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• Showtime's Secret Diary of a Call Girl is based on the blog "Belle de Jour." It is imported from Britain's ITV2 network, and was picked up for a third season on ITV.

  The Showtime season premiere is Sunday, January 18, 2009.

• Fast Facts

  1. Network: Showtime
  2. U.S. premiere: June 16, 2008
  3. Current season premiere: Sunday, January 18, 2009
  4. New episodes: Sundays at 10:30/9:30cOfficial Site: Secret Diary...
  5. Creator: Lucy Prebble
  6. Run time: 30 minutes
  7. Originally aired on: ITV2
  8. ITV2: Highest rated original show everThe New York Times: A Lighthearted Tale of Sex...
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  10. Showtime decided to air the original show with the original characters

• The Blog

  The blog "Belle de Jour" anonymously details the life of an escort in London. The blog began in 2003, and has continued since. The author had a column in the Daily Telegraph from 2005 to 2006 and has published two books to date, but has remained anonymous.

• Cast Information

  • Billie Piper as Belle
  • Ace Bhatti as Ashok
  • Iddo Goldberg as Ben
  • Callum Blue as Alex
  • Cherie Lunghi as Stephanie
  • Ashley Madekwe as Bambi

• Billie Piper Quote

  Regarding the second season: "We get to explore the Hannah side of her character. It's slightly less about the work, more about her as a person and how her vocation and her personal life collide, mainly because she falls in love for the first time in ages. And for the first time ever, she starts to question whether she's in the right profession, and whether she can carry on, because she's fallen for someone that's got no idea that she's a high-end hooker. So, there's more lies and deceit going on, and it's interesting to watch two worlds in a head-on collision."Seattlepi.com: Billie Piper Unzips... (January 17, 2009)

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