C4 visits Alpine hotel for Christmas doc
Broadcast, Marian McHugh • 2nd December 2024
Ten66 show has already been pre-sold to multiple territories
Love in the Flesh indie Ten66 Television is going behind the scenes of the upmarket Gstaad Palace hotel in the Swiss Alps for Channel 4.
Alpine Hotel At Christmas is a 60-minute single about a venue that during the Christmas period can charge as much as £18,000 per night for some rooms.
The Gstaad Palace is run by Andrea Scherz, whose family has owned it since 1938, and is one of the last hotels in Switzerland that closes between summer season and winter.
The doc has access to the hotel as it re-opens in December with the challenge of giving guests a world-class Christmas experience.
The film has already been pre-sold to multiple territories by Silverlining Rights, including to RTL (The Netherlands), SBS (Australia), (RSI (Switzerland) and MTV (Finland).
Alpine Hotel At Christmas is co-produced with GroupM Motion Entertainment and is funded through Group M and C4’s Diverse Indies Fund. It is exec produced by Ten66’s Rukhsana Mosam and Deep Sehgal for GroupM. Bill Bailey serves as producer and director.
Mosam said: “The film is a gorgeous snowy treat at Christmas, and a fascinating insight into the inner workings of an iconic establishment.”
Alpine Hotel At Christmas TXs on Sunday 8 December at 9pm on Channel 4.
