Thursday 16 June 2022 02:04 AM Squeaky trouser time for butlers at one of Britain's grandest hotels: ... trends now
The Savoy (ITV)
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999: Critical Condition (Channel 4)
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What-ho, Jeeves! Prepare for a spiffing reinvention. The finely tooled engine of the Wooster cranium is firing on all six cylinders, very much to your advantage.
‘Indeed, sir?’
Absolutely indeed, Jeeves. You shall buttle no more. Your buttling days are over.
‘Very good, sir. Although, if I might remind you, I am not a butler. I am a gentleman’s personal gentleman.’
I have been watching avidly, or in fact ‘bingeing’ as I believe the younger generation say, the new series of The Savoy (ITV). And let me tell you, butlers are a thing of the past
Piff! Tush and wiffle, Jeeves. I have been watching avidly, or in fact ‘bingeing’ as I believe the younger generation say, the new series of The Savoy (ITV). And let me tell you, butlers are a thing of the past.
‘That is concerning news, sir.’
Not in the tiddliest tiniest bit. From now on, your official designation is to be a Guest Experience Executive. Marvellous, what? I say, Jeeves . . . where are you going . . . come back!
Dear old Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, played to hilarious perfection by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in the early 1990s, would not recognise the modern Savoy.
Its prestigious butler service for the hotel’s grander suites has been rebranded. Head butler Sean Davoren is now the Guest Experience Manager, which sounds like a title given to a spotty part-timer punching tickets at Alton Towers.
Head butler of the Savoy Sean Davoren's catchphrase is: ‘As long as it’s legal, we’re going to be doing it for you.’
Sean is the Guest Experience Manager, which sounds like a title given to a spotty part-timer punching tickets at Alton Towers
Sean’s catchphrase is: ‘As long as it’s legal,
