A Fife hotel is set to appear on Channel 4 series Four in a Bed.
The Laurel Bank Hotel in Markinch will feature on the reality show on Monday.
The programme sees B&B owners taking turns staying with one another and voting for the best venue.
Laurel Bank owner Lee Murray and assistant Emma Herd will represent the hotel on the show.
Laurel Bank ‘hopes to come across well’ as Fife hotel stars on Four in a Bed
Lee, who has run the hotel since 2020, told The Courier: “The production company emailed us to ask if we were interested and we said yes.
“We then went through an interview process.
“The whole thing took about three months, they first contacted us in February last year and it was filmed in June last year.
“We don’t have a clue about how we will look on the show, I don’t really watch it myself and have no idea about how we are going to come across.
“I am hopeful we come across well.”
Lee and Emma visited other sites in Glasgow, Sunderland and Blackpool with the show and rated each on areas including cleanliness, hospitality and facilities.
The 55-year-old said: “The other people came here to Laurel Bank first and we did drinks with them and we all spoke about our experiences.
“In the morning we did breakfast here and then we went on a day trip to Tarvit House in Cupar for a look around and we played a bit of hickory golf there.
“The next day we left here to get to Glasgow.
“We went to three other places – a glamping site in Glasgow and guest houses in Sunderland and Blackpool.
“If you go away when you’re in the industry, you always compare ideas, so it wasn’t dissimilar to that.
Laurel Bank owner on ‘strange’ filming experience for Four in a Bed
“You are paying attention a lot more – the other places were a bit different from us.
“We went in with open eyes and tried to be as honest as we could be without being disrespectful.
“The producers keep you apart when you’re not on camera so any conversation you have with the others is on camera.
“It is very strange but you get used to it. It is quite a long experience as it is two whole weeks, Monday to Friday.
“In between, we were trying to run the hotel. It was also the highland games that week, which is one of our busiest weeks at the hotel by a mile.
“It was a different couple of weeks but a great experience.”
Lee is planning to watch the show with his family but it will also be televised in the Laurel Bank bar and restaurant for customers to watch.
He added: “I hope it will be good for Markinch, for hospitality in the area.
“The industry has been going through a tough time so anything that shows hospitality in a good light is good and hopefully it will encourage people to stay here.
“I just hope it shows us in a good light or I will be devastated.”
Four in a Bed featuring The Laurel Bank will be on Channel 4 this Monday (October 28) at 5pm.
The show will also be available to stream on Channel 4 online.
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