*Cough* lose all cutesy preconceptions of Piper as Rose Tyler.
All right, all right. This one's a bit of a guilty pleasure. But Secret Diary of a Call Girl is one my all-time favourite TV programmes. Starring Billie Piper, the series follows the exciting escapades of a London call girl known as Hannah by day, and Belle by night.
It's clever, sexy, sarcastic and actually not as fictitious as you might think, because believe it or not it's based on a true story. Dr. Brooke Magnanti, the real Belle de Jour who revealed herself to the press in 2009, wrote the two autobiographical books that inspired the television series.
Contrary to the vicious slighting the show got for 'glamorising' prostitution, I feel that this interview between Piper and Magnanti really clears things up. Both of them call themselves feminists and have some interesting counter-arguments. Go girls! More power to ya!
You can watch all four series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl here, and you can check out Brooke Magnanti's blog here.
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