Hotel Adelphi - BBC - 1997 - Episode 1 

I worked here from 1996-1998 had some great times here . Brings back memories alright . The amount of times I went to work pissed as a 16 year old 😂😂

Love it that my boyfriend is there in his younger days and featured quite a bit and he was 4 lbs over weight for Monday's national!

trying to throw someone out of a revolving door is pure slapstick.

Thanks for posting - was only taking about this series a few days back

I remember the Adelphi got so much stick from the public when this programme aired. Here they were, cashing-in on what was essentially a crisis. Meanwhile, many locals opened their homes to stranded racegoers, offering their spare bedrooms or whatever they could. The people of Liverpool were the real stars that weekend. The Adelphi just brought shame...

Been working in this hotel recently and the rooms are absolutely disgusting

This place has massively gone down it's almost sad. They heyday has long gone.

So pleased you uploaded the videos. You wouldn't have the rest coming up by any chance? RIP Brian Birchall - the duty manager as was. He passed on this year. Now urging people to ''Just cook will ya". In the next life.

Loved this when it was on telly. Think it was the first fly-on-the-wall series I watched. The manager is great, she really cares.

I used to love this, bonkers to think that pregnant girls kid is 25 or something now

Thanks for this its fun and I like the way the Manager handles things!

Eileen Downey is more scary than Norman Bates of Psycho.

I have some sympathy with the drunk guy at the end - you've booked a room, even presented yourself - albeit too early to have enter but nonetheless confirming you will be using the room - told to come back later then, upon coming back later told you in fact came back too late.

Omg Gail Platt! Scary to think she's only about 35 in this, all the 90s Corrie cast looked so old for their age

yayyyyyyyyy found another one ...more please ....lol

Disposable hotel charging so much for people in a vulnerable situation that manageress very abrupt.

Not seen this before , quite interesting!!!

I worked for Eileen in the late 90s as a chef in a hotel in Coventry, I don't mean to destroy her reputation but....she was really really nice and great to work for, I got on very well with her, Hope she's still OK.

The front of house manager suggesting her staff would mock a bomb threat - staff are trained on how to take bomb threat calls!!

I’d be ashamed, price gouging over a terrorist threat. Wow, what have we become!?

The bloke made a valid point

Gougers. And I've worked in hotels during the 80's and 90's. And to add, that receptionist committed the mortal sin of front desk... taking it personally.

Could you PLEASE upload more Episodes!!!

Not even 27 years ago and seems like another world

the reception girl's baby is now 24!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahh I loved this! Thanks for uploading, anyone know where I can find the full series?

That is Richard Whiteley in one of the clips

The drunk man was right! Disgusting behaviour from staff selling off people’s rooms and hiking up prices!

When they said come back to check in later, I don't think they meant 9 1/2 hours later, pissed.

The way Aintree treated the jockies was atricious.

95 quid a room imagine how much it is now

do you have any other episodes? my Dad watched it all the time, he's now 85. My husband recorded over his precious old VHS. Ive been looking for a copy for years. very grateful for these two episode though. thankyou!

It is a dive, but remember this from childhood so always stay there when in Liverpool. Paid £60 for my room last weekend

My question was answer, they do!

That receptionist was up Downeys ass.

Rudest staff I’ve ever seen in a hotel disgusting charging £45 for a mattress .....and it’s filthy now ..

RIP Richard Whiteley

Right dive. Lol The wave bar.

Disgraceful price- gouging, taking advantage of an emergency situation in order to profit from the misery of others. Shame on the Adelphi!

long live the 90s

Friend of mine, choc Thornton the jockey dancing in the disco, also dicky Johnson

Made no friends for the City of Liverpool did they? Ordinary people were opening their doors to folk and they made true friends for the City.

I have subscribed to your RU-vid channel

I would have thought it would be against health and safety rules to put the extra communal beds in the hall ?

Any more episodes?

