Series synopsis
Hotel Portofino is a British mystery drama television series that premiered on BritBox on January 27, 2022. It was created by Adam Wimpenny. It stars Natascha McElhone, Anna Chancellor, Mark Umbers and Oliver Dench.
1920s, the Italian Riviera: British matriarch Bella Ainsworth runs a hotel for wealthy travellers while navigating personal challenges, family drama, and the rise of Fascism.
Premise
1920s, the Italian Riviera: British matriarch Bella Ainsworth runs a hotel for wealthy travellers while navigating personal challenges, family drama, and the rise of Fascism.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Natascha McElhone as Bella Ainsworth
- Anna Chancellor as Lady Latchmere
- Mark Umbers as Cecil Ainsworth
- Oliver Dench as Lucian Ainsworth
- Louisa Binder as Constance March
- Pasquale Esposito as Vincenzo Danioni
- Imogen King as Melissa de Verde
- Carolina Gonnelli as Paola
Supporting cast
- Louis Healy as Billy Scanlon
- Daniele Pecci as Count Carlo Albani
- Rocco Fasano as Gianluca Bruzzone
- Olivia Morris as Alice Mays-Smith
- Elizabeth Carling as Betty Scanlon
- Lily Frazer as Claudine Pascal
- Claude Scott-Mitchell as Rose Drummond-Ward
- Lucy Akhurst as Julia Drummond-Ward
- Assad Zaman as Dr Anish Sengupta
- Lorenzo Richelmy as Roberto Albani
- Camilla Rutherford as Amelia Jackson
- David Schofield as George Livesey
Guest cast
- Bethan Cullinane as Lizzie Wingfield
- Adam James as Jack Turner
- Glen McCready as Henry Bowater
- Maya Ramadan as Lottie Mays-Smith
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 19 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | December 2, 2023 | December 2, 2023 |
| Season 1 | 6 | January 26, 2022 | January 27, 2022 |
| Season 2 | 6 | November 7, 2024 | December 13, 2024 |
| Season 3 | 6 | November 8, 2025 | December 14, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hotel Portofino - Touring Portofino Executive producer Walter Iuzzolino offers a behind-the-scenes tour of the art, architecture, food, beaches and secret romances in the village of Portofino, Italy -- the setting for the series "Hotel Portofino." |
December 2, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First Impressions Bella moves to Italy to set up a quintessentially British hotel in the town of Portofino. |
January 27, 2022 |
| 2 |
Lessons Danioni worms his way into the Ainsworth’s affairs. |
January 27, 2022 |
| 3 |
Invitations The younger inhabitants of the hotel find ways to let their hair down. |
January 27, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Returns Bella’s plans to build a spa are running over budget and the Hotel is facing an anonymous inspection, while she deals with an unexpected return from someone closer to home. |
November 8, 2024 |
| 2 |
Alliances As Cecil tries to buy his way back into Bella’s affections, and Lucian and Constance acknowledge their mutual attraction, Nish aims to strike a blow against Mussolini’s Fascists. |
November 15, 2024 |
| 3 |
Comings Together Cecil becomes embroiled with gangsters who have taken over the local casino. With Nish on the run and now being hunted by Danioni, Bella and Lucian must help him avoid arrest. |
November 22, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Entitled Bella is taken aback when Cecil shows up and recommends a divorce; Alice meets Carlo, who has moved on to a new woman; Constance encounters a charming local. |
November 9, 2025 |
| 2 |
Proposals Bella announces the news of her divorce to her family when Marco proposes; Constance talks to Vito about Tommy; Alice is heartbroken at Carlo's rejection; Billy and Lucian make a return to Portofino. |
November 16, 2025 |
| 3 |
Realisations Lucian is cold with Constance; George threatens to withdraw money from the hotel, so Bella begins a new business; Cecil and Bella start to build bridges, but they get some shocking news. |
November 23, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BritBox |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 27, 2022 |
| Last aired | December 14, 2025 |
| Runtime | 54 minutes |
| Status | continue |