Final Series
“Sexy secrets. Naughty boys. Wriggles, giggles and a touch of class. It’s been a great ride, now comes the climax..”
Belle is back and she’s raunchier than ever. Hitting our screens in the 4th and final edition of the forever-popular T.V series, Billie Piper shares with us yet more secrets on Belle’s life as a high-class call girl working in London.
ITV2’s hooker-with-a-heart drama, written by Lucy Prebble, will reach its climax on March 22 at 9pm.
Based on the book “The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl” the series finale draws to a close the witty diary entries of the woman herself, Belle de Jour, and we see the decision Belle makes between love and the love of her career.
To her friends she is Hannah, a legal secretary clocking in regular hours. To her clients, she is Belle, the answer to all their fantasies. Her challenge is to keep her two lives separate. Inevitably they begin to blur..
This time it’s not all seduction and sex, but the story of Belles loved ones, and their reaction to her lifestyle. Actor Iddo Goldberg who plays Ben, the best friend that is ultimately in love with a high-class prostitute, finally gets his wish to be with Hannah, but it doesn’t all run as smoothly as he’d hoped. With Stephanie in jail for her corrupt finances, Belle finds herself being an - albeit reluctant - Madam, whilst also becoming the unlikely guardian of Stephanie’s innocent 19 year old daughter, Poppy.
New character, Poppy, played by Lily James, pushes Ben and Hannah’s relationship to breaking point. Obsessed with Ben, she finds ways to manipulate herself into situations with him. Friction soon arises as the cracks in Hannah and Ben’s relationship become harder to fix. Hannah is addicted to her work, as Ben becomes less addicted to Hannah.
Furthermore, Belle’s ability to separate work from pleasure is tested when she meets an alluring and dangerous new client, Harry. Appealing to her wilder side, she goes beyond her job as an escort, adding to her vulnerability when the two men finally collide with each other.
A series of misunderstandings with loyal, loving Ben, the unraveling and corruption of ‘good girl’ Poppy, and the introduction of dangerous and alluring vice cop Harry, all force Belle to question who she really is and what she wants her future to be.
The season finale is that of a teary one, as all loose ends become tied up and we see just what future the London call girl chooses. Swiftly dealt with is the matter of Stephanie, played by actress Cherie Lunghi, who is cleared of solicitation by a Judge who, we are shown, she’s been soliciting after hours. Stephanie takes back her daughter, Poppy, leaving Hannah and Ben alone in their relationship for the very first time. Harry wants to take Belle of Ben’s hands, but whose hand does Belle want to hold?
It’s not long before Ben forces Hannah to choose between him and the job that she loves, unaware Harry lies somewhere within the mix. Accompanied by Adele’s heart felt hit single ‘Someone like you’ viewers witness an emotional and dramatic closing scene to what has been ITV2’s sexiest series to date.
Tors, I must say you really are a very bloody good writer. You summed that up brilliantly.x
ReplyDelete