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On 15 November 2009, the real Belle du Jour, whose memoirs were the basis for this series, revealed her true identity to be Dr. Brooke Magnanti, a research scientist and former prostitute from Bristol.
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Good first season, disappointing later seasons.
Where the first season had a self confident Belle giving us an insight into the world of a call girl, the second and third season seems to be more like a bad soap opera, about love and uncertainty with a bumbling Belle making all kinds of mistakes. After having seen only a few season two episodes, I was starting to get really disappointed. The "based on the book" part seems to be only true for the main character, and only at the surface. The witty, powerful and strong Belle had crumbled to become a superficial character. The interview between Billie Piper and the real Belle also showed how far the character has strayed from the real life Belle in the second series. The third season doesn't fare much better than the second. I'd say that's an opportunity lost by the writers of this series, which unfortunately is more and more often the case with TV series nowadays.
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Based on the popular diary of the anonymous sex worker known only as Belle de Jour. Based on the popular diary of the anonymous sex worker known only as Belle de Jour. Based on the popular diary of the anonymous sex worker known only as Belle de Jour.
Thug : So... I'm... I think I want it in missionary? I think? Well...
Belle : Don't be. Spit it out your desires. Be free. I'm all yours tonight. Do me what you want.
Thug : Allright. I want to fuck you with my cock until you cum. I wanna put a dynamite to your pussy and make you explode with orgasm! I wanna fuck you from behind and eat your shit! I want you to suck my coc...
Belle : OK! I got it! Well... How about we start from the fucking me from behind?

Guest Billie Piper during filming of The Graham Norton Show at The London Studios in south London.
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Actress Billie Piper has revealed she was mistaken for a real-life prostitute after a stint playing one for a TV role.
The star, 30, said the confusion arose after she moved to the countryside following her role in ITV2 drama Secret Diary Of A Call Girl.
Piper told BBC1 chat show host Graham Norton that she had even been introduced as "the prostitute" when visiting the US.
The mother-of-two starred in four series of Secret Diary, adapted from a blog written under the pseudonym "Belle de Jour", who was later revealed to be research scientist Brooke Magnanti.
Piper, speaking in an interview to be screened on tomorrow's Graham Norton Show , said the role has confused some people.
"When I moved to the country people thought I was a genuine prostitute. It happens all the time," she said.
"It happened recently in America, where they tend to introduce people with a little biography, and I was introduced as 'the prostitute'."
Piper who had a teenage career as a chart star with hits such as "Because We Want To" said her sons, aged four and eight months, had yet to hear any of her songs.
"They haven't. There is plenty of time for that," she said.
She said she was not ashamed of her days in the music business, but added: "I just don't like to think about it."
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Piper said she did not enjoy pregnancy. "It's stressful and wearing.
"You're either one of those people that love and embrace it, or you find it frustrating and uncomfortable and I was that girl. It pushed me to the edge," she added.
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Billie Piper is getting ready to dress up, strip down and get paid to fulfill men's fantasies between the sheets — on screen, at least. In Showtime's Secret Diary of Call Girl, the U.K. native and new mother has her hands full as a high-end escort in London, walking the line between her public persona as Hannah and her private profession, where clients know her as Belle.
Piper, who began her career in England as a pop star, has tackled a range of roles since segueing into acting, from Fanny Price in Mansfield Park to Rose Tyler in Doctor Who. At the start of her second season as Belle (Secret Diary premieres Sunday, Jan. 18/10:30 pm/ET), TVGuide.com caught up with her to find out where Hannah's exploits will pick up, if her character will ever find love and how Piper will bring even more to the show for Season 3. Stay tuned for Part II of our chat with her next week.
Billie Piper is getting ready to dress up, strip down and get paid to fulfill men's fantasies between the sheets — on screen, at least. In Showtime's Secret Diary of Call Girl , the U.K. native and new mother has her hands full as a high-end escort in London, walking the line between her public persona as Hannah and her private profession, where clients know her as Belle.
Piper, who began her career in England as a pop star, has tackled a range of roles since segueing into acting, from Fanny Price in Mansfield Park to Rose Tyler in Doctor Who . At the start of her second season as Belle ( Secret Diary premieres Sunday, Jan. 18/10:30 pm/ET), TVGuide.com caught up with her to find out where Hannah's exploits will pick up, if her character will ever find love and how Piper will bring even more to the show for Season 3. Stay tuned for Part II of our chat with her next week.
TVGuide.com: Congratulations! I hear you have some big news, off-camera? Billie Piper: I have a new baby, so it's all quite full-on at the moment. You spend a lot of time awake! I think the worst of the bad sleeping is drawing to an end... . His name is Winston.
