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Confessions of a Call Girl: Directed by E.J. Samuels. With Leslie Zemeckis, Amy Lindsay, Basil MacDonald, Charles Thomas. A call girl marries a politician only to have her secret life cause complications.
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- Leslie Zemeckis, Amy Lindsay, Basil Macdonald
- E.J. Samuels
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The series, set in London, revolves around the life of Hannah Baxter (Billie Piper), a young woman who lives a secret life as a call girl, under the pseudonym Belle. The series focuses on her professional and private lives and on complications that arise when these collide. She receives help and advice from her best friend Ben (Iddo Goldberg). In t...
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1. Billie Piper as Hannah "Belle" Baxter: a young, attractive university graduate who, under the pseudonym Belle, has made a name for herself as a successful high-end escort. Hannah is secretive about her job to her family and friends, pretending that she is a night-time legal secretary, although she thoroughly enjoys her work. 2. Iddo Goldbergas Ben: Hannah's best friend and former boyfriend from their university days. Ben is the manager of a London bar and is at first unaware of Hannah's re...
Recurring
1. Toyah Willcox and Stuart Organas Gail and Niall Baxter (series 1–2): Hannah's parents who are unaware of their daughter's profession. 2. Joanna Bobin as Jackie: Hannah's sister who is unaware of her sister's profession. Jackie is married and has an infant son. When she learns that her husband was unfaithful, she temporarily moves in with Hannah and has an affair with Ben. 3. Ace Bhattias Ashok (series 1–2): One of Belle's favourite regular clients until he chooses to see another escort. 4....
The rights to the blog were bought by Silverapples Media (Avril MacRory and Paul Duane), who co-produced the series with Tiger Aspect Productions. The series was initially developed with Channel 4 and when Channel 4 passed on the project, ITV took over. The series aired in a late-night 10pm slot, as part of ITV2's "XXL Thursday" programming block. ...
The series was first broadcast on 27 September 2007 on ITV2 in the United Kingdom. It was watched by 1.9 million, a record (which has since been beaten by Bionic Woman) for ITV2. In Canada, the first series began on Showcase on 22 November 2007. The second series debuted on The Movie Networkon 19 January 2009. In the United States, Showtime aired t...
The first series was released on 7 January 2008 on Region 2 DVD. Series 2 was released in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2009 and like the first series classified 18. On the same day, a four disc box set edition consisting of both series 1 and 2 was released.On both sets, much of the popular music was replaced due to high licensing costs. The entire...
Critical response
The series was mainly well received by critics, with Tim Goodman of The San Francisco Chronicle saying, "there's surprise at how much you've underestimated its quality." It was graded A− by Entertainment Weekly, which said, "you will find a rather fascinating drama." Entertainment Weekly also commented on Billie Piper's portrayal of Belle, saying, "Piper is extraordinary, intermittently talking right to the camera in a straightforward, conspiratorial manner, the way a prostitute who's really...
Criticism
The series was also accused of glamourising and being a misrepresentation of prostitution. Piper hit back at the claims saying, "We've only been exposed to the drug-fuelled, sex traffic side – but the fact is, there are middle-class, cultured, well-read women who take part in this job."
Ratings
The first series averaged 1,242,125 viewers in the UK. The following weekly viewership statistics are from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. The series premiered in the United States on Showtime to the highest ratings the cable channel had seen in four years for a television premiere. The series debut reached almost one million viewers, its closest rival, Dexter, premiered to 604,000. The showing held on to an impressive 70% of its lead-in audience that tuned in for the fourth-series...
On 8 April 2012, the Chilean network TVN premiered a remake called Diario secreto de una profesional (The secret diary of a professional).The show stars Fernanda Urrejola as Javiera García, who wor...A Dutch remake, called Dagboek van een Callgirl (Diary of a Call Girl), premiered on 26 March 2015 on Net 5. Sanne Langelaar portrays Anne, who secretly works as call girl Jolie. The story's settin...Secret Diary of a Call Girl at itv.com – United Kingdom official website on ITV(videos of episodes cannot be viewed from outside the UK)Secret Diary of a Call Girl – Official Website on Showcase(showcase.ca) (Canada) (menu provides link to its blog)Secret Diary of a Call Girl – Official website on Showtime(sho.com) (United States) (menu provides links to characters and their fan-edited "Wiki guides").Secret Diary of a Call Girl – official website on The Movie Network(Canada)Despite appearances of an idyllic life, there's one problem: Tory is secretly a high-class call girl. Tory Adams (Tamala Jones) is the perfect wife, mother, best girlfriend, and boss. Married...
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Confessions of a Call Girl. A woman struggles with a secret addiction while trying to keep her family together. Rent Confessions of a Call Girl on Fandango at Home, Prime Video,...
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Confessions of a Call Girl is a revealing story of a women's struggle for balance as she battles a secret addiction while fighting to save her family and find herself.
