The Hotel Inspector

Peter Mann has owned the Grand Hotel in Hastings for twenty years, but it's looking anything but grand.

66-year-old hotelier Michael Bissell invested his life savings in Beech House in Reading.

Lidy and Vincent Van Nulk run one of the shabbiest hotels Ruth has ever been to.

Deep in the wilds of Suffolk lies Butley Priory, the home of a part-time musician and former model.

Mark and Heidi Cowderoy own the Weyanoke Hotel and are losing money hand over fist.

Actor Robert Gray runs St Alfeges, a quirky 3-bedroom B&B in Greenwich.

Ruth heads to the Woodlands Lodge, a 16-bedroom country hotel set deep in the heart of the New Forest.