Secret Diary of a Call Girl is a tv series starring Billy Piper based on the infamous real life blog of a london call girl. We can make a distinction between 'prostitute' and 'call girl' by the amount of income she can command. One offers a quick shag for the desperate sod whilst the other delivers a more complete experience for the gentleman of taste. Belle, as she is known, is the ultimate tart with the heart. No, she isn't selling herself because of an addiction or anything like that. She just enjoys sex and likes the very high pay but very little hours. Perhaps this point of view is difficult to comprehend without passing judgement but each to their own.
The series explores various issues that come about, mainly how her profession hinders her ability to form relationships and the various reasons why clients would want a call girl. She is an extremely private person who has to keep her life anonymous so it becomes tricky meeting a genuine lover that isn't the kind that pays. It becomes quite confusing.
And people don't find call girls just for the sex. It's strange, but often they want the 'girlfriend experience' or something weird that they feel they can't tell anyone. Either loneliness or repression.
There are plenty of raunchy scenes but they are not as explicit as you would expect. My criticism would be that the entire show seems to have been shot in a slight soft lens, and I am not sure if that work because it's very day-time soapies. I think Billy Piper is fantastic in this, and did a really good job of portraying the character of Belle and the complicated relationship she has with her best friend who is about to get married but it's all very complicated....
Anyhow, do download and watch if you're bored or interested. Don't buy it otherwise someone might mistaken you for hoarding porn when really, you're way too classy for that, aren't you?
