Secret Diary Of A Call Girl - Series 1 to 3 DVD Box Set

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Starring Billie Piper (‘Dr Who’), this playful, sexually-charged comedy drama follows Hannah, a respectable graduate who lives a double life. By day, she works as a legal secretary - getting by in a life that lacks a certain extra ‘sparkle’.

But by night, she becomes Belle - a witty, intelligent and ruthless call-girl. Belle will do anything to satisfy her clients’ odd - and, at times, hilarious - sexual needs, but when she meets a handsome young man, she must finally ask what it is that she needs for herself?

Belle has a glamorous, lavish lifestyle and is well-paid for her services. Hannah, meanwhile, is wonderfully normal - a well-liked, sweet girl. Belle fights to keep these two lives separate, but is she at heart the dark dominatrix, or a struggling legal secretary? With the man of her dreams in front of her, will she be able to make her choice in time?

Written by acclaimed playwright Lucy Prebble (‘ENRON’) and adapted from Belle De Jour’s blogs and books of the same name, ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ finds just the right blend of comedy and drama, and - importantly - has real substance beneath all of it’s sexualised stylings. Yes, there’s some shock value - men who like to be babies springs to mind! - but ultimately, Piper’s effortless performance brings a bit of depth to the proceedings.

At heart, this isn’t a show about prostitution, or the seedy, criminal world of the sex trade - it’s a wonderfully empowered, very human character piece, which is flat-out TV entertainment at its best. Perhaps most impressively of all, the show never apologises for its controversial subject-matter - the perfect match for a character who never apologises for her lifestyle.

‘Secret Diary’ is a show that’s been called ‘the UK Sex and the City’, but that really fails to do it justice. It’s a show that, through subtle and intelligent writing, uses sex and the sex trade to illuminate and illustrate character - we can all relate to Hannah, and we’re not all Belle’s by night! Instead, we understand her the conflict of her double life and the irony that, at the end of the day, she knows what men want but can’t say the same for herself!

This gorgeous six disc box set includes the first three series in their entirety - the perfect way to catch up on this funny, charming, witty and stylish hit drama.