History Series / SecretDiaryOfACallGirl

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[[caption-width-right:285:Charming, perky, and NotSafeForWork.]]

A 2007–11 Creator/{{ITV}} drama starring Creator/BilliePiper. The show is based on the tell-all blog and later memoirs of the real Belle de Jour (aka Brooke Magnanti, [=PhD=].), a cancer scientist who became a call girl to [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney pay off her university debts]]. ([[StiffUpperLip In typical British fashion]], [[TheReveal when the author's identity was revealed]], the university that she worked for barely blinked an eye.)

Hannah Baxter is every bit the usual young single professional: educated, sophisticated, and a bit reserved. But unbeknownst to her family, she's not ''actually'' a legal secretary. She works as [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Belle de Jour]], a glamorous call girl with a massive price tag who adores her job. Along with her male best friend Ben (who has resigned himself to Belle's profession) and her rather over-eager sex-worker-in-training protegee Bambi, we get to see Hannah/Belle navigate her work, taking care of finances, dealing with customer retention and satisfaction issues, and attending interviews for "promotion". So basically, a WorkCom meets ''Series/SexAndTheCity''. And yes, this is a post-watershed show, so be prepared for [[FanService tits, ass, cocks, and fetishes a plenty]].

Belle loves her job. She has no moral qualms with having sex with men who are in monogamous relationships -- after all, she always cheated on her boyfriends as well. But her own wants and needs still make it difficult for her at times to stay professional. Throughout the series, she struggles with catering to fetishes she's not into, she finds it hard to make normal friends, she occasionally skips out on clients, and keeping everything a secret from her family isn't always easy.

Drew the ire of some critics and feminists [[LighterAndSofter for glamourizing the sex industry and showing it as safe and prestigious, while glossing over the drugs, violence, and exploitation that plague the trade]]. Other feminists praised the show for its powerful female character who is completely unashamed of her sexuality and uses it totally to suit her ends, though not always in an ethical way.

A very sexy 2007–11 Creator/{{ITV}} drama starring Creator/BilliePiper. The show is based on the tell-all blog and later memoirs of the real Belle de Jour (aka Brooke Magnanti, [=PhD=].), a cancer scientist who became a call girl to [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney pay off her university debts]]. ([[StiffUpperLip In typical British fashion]], [[TheReveal when the author's identity was revealed]], the university that she worked for barely blinked an eye.)

A very sexy 2007–11 Creator/{{ITV}} drama starring Creator/BilliePiper. The show is based on the tell-all blog and later memoirs of the real Belle de Jour (aka Brooke Magnanti, [=PhD=].), [[HotScientist a cancer scientist]] who became a call girl to [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney pay off her university debts]]. ([[StiffUpperLip In typical British fashion]], [[TheReveal when the author's identity was revealed]], the university that she worked for barely blinked an eye.)