Claridge's

This three-part BBC series about the luxury hotel's remodelling project is reasonably interesting but functions more as an advert.

This was all to be done while the hotel remained open to guests, a logistical headache and an idea that every engineering firm but one turned down. None of these being available during the course of filming, the programme had to make do with David Walliams, here to tell us that he is a regular and a great fan of the hotel’s afternoon tea. One couple featured developed such an expensive mini-break habit that they declared happily: “We’ve got no savings, but we’ve got some fabulous memories.” Claridge’s, explained the wife, “is my cocaine”.