Bella moves to Italy to set up a quintessentially British hotel in the town of Portofino.

Episode 1 of 6

Drama

Period Drama

Natascha McElhone and Anna Chancellor star in this decadent mystery drama set on the sun-drenched Italian Riviera. A rich businessman's daughter sets up a luxury hotel in Italy amidst the roaring 1920s and the creeping rise of fascism.


Hotel Portofino

Series 1

A rich businessman's daughter sets up a luxury hotel in Italy amidst the roaring 1920s.

Danioni worms his way into the Ainsworths' affairs and helps Cecil arrange the arrival of an heirloom.

Episode 2 of 6

The younger inhabitants of the hotel find ways to let their hair down, and Cecil and Jack shake hands on a rum deal for the sale of the Ainsworth heirloom.

Episode 3 of 6

Bella stands up to Signor Danioni and receives compromising correspondence to her husband from him, but the Ainsworth family heirloom then goes missing.

Episode 4 of 6

As the local police search the hotel for the missing heirloom and various guests and employees come under suspicion, Cecil finally confronts Bella.

Episode 5 of 6

The mystery of the missing heirloom is resolved and the police investigation closed as Cecil makes a surprising discovery about Danioni.