Watching Showtime

Billie Piper has graced several news blogs in the past week or so, and so rather than bombard you with a day full of all Billie Piper posts, I’m combining the news into this one longer post.

First and foremost, it looks like Lionsgate Entertainment has assigned a release date of June 30 to the second season of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl! This means you won’t have long to wait at all for more Belle!

It also turns out Billie’s siblings are embarrassed of her. They don’t talk about her successes and when they have friends over to the house, they take down pictures of her. But Piper claims to understand. “They find it embarrassing and I get that… they don’t want my success to become the topic of conversation.”

Finally, it turns out Billie’s a bit out of practice with her high heels. She was spotted heading into a London restaurant (pictured above) wearing some sky-high stilettos, but by the time she left, she was barefoot and carrying the black shoes with pink soles! Sounds like a girl after my own heart!

After fanning the flames of an early retirement, Billie Piper has decided to expand her television performances and is set to play a single mom in search of the father she’s never met on an ITV drama.

While studio heads aren’t releasing much info about the role, an insider had this to say:

“Billie’s character sees how the other half live and her old man comes to terms with life on the breadline,” the insider added.

Sounds like it could be a good next role for Piper – wouldn’t want her fans getting used to only seeing her as a fem-bot! Not that anyone’s complaining about Billie’s role as Belle, or her turn on Dr. Who – but to gain experience, she’ll need to take on meatier roles like this.

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For those not in the know, Secret Diary Of A Call Girl is based on a blog, that got turned into a book, written by an anonymous real-life call girl in Britain. And while I’d assumed she’d done some research into the role, it seems she hadn’t met the woman she’s portraying until a few simple days ago.

While the woman behind the series has distanced herself from the drama in order to keep her anonymity, Piper finally insisted on meeting her, and had this to say:

“She was great, she was very well turned out, very elegant, amazing rack (breasts)… (and) she was really well educated.”

Piper also completely understands the woman’s desire for anonymity: “She has a different profession now and she wants to keep her anonymity.”

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In other Billie news, she appeared on Access Hollywood to promote Call Girl, and took part in their Valentine’s Day special, helping women across America figure out the best saucy outfits to spice up their V-Day festivities.

SEASON 2: EPISODE 6

Since the break up with Alex, Belle is defiant and determined to concentrate on work. Belle agrees to go to a sex party at a big country estate with Bambi. For once, Belle lets her hair down and breaks her own rules by drinking on the job. As the evening progresses, she loses control of herself and the client turns on her. Belle and Bambi escape and have to find their way through the surrounding countryside. Ben drives miles to find them and they are relieved to be rescued. Feeling lost and vulnerable, Belle decides to go home with him.

Directed By: Peter Lydon
Written By: Rebecca Lenkiewicz

TVMA (S,L,D) - Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Content

SEASON 2: EPISODE 5

Today is the day Belle decides to come clean with Alex about what she does for a living. But before she sees him, she has an appointment with Blake, a young disabled man. Belle is nervous, but when the two slowly begin to find their groove, Alex unexpectedly walks in and finds Belle caught in the act. Alex finally puts all of the pieces together and rushes over to confront Ben (Iddo Goldberg) - did he know this whole time that she’s a prostitute?

Directed By: Peter Lydon
Written By: Nicole Taylor

TVMA (S,L,D) - Brief Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Content

“lunch or dinner”

“golf”

Belle (Billie Piper) returns as the charming, high-class call girl who is every man’s fantasy by night and by day, leads a seemingly ordinary life as “Hannah” to her friends and family. While out on a normal “appointment,” Belle mistakes an attractive man at a hotel bar for her client. When she realizes the mix-up, she meets her “actual” client who turns out to be more than she bargained for. New girl on the block Bambi (Ashley Madekwe) reaches out to Belle, who reluctantly doles out the realities of the business. Bambi repays her by hastily taking matters into her own hands. Unable to get Alex (Callum Blue), the attractive man she met at the bar, out of her mind, Belle decides to take a risk by accepting his call.

Directed By: Fraser MacDonald
Written By: Lucy Prebble

TVMA (L,D) - Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Content

Belle’s A Busy Girl

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Without much time before we officially meet Belle and her world on Secret Life Of A Call Girl, Showtime is releasing more and more sneak peeks. This time we get to meet Belle’s first client!

Looks like Showtime is finally letting us catch a glimpse of Belle, the star of The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl. I’m so excited for this show I can hardly stand it!

If they didn’t plan it, they couldn’t have been more lucky. Promotion for Showtime’s British imort Secret Diary of A Call Girl began last week, and it couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. With the latest American scandal focusing around Elliot Spitzer, promoting a show following an “undercover” call girl coudn’t have come at a better time! And now that they’ve got the web page up and running at Showtime, it won’t be long before we see tons more promo pics, cast and character bios, and even some episode hints. Seeing as the show already ran in England, there won’t be any intentional ties to this latest scandal, but you can bet many will draw comparisons.

I, for one, already have it set to record in my Tivo, and can’t wait to see how Hannah/Belle’s life plays out over the show’s episodes.

ps ~ For those curious about the real life diaries the show was based off, head on over to Bell De Jour, the real-life blog the book (and then the hit television show) was based off!!! Who knew people lived such racy and fabulous lives?!

Oh, good God. Have you seen this new preview for Showtime shows? It’s tremendous!