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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: Lions Gate
Salesrank: 6394
Released: January 6, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 6-JAN-2009
Media Type: DVD
Description of Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Season One:
Move over, Miley: There's another Hannah leading another, albeit way more provocative, double life. Her family and friends think she is a legal secretary, but this woman in the designer suit, known professionally to her clients as Belle, is, as she so delicately puts it, "a whore." Hannah/Belle isn't caught up in semantics. She's a very high-class London call girl who charges by the hour, and she charges a lot. "Be fabulous, but forgettable," she instructs early on about how to navigate hotel lobbies, but Billie Piper is anything but forgettable. Piper, best known as Rose Tyler, has gone from Dr. Who to Dr. Woo-Who! Based on an infamous blog and subsequent book, this British series is a cheeky insider's look at the world's oldest profession. It presents a much more glamorous picture than the grittier HBO reality series, Cat House, but like those happy hookers, Belle enjoys her work. "I love sex, and I love money," she directly tells viewers. But she does endeavor to keep her private and professional life separate. Not even her ex-boyfriend/now-best friend Ben (Iddo Goldberg) knows, which will change in episode five, and lead to an awkward close encounter when he insists on joining her on the job as part of a foursome. Piper's engaging presence and her posh-sounding British accent do take the edge off; the language is explicit, but the sex scenes are pure soft core. Several are played for laughs, but others do reach the desired hotness. Other than Hannah's conflicting feelings over Ben's impending marriage or her flirtation with taking her career to "the next step up the ladder" as a courtesan, there isn't too much drama in these eight episodes. But as a character study, Secret Diary of a Call Girl is of much more than prurient interest. --Donald Liebenson
Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Season One Reviews:
So-so I guess 
2009-11-03 - I didn't know what to expect when I ordered this show. I was looking for something different, I guess to keep me occupied while I waited for Lipstick Jungle, season 3. Not like I had imagined. In all honesty, i was curious as to what a "call girl" is and what her lifestle is like. The actor, Bille P., is very hard to understand because of her dialect. Sometimes I have to turn on the subtitles to comprehend what she is saying. I wish her English was more understandable. The episodes are short. Wish show took place here in the U.S, not England. Don't really care what goes on in England. Overall I guess it's okay.
Good Show 
2009-10-05 - Loved this show but now sure if showtime canceled it or not anyway well worth watching.
SUPERB Entertainment!
2009-08-01 - If you like cutting edge entertainment that leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat, your brain fully sated, then Secret Diary of a Call Girl is for you. The lead actress, Billie Piper has put herself into this 110% that you are SURE she truly is a high class call girl.
I have a good friend who in America, is a high class call girl, and I just wonder WHY they don't make it LEGAL and safe for the women. As long as they turn the other cheek, and make it illegal, they make it unsafe for the girls..
But that aside, I thoroughly enjoyed season one!
The reviewer, Dear Miss Mermaid, is the author of "HURRICANES & HANGOVERS (and other tall tales and loose lies from the coconut telegraph)
awesome!
2009-05-17 - As advertised. quick shipping. Did send email inquiring about ship date but never did hear back. Improved communication recommended.The 1st season was great entertaiment. Awaiting the release of season 2 in June!
Guilty pleasure
2009-04-06 - Season 2 is good but Season 1 is great. A fun show to own and watch again and/or share with friends.
