Secret Diary of a Call Girl
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| Secret Diary of a Call Girl | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Lucy Prebble |
| Starring | Billie Piper |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV2 |
| Original run | 28 September 2007 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
Secret Diary of a Call Girl is a British television show on ITV2, based on the blogs of London call girl Belle de Jour. The rights to the blog were bought by Silverapples Media (Avril MacRory and Paul Duane), who co-produced the show with Tiger Aspect Productions. The series was initially developed with Channel 4 and when they passed on the project, ITV took over.[citation needed]
Billie Piper plays the lead role of Belle, the eponymous call girl. The series began on Thursday 27 September 2007 at 10pm, as part of ITV2's XXL Thursday programming block. It is currently being repeated on Wednesdays on ITV1.
Billie Piper will return for the second season in 2008, which "will see Belle's life get more complicated."[1] Filming for the second season began in May of 2008, despite Piper being in the early stages of pregnancy. The show is intending to bypass this by using a body double when required.
The series has been commissioned for a third season, even before the second season has been aired. Filming is expected to begin at the start of 2009, once Piper has given birth to her child.[2]
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[edit] Episodes
[edit] International airings
The show began its run on Showcase Television in Canada on November 22, 2007.
In the United States, Showtime will air the first season's eight half-hour episodes beginning in June 2008, with a commitment for an additional 12 episodes.[citation needed] Robert Greenblatt, Showtime's president of entertainment, initially considered buying format rights and recasting it with American actors, but he ultimately decided that the original was "fantastic"; Greenblatt also noted that "it's very hard to find American actresses who are comfortable doing nudity."[3]
In Sweden, Channel 5 started to air the series in early April 2008.
In New Zealand, Prime started to air the series at 9:30pm Thursday, 1 May 2008.
In Latin America, VH1 started to air the series at 10:00pm Monday, 5 May 2008, under the name "Diario de una Prostituta" (Diary of a Prostitute).
In France, Téva started to air the series on May 10, 2008.
[edit] DVD release
The first season was released on 7 January 2008.[4] Several of the backing tracks that were used in the television series were not in the DVD, mainly because of licensing issues.[citation needed]
[edit] Viewing figures
The first series averaged 1,242,125 viewers. The following weekly viewership statistics are from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board:[5]
| Episode number |
Date of first broadcast |
Total viewers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 September 2007 | 1,997,000 |
| 2 | 4 October, 2007 | 1,475,000 |
| 3 | 11 October, 2007 | 1,098,000 |
| 4 | 18 October, 2007 | 1,108,000 |
| 5 | 25 October, 2007 | 1,077,000 |
| 6 | 1 November, 2007 | 1,003,000 |
| 7 | 8 November, 2007 | 1,194,000 |
| 8 | 15 November, 2007 | 985,000 |
[edit] References
- ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Piper to return as ITV2 call girl
- ^ Hilton, Beth. "ITV2 orders third series of 'Call Girl'", Digital Spy, 2008-05-27. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- ^ US networks look to British TV for content that can be Americanized into domestic hit, an Associated Press article via the International Herald Tribune
- ^ Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Season 1 (UK - DVD R2) in News > Releases at DVDActive
- ^ "BARB Weekly Ratings", Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, 7 November 2007.
[edit] External links
- Secret Diary Of A Call Girl On Seat42f
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl at itv.com
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl at Showcase.ca
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