The real life Belle de Jour created an award-winning blog about her experiences, which she then turned into a series of successful books. The TV version of Belle skips the weblog stage, with season three beginning just as her first memoir hits the shelves.
Reception to the book is strong, and TVBelle's editor wants her to start work on another straight away. She's not sure that being an author is really her, but she does know that Duncan (the editor) is quite dreamy. So she deliberately sets out to try new experiences - fetish clubs, roleplaying, sex with food and even sex as a client - to use for material. These escapades, together with subplots involving Belle's friends and sister, form most of the narrative drive for this season. Well, that and the burgeoning romance with Duncan, of course.
Secret Diary of a Call Girl remains irreverent, sex-positive fun. The awkwardness of certain encounters is certainly played for laughs at times, but any judgmental attitudes from characters are portrayed negatively, and Belle herself is staunchly open-minded. "We've all got kinks" she opines, "The key is just finding someone whose kinks fit with yours".
As long as you aren't made uncomfortable by the frank examination of varied sexual practices, this is a fun show with a likable cast. Well, except for the ones who aren't meant to be likable!
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