The Hotel Inspector is an observational documentary television series which is broadcast on the British terrestrial television station, Channel 5, and by other networks around the world. Since 2008, each episode sees celebrated hotelier and businesswoman Alex Polizzi visit a struggling British hotel and try to turn its fortunes by giving advice and suggestions to the owner. Between 2005 and 2008, Ruth Watson was featured in this role. Series overview Series Episodes Originally airedSeries premiereSeries finale 1 3 29 September 2005 13 October 2005 2 8 6 July 2006 24 August 2006 3 10 6 September 2007 8 November 2007 Revisited 5 21 May 2008 18 June 2008 4 6 10 June 2008 15 July 2008 5 8 6 July 2009 24 August 2009 6 6 22 July 2010 26 August 2010 7 8 18 April 2011 6 June 2011 8 8 3 October 2011 21 November 2011 9 10 5 July 2012 6 September 2012 Returns 4 18 July 2013 8 August 2013 10 8 6 February 2014 27 March 2014 Returns 4 25 June 2014 16 July 2014 11 8 9 April 2015 28 May 2015 Returns 4 1 September 2015 22 September 2015 12 8 1 June 2016 20 July 2016 Returns 2 30 August 2016 6 September 2016 13 5 27 June 2017 25 July 2017 Checking In, Checking Out 4 5 September 2017 17 December 20171475 June 201817 July 20181586 June 201910 December 201916810 June 20215 August 202117816 June 202211 August 202218410 October 202331 October 2023191228 March 202427 June 202420817 July 202511 September 202521826 February 202621 May 2026

Episodes Series 1 (2005)

Series 2 (2006)

Series 3 (2007)

The Hotel Inspector: Revisited (2008) This is a miniseries consisting entirely of revisits to hotels featured in the previous three series.

Series 4 (2008) Series 4 premiered on 10 July 2008 at 9 pm on Five, with the spin-off series, The Hotel Inspector Unseen following on Fiver at 10 pm. Series 4 saw Alex Polizzi replace Ruth Watson as The Hotel Inspector.

Series 5 (2009)

Series 6 (2010) Alex Polizzi returned as the show's host in this series.

Series 7 (2011) Series 7 started on 18 April 2011 on Channel 5. This was believed to be Polizzi's final series, according to a tweet she made on her official Twitter page, thus putting the future of the show in jeopardy. However, it was revealed in September 2011, that The Hotel Inspector would return on 3 October 2011.

The same graphics had been used as in previous series but a reworked new theme tune was adopted. This was the first time in the show history that the theme tune was altered. The show also had a competition advertised during the show breaks. Prizes included trips to the Maldives, a Holiday in a castle in Ireland & a luxury break in Mauritius.

In the table below the viewing figures have been supplied via BARB.

Series 8 (2011) Series 8 started on 3 October 2011 on Channel 5. Alex Polizzi returned with the new series. The same graphics and theme tune adopted for series 7 remained for this series. The viewer competition remained with holidays for spa breaks in the New Forest being just one of the competition prizes.

The opening episode opened with just over 1 million viewers, lower than the opening episode of the previous series.

In the table below the viewing figures have been supplied via BARB.

Series 9 (2012)

The Hotel Inspector Returns (2013) This series consists of four episodes returning to previous locations was announced in June 2013 and started airing 18 July 2013 on channel 5.

Series 10 (2014)

The Hotel Inspector Returns (2014) A series consisting of four episodes returning to previous locations commenced on 26 June 2014. Viewing figures are from BARB and include Channel 5+1.

Series 11 (2015) The viewing figures in the table below are supplied via BARB, they include Channel 5+1.

The Hotel Inspector Returns (2015) A series consisting of four episodes returning to previous locations commenced on 1 September 2015. Viewing figures are from BARB and include Channel 5+1.

Series 12 (2016) The twelfth series of The Hotel Inspector started airing 8 June 2016 on Channel 5. The viewing figures in the table below are the Channel 5 total weekly viewers supplied via BARB.

The Hotel Inspector Returns (2016) A series consisting of three episodes returning to previous locations commenced on 30 August 2016. Viewing figures are from BARB and include Channel 5+1.

Series 13 (2017) Viewing figures are from BARB and include Channel 5+1.

Hotel Inspector: Checking in, Checking Out (2017) A series consisting of four episodes returning to previous locations commenced on 8 September 2017. Noticeably within the episodes produced, normal 'The Hotel Inspector Returns' title cards were used, not the 'Checking In, Checking Out' title as used in programme listings. Viewing figures are from BARB and include Channel 5+1. There was a small hiatus within the series, with the last two episodes being shown at 3am and 4am on 17 December respectively.

Series 14 (2018)

Series 15 (2019)

Series 16 (2021)

Series 17 (2022)

Series 18 (2023)

Series 19 (2024)

Series 20 (2025)

Series 21 (2026) The Twenty-first series of The Hotel Inspector began airing on 26 February 2026 at 9.00pm on Channel 5.

References

External links The Hotel Inspector at channel5.com The Hotel Inspector: Revisited at channel5.com