Schitt's Creek meets Fawlty Towers in Afrikaans — and it's delicious chaos.
Season 5 • Episode 13
LatestThomas returns from the bush with big plans, while Ferdie prepares for his big honor. Brenda postpones her delivery while Danny and Melanie scramble to get Ferdie a present.
Fictionally in the heart of Mpumalanga, in the small town of Fransenburg, stands the Fransen Hotel. Once the town's pride. Once a beacon. Once. Now barely a one out of five star on Trip Advisor. Ferdie Kruger, the middle-aged hotel manager and his small-town staff, struggle to keep the substandard hotel's doors open.
Acting
Schalk Bezuidenhout's physical comedy is elite-tier.
Writing
Afrikaans wordplay that somehow lands in subtitles.
Production
The hotel set feels authentically, tragically lived-in.
Creators
Stiaan Smith, Bennie Fourie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hotel became a breakthrough for Afrikaans streaming content, proving regional comedies could find national audiences post-Afrikaans TV's decline.
The Fransen Hotel set was built inside an actual struggling guesthouse — the crew's renovations accidentally improved its real TripAdvisor rating.
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