Not Rated | 6 episodes | Period Drama | 2022
The Ainsworths have designed their Italian Rivera hotel to be the perfect spot for the English smart set to vacation, but they are not nearly as smart as they think they are. To start with, they are British citizens in Italy, at a time when Mussolini’s Fascists are on the rise.
The Ainsworths try to maintain political neutrality, but the local political boss’s shakedowns make it difficult in writer-creator Matt Baker’s six-episode “Hotel Portofino,” which makes its broadcast premiere on PBS.
Lily Fraser in “Hotel Portofino.” (BritBox)
Hotel in Fascist Italy
Running the English-speaking Hotel Portofino is Bella Ainsworth’s passion, whereas her wastrel husband Cecil merely considers it a usual excuse to ask money from her wealthy father. She adamantly insists that is no longer an option, so Cecil looks for other dodgy methods to raise funds….