7 of the Most Memorable Hotels From TV and Film” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ background_enable_image=”off” background_position=”top_center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”7 of the Most Memorable Hotels From TV and Film” subhead=”An article from the Screenshot Podcast from BBC Radio 4″ admin_label=”HEADER: 7 of the Most Memorable Hotels From TV and Film” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ subhead_line_height=”1.3em” background_color=”#414042″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The-Shining-Hotels-Banner-WEB.jpg” parallax=”off” custom_padding=”2%||6%||false|false” title_font_size_tablet=”” title_font_size_phone=”30px” title_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” subhead_font_size_tablet=”” subhead_font_size_phone=”16px” subhead_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}” button_one_text__hover_enabled=”on|desktop”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”SECTION – Intro” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”5%||5%||true|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(109,110,113,0.55)” max_width=”1280px” custom_margin=”||3%||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||0%||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0%||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”1%||1%||true|false” custom_padding_tablet=”1%|5%|1%|5%|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”|5%||5%|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”1%||1%||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
The following article was written and published by the Screenshot podcast<\/strong> on the BBC Radio 4<\/strong> website.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”HEADER – Natural Uncertain” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”BODY – Intro” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In BBC Radio 4’s Screenshot, Ellen E Jones<\/strong> and Mark Kermode<\/strong> are packing their bags and going on a journey to understand why hotels are such rich ground for screen storytelling.<\/p>\n “In hotels, you can pretend to be something else,” says Ellen. For some, that\u2019s imagining life as a carefree person of infinite wealth, like the amoral residents of The White Lotus. But for others, it’s a place where your demons and other forces can catch up with you and possess you, literally in the case of The Shining’s iconically scary Overlook Hotel.<\/p>\n Come this way as we guide you through some of the most memorable hotels on screen. Check-out is 11am.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”#checkin” button_text=”CHECK-IN IS THIS WAY” admin_label=”BUTTON- What’s Changing” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”bg-image-column” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hotel-Banner-Behind-the-Scenes-V1.jpg” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”SECTION – Hotels 1 – 4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(91,140,177,0.8) 0%|rgba(91,140,177,0.8) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Black-White-Business-Traveller-Suitcase.jpg” transform_translate_linked=”off” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”5%||5%||true|false” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”ROW – 1. White Lotus” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”bg-image-column” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/White-Lotus-Hotel-Hawaii-WEB.jpg” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”HEADER – White Lotus” module_id=”checkin” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_text_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”5%||3%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”BODY – White Lotus” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” ul_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”5%||1%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n For three seasons, Mike White\u2019s hit show has used luxury hotels to explore the peculiar lives lived by very, very wealthy people. He puts them all in the same place \u2013 somewhere they\u2019re encouraged to embrace their most spoiled, entitled impulses \u2013 and then examines them like mice in a lab.<\/p>\n He\u2019s fascinated by people who think they\u2019re above the mere mortals but have all the same insecurities and frailties as the rest of us (and often less ability to deal with them). As film writer Hannah Strong says: \u201cJust because you\u2019re in a different tax bracket does not exempt you from petty grievances.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”ROW – Divider” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#FFFFFF” divider_position=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3%||3%||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”ROW – 2 – Psycho” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”bg-image-column” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Psycho-House-Hotel-WEB.jpg” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”HEADER – Psycho ” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_text_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”5%||3%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”BODY – Psycho ” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” ul_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”5%||1%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s 1960 classic is perhaps the ultimate in hotel horror. When woman-on-the-run Marianne Crane (Janet Leigh) checks into The Bates Motel, it\u2019s everything you don\u2019t want in overnight lodging: remote, grubby and virtually deserted \u2013 except for meek owner Norman (Anthony Perkins).<\/p>\n \u201cThere is something uniquely scary about [rundown hotels],\u201d says Anne Bilson. Hitchcock\u2019s use of the motel\/hotel setting adds massively to the fear of the situation. Crane\u2019s in a strange environment and can\u2019t escape the feeling she\u2019s being watched. Which, of course, she is, leading to one of the most frightening and famous murder scenes in history.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Image Credit” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”14px” link_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Image credit<\/strong>: Diego Delso,\u00a0delso.photo<\/a>, License\u00a0CC BY-SA<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”ROW – Divider” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#FFFFFF” divider_position=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3%||3%||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”ROW – 3. Fawlty Towers” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”bg-image-column” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fawlty-Towers-Scene-WEB.jpg” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”HEADER – Fawlty Towers” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_text_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”5%||3%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”BODY – Fawlty Towers” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” ul_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”5%||1%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Speaking of scary, film critic Anne Bilson says: \u201cIt would not take much for [Fawlty Towers] to be a horror series.