TVGuide.com: In the meantime, Secret Diary is returning. Where do we pick up in the second season? Piper: We get to explore the Hannah side of her character. It's slightly less about the work, more about her as a person and how her vocation and her personal life collide, mainly because she falls in love for the first time in ages. And for the first time ever, she starts to question whether she's in the right profession, and whether she can carry on, because she's fallen for someone that's got no idea that she's a high-end hooker. So, there's more lies and deceit going on, and it's interesting to watch two worlds in a head-on collision.
And then, her relationship with [her best friend and former boyfriend] Ben — actually something big happens in the second season with her and Ben, which is quite — twisted [laughs].
TVGuide.com: Uh-oh. I was praying that the breakup with his fiancée would leave the door open for them as a couple. Is that something they're going to explore? Piper: I know! They're ideal for one another. But some big stuff goes down with them, and their relationship is on the line yet again, and it's as tempestuous and mad as it always is. And then you get your different clients, with his different needs and desires every week. So we're still pushing boundaries with the clients and more factual, fascinating client stories.
TVGuide.com: Are all of the client scenarios [in which we meet Belle's Johns] derived directly from the original book [the autobiography that the series is based on]? Or are they extrapolated into their own at this point? Piper: They're all from the horse's mouth, so to speak, but they're not all from the book and Belle herself. Some of them have originated from other sources. We've met with various high-end hookers, and they've told us their stories and we've incorporated them into our stories ... If we were to make these things up, I think it would be slightly irresponsible.
TVGuide.com: There were several refrains throughout the first season, one being why Belle is doing this. Is she going to question more of that? Piper: She certainly questions it more in Season 2. In Season 1 when you meet her, she's not that far into her profession, she's quite green and quite new. It's very hard to live a dual life, to hide a massive part of your existence from people that you love. And she comes into trouble with that.
TVGuide.com: Why do you think she pursues prostitution? Piper: I think it has to do with power, and control and the fact that she enjoys turning men on, and that they like her and they're fascinated by her ... And the other part is the cash. She has this kind of great pad, and these amazing clothes, and I think she's seduced by all of that. And that fact that she can order men around, the whole thing is one big turn-on for her. And I also think she just prefers the company of men ... it's good for some people's egos. But I think there's something in her personality that few of us possess, which is that ability to emotionally disconnect from sex. Often I'm asked, 'Do you not think this show is advocating prostitution?' It's like, well, if we all had that ability to emotionally disconnect, I think far more of us would be having sex for cash. We can't . It's not something all of us can do.
TVGuide.com: Now that Season 2 has wrapped, are there any other professional projects you're pursuing or dreaming of? Piper: We'll start Season 3 at the end of March. I think I'm going to be executive producing.
TVGuide.com: That's great news. Piper: It's cool, I'm really excited. And so, I'll be doing pre-production, working on scripts. But I'm going to wait for the right thing to come along and until that happens, spend time with my son ... I don't really want to rush into anything that isn't right or doesn't inspire me.
TVGuide.com: Do you see yourself moving toward producing roles? Piper: I would love to produce. So, it's ideal having this exec producing role on the season, because it's a way for me to cut my teeth, and learn the ropes and be more involved. And in the future, maybe start something up myself with my husband.

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By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 08:58 BST, 1 November 2010
She's been filming the new series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl over the past few months.
And it seems Billie Piper is starting to get slightly tired of donning her incredibly sexy tiny outfits when the temperature is getting colder and colder in London.
The 28-year-old actress was wearing just a miniscule pair of black leather hotpants and a sheer low-cut shirt as she shot the final scenes of the show alongside co-star Paul Nicholls.
Bored Billie: Ms Piper struggles to hide her discomfort as she films some of the final scenes for Secret Diary Of A Call Girl
Freezing: Billie was struggling to cope in the cold weather in her tiny oufit
Pulling a face as a stylist attended to her outfit, Billie was clearly keen to finish her work day, and appeared to be desperate to go home.
But, ever the gentleman, Nicholls came up with a good idea of how to keep his co-star warm when he handed her a whiskey flask in between takes.
Billie has been filming the new series of the ITV2 at a series of locations in London over the past month.
She swapped her role as Doctor Who companion Rose Tyler to star in the show about the high-end prostiture, based on the real-life blog by research scientist and sex worker Dr Brooke Magnanti.
Warming up: Billie's co-star Paul Nicholls hands her a whiskey flask to keep her warm in between takes
However, despite Billie's usually highly-polished look on set, the show has been criticised for 'glamourising' prostitution, and was slammed by the Archbishop of York last year for misleading viewers over the reality of the industry.
But Bille, who's been married for almost three years to actor Laurence Fox, won't have to worry about any moral dilemma surrounding Secret Diary for much longer.
She recently revealed that this series of the show, which she will reportedly receive £400,000 for appearing in, will be her last.
'I'm not sure it has legs past four seasons so we're trying to develop a movie,' she said.
Producers began discussing a big screen version after the series proved to be a ratings winner for ITV2 and also became a hit in the US and Canada.
The fourth series of the show will be shown on ITV2 from January.
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