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Line 3: {{quote\| ''"The first thing you should know about me is that I'm a whore."''}} After two seasons on ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]]'', actress [[Billie Piper]] burst out as a TV star, UK's sweetheart, and the de facto [[Girls Need Role Models\|role model for a nation's worth of little girls]]. Obviously, someone's [[Typecasting]] alarm got tripped; [[Hotter and Sexier\|and she traded in the role of the sweet, girl-next-door time-traveling companion for that of the sweet (-ish), girl-next-door ''prostitute'' (sorry, escort/call girl)]]. By day, Hannah is every bit the usual young single professional: educated, sophisticated, and a bit reserved; [[Naughty Byby Night\|by night]] (and sometimes in the day too, if the client pays extra), she is [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French\|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 day/night, taking care of finances, dealing with customer retention and satisfaction issues, attending interviews for "promotion"... So basically, a [[Work Com]] meets [[Sex and ~~The~~the City]]. And yes, this is a post-watershed show, so be prepared for [[Fan Service\|tits, ass, and fetishes a plenty]]. [[Internet Backdraft\|Drew the ire of some critics and feminists]] [[Lighter and Softer\|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 [[Ethical Slut\|completely unashamed of her sexuality and uses it totally to suit her ends]]. Line 15: Based on the tell-all blog and later memoirs of the real Belle de Jour (aka Brooke Magnanti, [[PHD]].), [[Hot Scientist\|a cancer scientist who became a call girl]] to pay off her university debts. [[Stiff Upper Lip\|In typical British fashion]], [[The Reveal\|when her identity was revealed]], the university that she worked for barely blinked an eye. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This show provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Actor Allusion]]: In series 4, episode 5, Belle posts a notice on her website saying "Call now for a classic English Rose.". Perhaps this is an allusion to her role as Rose Tyler in [[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]]. Seems too coincidental not to be. * [[Betty and Veronica]]: The series finale has elements of this, with Belle faced with choosing between Ben (Betty) and Harry (Veronica). {{spoiler\|In the end, she chooses neither.}} * [[Bilingual Bonus]]: "Belle De Jour", although frankly you don't need to be ''that'' bilingual (a few <s>days</s> ''hours'' of French should do the trick). Line 26: * [[Fan Service]]: It's Showtime and ITV, what do you expect? * [[Hide Your Pregnancy]]: Billie Piper was pregnant during filming of the second series. It wouldn't make much sense to have a pregnancy written in, so they instead put her in unflattering and baggy dresses. It is actually quite noticeable if you know to look for it. * [[High -Class Call Girl]] * [[Lipstick and Load Montage]]: The opening credits. * [[No Fourth Wall]]: What is this "fourth wall" of which you speak? * [[Pretty in Mink]]: One episode has her wearing a short, white rabbit cape. * [[Role Association]]: [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~\|Rose Tyler]] is turning tricks for Gabrielle Benson, where she ends up servicing [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~\|the Eleventh Doctor]], while desperately trying to keep boyfriend [[Dead Like Me\|Mason]] from finding out. * [[Secret Identity]]: The main character goes by her real name "Hannah" in everyday life and "Belle" for her work as a call girl. ** "Bambi" is also an alias. In season 3, her real name is revealed to be Gloria. * [[~~Upperclass~~Upper Class Twit]]: Byron is an example of this, though he is shown to genuinely love and care for Bambi. * [[Undisclosed Funds]]: We never really find out what Belle's rate is, except that "She charges by the hours and charges a lot" ** Subverted, as she disclosed it half-way through Series 1 (It's £105,000/year, by the way). Line 45: [[Category:British Series]] [[Category:Secret Diary of a Call Girl]] [[Category:TV Series]]