"Episode 1.1" is the series 1 premiere of the British television show Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
Summary[]
Meet Hannah Baxter, a simple, no mess young woman in her 20's living in the heart of London who moonlights as 'Belle', a high-end call girl who is very good at her job. She attempts to juggle the demands of her career and keeping it a secret from her best friend Ben and her family.
Plot[]
The episode begins with Hannah Baxter walking across the eastern Golden Jubilee Bridge, she is then seen entering The May Fair and heading towards the lift. Whilst doing so she narrates, telling the viewer that she is a "whore".
Hannah then wakes in her flat and begins directly addressing the audience, differentiating between herself and her alter-ego, Belle. She then continues describing her personal and professional life, her personal and professional living space and even her and Belle's contrasting fashion. However she is interrupted by a call from her agent, Stephanie, who informs her that a client will be round in 30 minutes.
The client arrives and as he does Hannah runs through her "rules" with the audience, telling what makes her a good prostitute. Hannah quickly establishes that the man has a public sex fantasy, in particular in fields and stables.
The scene then changes to a London café with red semicircular awnings , where Hannah meets her best friend and ex-boyfriend, Ben, who has no idea of her double life as a call girl and mentions the good tasting custard crusts, which he said are handmade, not machine made. Whilst walking past an estate agent's office, and Ben asks whether they should play a game of "spoilt little rich girl". The two view a luxurious London townhouse, and halfway through the tour of the property they run out.
She then meets another client at a hotel, a young man named Daniel; however, he leaves halfway through his appointment, whilst Hannah is performing fellatio on him. Stephanie, at the Floridita (closed in 2017, now the 100 Wardour Street Restaurant, Soho) later discloses that he wanted somebody with a 'girl next door' image. Hannah persuades Stephanie to book Daniel with him, yet this time she dresses in a simple manner to please him. Her next client is scheduled with her first client and when he arrives she pulls out a saddle and asks who should wear it. The episode ends with the client entirely nude aside from a saddle placed on his back as Hannah rides him like a horse.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Billie Piper as Hannah Baxter / Belle
- Iddo Goldberg as Ben
- Cherie Lunghi as Stephanie Charlton
Guest[]
- Tom Mannion as Horsey Man
- Tom Mison as Daniel
- Lydia Fox as Estate Agent
- Emily Butterfield as Rachel
- Maggie Lloyd-Williams as Yolanda
- Keira Malik as Tanya