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Episode 1

Episode Number: 1    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Monday June 16, 2008    Prod Code: n/a
Meet Belle, a high-priced high-class prostitute who explains her life and her adventures. She meets with her clients and runs into some problems when she breaks her own rules.

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Writer: Lucy Prebble
Director: Yann Demange
Star: Cherie Lunghi (Stephanie),  Iddo Goldberg (Ben),  Billie Piper (Belle/Hannah)
Guest Star: Keira Malik (Tanya),  Maggie Lloyd-Williams (Yolanda),  Emily Butterfield (Rachel),  Lydia Fox (Estate Agent),  Tom Mison (Daniel),  Tom Mannion (Horsey Man)

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The show aired for the first time in the US on Showtime, and it was stated by Showtime's president of entertainment, Robert Greenblatt, that it was bought in rather than remade due to it being harder to find actors in the US comfortable with the nudity, as it is traditionally a more puritanical country than the UK. (edit)
This episode originally aired on ITV2 on Thursday September 27th 2007. (edit)
The series story concept is based on The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl by Belle de Jour. (edit)

Quotes

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Belle: Work out what the client wants as fast as you can and give it to him. (edit)
Stephanie: (Passes a sketch) Now, ugly mugs. This gentleman has been all over town with fraudulent money. Shiny notes. He tried it on one of Bruce's girls, she said he spoke with an accent.
Yolanda: Eastern European.
Tanya: You can't say that, no! It's racist.
Yolanda: You can't be fucking racist if it's Eastern Europeans.
Hannah: You can be prejudiced.
Yolanda: I'm fucking prejudiced then.
Hannah: Right, then we're all agreed.
Tanya: They are my people!
Yolanda: Well that's funny how you're listed as Swedish on the site, isn't it? (edit)
Hannah: Where's Fiona?
Rachel: Apparently her bloke saw the photo of her on the internet. Recognized the underwear he bought her for Christmas.
Yolanda & Tanya: No!
Hannah: Maybe I should get my pictures more pixilated.
Stephanie: No one is getting more pixilated! Christ, they can barely make out your gender as it is. (edit)
Belle: Escort, hooker, prostitute, whore, I don't mind what you call me; that's just semantics. (edit)
Belle: My sister is nine months pregnant, she looks like a Volvo. (edit)

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Belle: Maybe the fourth season of The West Wing.

The West Wing (1999-2006) was a drama series about a fictional American presidential administration. (edit)
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Episode 1
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It shows the inner workings or a high classed London based call girl.
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