I would stay on a park bench in the summer months as long I seen the sights of Liverpool which I wanted to see in the first place I wouldn't give a foot where I slept you could always find a cafe for breakfast & the toilets for a wash I went to Blackpool years ago and slept in the car because I couldn't find a B&B on my price range I could find plenty of B&Bs which were well expensive to my pocket I said f*** that I'd rather sleep in the car then pay that sort of money which I did

Fawlty Towers!

B-oo-k and other pronunciations are linked to 5th century southern German... Strange but true.

19-30 showing the man’s credit card details.

4:52 to you to me to me to you.....lol

What a stupid place to leave the key for the linen cupboard....why didn't they just hang it on a hook or behind reception ?

Wasn't the general manager Eileen Downey ob BBC watchdog?

I'm interested in the Adelphi from a much different angle , i.e.. The 1941 (Liverpool) Wartime Period. The... "Abelph !"...was a very Respectable Hotel. Open every night, etc, ... Regardless of the Air Raids /Falling Bombes /etc. Lots of "Hotty" , local, War Factory girls"...They flocked there, to meet-up with , the upper class, Soldiers, Sailors and Air Force Pilots, etc. It's popular Dance Band, Beautiful Dance floor, Comfy chairs, and slurpy Drinks, etc. They were Liverpool's best. If , for example ,YOU, were a junior war-officer type, and ,on leave, and ,looking for a Hot Chic, to BED ,with, ... All , before you eventually had to return back to your Unit/Ship/Bleny-Bomber/ thing,/etc. .. (and then also possible death etc.) ... Then The Adelphi was the best place to be ! PS. Above story stuff, is all in the Mini Series, that me and others, are presently developing. Don't hold your breath BUT don't miss it, either....

Crikey!!! How the staff took advantage. Also that kitchen looked really run~down. Just hope that "hotel" Is no longer open!!!!

The man should pay ed the room first

£95 for a single room in 1996 and the place was a shithole

Disgusting how they took advantage..why is the receiptionist haggling for someone to pay £250 ... thats repulsive and not funny

Do these women on reception work on commission or something!?

Hotel manageress a wicked woman !

Disgusting charging more when people need help.

6:02 now thats what you call cow eyes

yees

Cute jockeys

What a ripp off and did this not contravene fire regulations

i had worked in a hotel off and on for 18 years and you do have to put up with some vile people !

I can see they have the booking system "Lanmark Logistix". I have worked with that. 100 % DOS, but it could take a direct atomic war head hit and still run. :D LOL!

Shambles company...worked there before

What year was this aired?

Mrs downey certainly told her staff she did or job she wd mess about

Classy Scouse birds lol

Eileen Downey is to the hotel is what Brian Clough to football.

Yes rude customers also , I suppose all the staff are from Eastern Europe these days ?

Isn't eilean head of britannia hotels now?

And the rooms there haven’t been decorated since!

I'm confused how this woman still keeps getting work in the same field. It's obvious she's lousy at her job.

Stayed there a few times with the National Holidays coach company would recommend it to anybody for the location that is I know it's a bit tired and it could do with updating but it's only somewhere to get your head down it's not as though you're going to spend 90% of your time in the hotel is it it's Liverpool I've come to see not the hotel and it's cheap to see Liverpool every time I've been there it's been well busy if it was a s*** hotel it wouldn't be busy

God the staff were horrible

Been in the local paper again it's a s h I t h o l e 😫😫😫

I havw stayed at the britannia hotel in Scarborough (the grand) it wasn't that nice

So much for sympathy

Ive no idea why she makes me laugh if only she was the manager of britannia overall.she had very high standards

Who on earth got that pregnant?

Wow, the staff are absolutely horrible.

I bet eileen called in the bomb so she could get huge profits

Scumbags cashing in

the Adephi was a dump even in 1997 gosh.

Shameless exploitation, ‘you’ll never sleep alone’

Forgetful dairy workers be like 16:11

Horrible staff. Horrible hotel. Unless they've drastically improved their act they don't deserve a penny from any guests. Shameful greed with contempt for customers.

An offscreen video which has appalling quality. As for the Adelphi-it's a Britannia hotel, which is just about as bad as you can get in the UK.