Hotel Babylon is a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones and "Anonymous", first shown in January 2006. Produced by independent production company Carnival Films and screened on BBC One on Thursday (Series 1) or Tuesday (Series 2 and 3) at 9pm, it stars Max Beesley, and (in series one and two) Tamzin Outhwaite. A hit in the United Kingdom, with the ratings at around 5 million viewers each episode and winning their timeslot narrowly beating ITV1's rival dramas, Eleventh Hour and Footballer's Wives (latter competition in the series). The finale of the first series obtained 5.74 million viewers, the second series opened with 5.79 million before rising to 6.6 million viewers for episode 2.

The first was shown on Living, on Saturday nights at 10pm. In the book Hotel Babylon, more than ten years' worth of Anonymous's hotel experience are condensed into a fictionalised day. The TV series uses the same characters but tells the stories—with a connecting theme within each episode—over the space of a week or so.

The second series ended on 12 April 2007. A third series for 2008 was announced on air on the same date, with the line "You can check into Hotel Babylon next year on BBC One." The third series began on 19 February 2008 on both BBC One and BBC HD with Max Beesley planning to leave after the next series .

becca Mitchell: [about Tanya who has a black eye, due to a run in with a guest] Good God what happened to her? arlie Edwards: One of the guests attacked her becca Mitchell: Which guest? [long pause] Was there anything broken? arlie Edwards: Maybe her jaw. becca Mitchell: No I mean fixtures and fittings, do we have a viable insurance claim? [Tanya starts speaking Serbo Croat] becca Mitchell: Do we need a translator for this? My Serbo Croat isn't very strong. arlie Edwards: [to Tanya] In English. nya Mihajlov: I do nothing she attack me! arlie Edwards: Ok Tanya, from the beginning. nya Mihajlov: I go into room to turn down beds, I knock first, no talkback I go in and she, Bitch is putting the powder over her face. becca Mitchell: Over her face? You mean applying makeup. nya Mihajlov: No the powder [mimics sniffing cocaine up her nose] like a vacuum cleaner, Silly cow drop it on the floor and she go Vin Diesel on me! becca Mitchell: Yes thank you Tanya I think we've got the picture now [Tanya leaves the room, still speaking Serbo Croat].

becca Mitchell: I want you to be as thorough as possible Miss Merchant, any bottle or napkin that can't be accounted for I want to know about it [hands her keys] len Merchant: Before I start a job I always ask a question, Do you trust your staff? becca Mitchell: Well I used to len Merchant: Then you've been naive, in my experience people are generally bad, they lie, they steal, they copulate. becca Mitchell: I'm not sure I should judge them on that len Merchant: A sin is a sin Miss Mitchell, as well as the audit would you like me to set any traps? becca Mitchell: Traps? len Merchant: I could stick an extra case of wine behind the bar, some steaks in the fridge, see where it ends up in the next audit.