\u201d Set in a Torquay guest house, John Cleese and Connie Booth\u2019s 1970s sitcom is ostensibly about a harried hotel owner, Basil Fawlty (Cleese), being driven to fury by useless staff and ridiculous guests with petty problems.<\/p>\n Fawlty is a man who seems to resent the notion of anyone wanting to stay in his hotel and the prospect of having to serve anyone. It\u2019s not a huge leap to imagine him snapping in more frightening fashion.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”IMAGE Credit” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”14px” link_text_color=”#FFFFFF” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Image credit<\/strong>: \u201c<\/span>Fawlty Towers<\/a>\u201d by\u00a0<\/span>Insomnia Cured Here<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”ROW – Divider” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#FFFFFF” divider_position=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3%||3%||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”ROW – 4 – Grand Hotel” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”bg-image-column” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/greta-garbo-grand-hotel-WEB.jpg” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”HEADER – Grand Hotel” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_text_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”5%||3%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”BODY – Grand Hotel” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” ul_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”5%||1%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The idea of a hotel as its own private universe is very well explored in the glamorous 1932 movie Grand Hotel. The writer Wendy Ide once described hotels as \u201chermetically sealed worlds of privilege\u201d, and that\u2019s just what we see here.<\/p>\n A group of wealthy individuals, including a dying man (Lionel Barrymore) who wants to spend his remaining money living in luxury and a ballerina who just wants to be alone (Greta Garbo (left) in one of her most iconic, and often quoted roles). All their stories intersect as they\u2019re all transformed by their time in this peculiar place.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”SECTION – What Does Good Service Look Like Callout” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#ffffff 0%|rgba(255,255,255,0.88) 37%|rgba(255,255,255,0) 88%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Unrivalled-Hotel-Action.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”10%||10%||true|false” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ admin_label=”ROW – What Does Good Service Look Like Callout” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#5B8CB1″ custom_padding=”2%|3%|4%|3%|false|true” custom_padding_tablet=”2%|6%|6%|6%|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”8%|7%|8%|7%|false|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_icon font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_color=”#FFFFFF” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”5%||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][et_pb_text admin_label=”HEDAER – Good Service” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”BODY – Good Service” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n With over 1,000,000 accommodation choices, designed to suit any business, policy and budget need, Gray Dawes are perfectly placed to build a tailored and comprehensive hotel programme which works for you.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”\/what\/hotel\/” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”LEARN MORE ABOUT HOTELS” button_alignment=”center” button_text_tablet=”MORE ABOUT HOTELS” button_text_phone=”MORE ABOUT HOTELS” button_text_last_edited=”on|phone” admin_label=”BUTTON – Hotel Callout” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” button_text_color=”#5B8CB1″ button_bg_color=”#FFFFFF” button_text_size_tablet=”” button_text_size_phone=”” button_text_size_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”SECTION – Hotels 5 – 7″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||8%||false|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”ROW – 5 – Grand Budapest Hotel” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” custom_padding=”2%||||false|false” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”bg-image-column” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grand-Budpest-Hotel-Interior-WEB-1.jpg” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”HEADER – Grand Budapest Hotel” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”5%||3%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”BODY – Grand Budapest Hotel” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” ul_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”5%||1%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Wes Anderson\u2019s very stylish, very charming 2014 comedy takes place in a palatial hotel in the fictional country of Zubrovka. It\u2019s set against the collapse of a fascist regime and reinforces the idea of luxury hotels as places where uncouth outside world events can be forgotten.<\/p>\n People who might be placed in front of a firing squad if they stepped outside can continue to swan about as if nothing can touch them. In the very best hotels, time is almost frozen. Ralph Fiennes is a hoot as the concierge who\u2019s framed for the murder of a wealthy dowager (Tilda Swinton).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Image Creddit” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”14px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Image credit<\/strong>: Rolf Dietrich Brecher at Flickr\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”ROW – Divider” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#5B8CB1″ divider_position=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3%||3%||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”ROW – 6 – Lost in Translation” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1280px” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”bg-image-column” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lost-in-Translation-Hotel-on-right-WEB.jpg” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”HEADER – Lost in Translation” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”5%||3%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”BODY – Lost in Translation” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” ul_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”5%||1%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Writer Hannah Strong calls Sofia Coppola \u201cthe queen of lonely hotels\u201d. In 2003\u2019s Lost in Translation, she uses a hotel to dreamy effect. An isolated woman (Scarlett Johansson), tagging along on her husband\u2019s work trip, and a bored celebrity (Bill Murray) find connection in a grand Japanese hotel, in a city neither knows nor understands.<\/p>\n Coppola uses the hotel as a self-contained world, somewhere these two are cut off from reality, just for a bit. When the film ends, they go back to their old lives and the bubble of their alternate life is burst. Coppola returned to hotels for 2010\u2019s Somewhere, about an actor (Stephen Dorff) experiencing an existential crisis in a hotel. 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