Originally aired on BritBox in 2022. Based on the novel by J.P. O'Connell. Shelved in the "TV Series" collection. Natascha McElhone, Lucy Akhurst, Louisa Binder, Elizabeth Carling, Oliver Dench, Pasquale Esposito, Rocco Fasano, Lily Frazer, Adam James, Imogen King, Olivia Morris, Daniele Pecci, Lorenzo Richelmy, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Mark Umbers, Assad Zaman and Anna Chancellor.
Summary:
The Hotel Portofino has only been open a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its co-proprietor and moving spirit, Bella Ainsworth: she's short on staff and ready money, her guests are demanding and hard-to-please, and she's being targeted by a corrupt local politician. As Bella is pulled in all directions, she tries to coax her wounded son, Lucian, and her widowed daughter, Alice, towards health and happiness in the traumatic aftermath of World War I. Meanwhile Bella's caddish husband, Cecil, is obsessed with arranging a financially advantageous marriage for Lucian in order to secure the family's estate, as well as finding money to secure his dilettante lifestyle.
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