![]() It is in episode 5, after Hannah has revealed her second life to Ben, that the show begins to really kick into gear, both in the stories it tells and how it tells them. The show meanders through this worldbuilding for the show’s first four episodes, building a relationship under the surface with best mate Ben ( Iddo Goldberg) almost as an afterthought. This allows the show to showcase the culture of the callgirl, something as foreign and fantastical to the common viewer as Middle Earth, requiring not only the rules and codew0rds but also reorienting the audience to see it, as Hannah does, as a fun and rewarding job. Secret Diary of a Callgirl is a show that takes its time building a world before diving into the complexities of its lead, letting Belle take us on a few simple adventures before we things get complicated. This was my first judgement when the show began in 2007: after viewing 3 episodes I saw it as genial but, ultimately, flat. Her enthusiasm for the sex trade seems too easy, too useful to build a series on, and because of the overwhelming influence of Bell’s voice it is hard to see the flaws in our lead. Upon watching the first few episodes of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, it is easy to believe that its lead character, Hannah Baxter and escort alter ego Belle de Jour ( Billie Piper), is a lightweight character a one-dimensional curator of escort anecdotes, offering tips and tricks of the trade for amusement and little else. Now, after the jump, I’ll take a deeper look at this salacious and appealing show… I’ll glance over the first season in this post, though I’ve screened the first three seasons already.Ī note: As Belle/Hannah uses ‘callgirl’, ‘escort’, ‘prostitute’ and ‘whore’ without judgement, I will endeavour to do the same. Part sex comedy, part educational tour of the call girl trade, and part character study, its a rather unique experience, albeit one that takes some effort at first to appreciate. It stars Billie Piper as Hannah Baxter, a young woman who works as a high-class call girl under the name Belle de Jour. Secret Diary of a Call Girl is a British half-hour series that just finished up airing its third season (or third ‘series’ in common British parlance).
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