Television review: While Francis and John Brennan know what they are about, it isn’t their fault At Your Service returns with a fizz-free episode lacking drama
At Your Service review: Francis and John Brennan bring larger-than-life energy but the hotel show needs a revamp
Ireland has a strange relationship with hotels. On the one hand, trendy urbanistas decry them as a scourge upon society – only to inevitably complain when their pals fly in from abroad for a concert and can’t find a room at a decent price. But then there is the success of At Your Service , in which sibling hotelierscriss-cross the country giving straight-shooter advice to newcomers to the hospitality sector. Hate, love – with hotels, we just can’t make up our minds.
Uncharted with Hannah Fry: how numbers, graphs, maths and data are the secret sauce behind some of the biggest scandals The O’Connells say they are torn, and the Brennans fret that there are too many cooks and that the business will suffer as a result. The problem is that while these tensions are acknowledged by the family, we never see them on screen.
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