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Love on the Murder Mile next year?

2011-01-26T07:05:00.000-08:00

According to sources Love on the Murder Mile is due to start filimng in the summer so this means if the production goes ahead should come out early 2012! So all those Billie & Tennant fans will just have to wait to next year!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1255595/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-Riding-Sunset-Hotel-gets-set-annual-Vanity-Fair-Oscar-Party.html

Bye Bye Belle

2011-01-26T06:56:00.001-08:00

Billie Piper’s not feeling well and she’s blaming her two-year old son Winston. “When you have a child it’s really hard to shift illness because they’re continuously bringing it into the house,” says Piper coughing.
Even on an ‘off’ day she’s managing to look glamorous in a short T-shirt style dress, over-the-knee boots and a long woollen cardi.
She’s shorter, more petite, than you’d expect and even the wide mouth and strong brows seem softer in the flesh. Winston aside, it’s understandable Piper’s feeling exhausted. She’s just finished a seven-month shoot filming the fourth and final series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl — the successful TV show based on the diaries of real-life escort Belle De Jour. Her performance as Belle has been applauded, but when it was first announced in 2007 that Piper, former pop princess turned Doctor Who assistant, was to play the high-class hooker, people were up in arms.
“Outraged,” says Piper, sipping a cup of tea. “I didn’t think it would be as shocking as it was, and I didn’t really think that me being in it would be shocking. I just thought I’m an actor and it’s just acting.” She admits the furore hit her hard. “Yeah, it always does. It really upsets me that people go, ‘What is she thinking’? And also that they think it’s slightly distasteful and insensitive.
“There are loads of women out there who have a horrid time of it (prostitution) but in my mind, it’s a very different thing because there are women out there who genuinely enjoy it.
“Women go out and have casual sex and talk about it endlessly and Sex And The City is a really good example of that. That show’s sometimes quite shocking and yet people also applaud it, but as soon as money changes hands then that changes everything.” It was the chance to address these double standards that interested Piper in the first place.
“To play a prostitute who doesn’t see herself as a victim and hasn’t been forced into it but has chosen to do it, I find all of that quite interesting.” Given Belle’s profession, it’s little wonder Piper’s had to spend the majority of her time in compromising positions — as she puts it “endlessly prancing around in your knickers trying to be sexy”.She’s now so comfortable doing sex scenes that at times she’s had to remind herself that the actors cast as her numerous clients can require a little cajoling.

“I have to remember to be sensitive and tactful because they don’t know the crew and I obviously know and love the crew and have a big support system. But then at the end of a really hard week on set you’re just like, ‘C’mon, mount me’!” she laughs. As for preparing to strip off, she says she “works out a bit”, adding: “I also really watch what I eat when I’m filming so I don’t have those moments where I think ‘I can’t do this’ because I don’t feel physically confident enough’.” The final series may, as she says, be “less about flesh”, but the client requests are no less shocking, with ‘Adult Baby’ and ‘Count Dracula’ among the upcoming scenarios. Even after three years, Piper admits to being “a bit shocked” when she first reads the script.

“I mean I like to have fun but I find some of these ideas…” she says, trailing off. I just think, ‘Well that seems a bit far- fetched’, and then I meet the people who are telling their stories and it would be rude to go, ‘Well, that’s a bit much, don’t you think’? It’s someone’s life (so you can’t) suddenly be sitting there going, ‘I think you need to go to a doctor’.” The sense that the series has explored all the potential client/ escort avenues is largely why it’s been decided to bring Belle’s tale to an end. She says: “I think we’ve pretty much been everywhere with the stories and as that’s at the heart of every episode, you wouldn’t want to exhaust it to the point of just complete ridiculousness and seediness. I really like this job but you always want the story to have legs and not be that you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. I think if we go any further then we might be guilty of that.” Since the first episode, viewers have witnessed Belle’s attempt to keep her professional and personal life, including her potential relationship with best-friend Ben, separate. But in this final series those two worlds merge. So what’s next for Piper? She’s not yet 30 but has managed to cram more than most into her life. Born in Reading, she came to prominence as a 15-year-old pop star after being spotted on a Smash Hits campaign. Her marriage to Chris Evans in 2001 raised eyebrows due to their 16-year age gap. After their amicable divorce six years later they have remained resolutely good friends. Professionally, she’s made the seemingly smooth transition from singing to acting and has received rave reviews for her performances on stage in Treats, where she met husband Laurence Fox, and on screen in the likes of The Ruby In The Smoke, Mansfield Park and A Passionate Woman. She adds:

“I think I’ve chosen things that have interested me and then kept trying new and different things. It has worked out well and I can thank Doctor Who for all of that really. It was wholly responsible for giving me a great opportunity.” She wouldn’t mind doing more theatre, she says, and her name has been linked to the lead role in a stage adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.

“I’ve been approached about it but I certainly haven’t said yes to it,” is all she’ll say on the matter. “I just want to do something radically different and I don’t know what that is yet.

Billie Admits Hubby Watches SD

2011-01-26T06:51:00.000-08:00

Actress Billie Piper said her hubby really enjoys watching her raunchy TV show Secret Diary Of A Call Girl. The 28-year-old star plays prostitute Belle de Jour in the ITV2 show and she admitted her husband Laurence Fox doesn’t mind watching her sex scenes but her dad isn’t so keen. She said to Britain’s more! magazine: ‘Laurence caught the last series and really enjoyed it. But my dad doesn’t watch it!’ The actress gave birth to her little boy Winston two years ago and said she isn’t sure when baby number two will come along. She said:
‘Who knows? I was lucky, because I had Winston when I was quite young. A lot of my friends are pregnant now, which I’m really pleased about because it’s lovely to do it all together.’

Billie wants next role to be an X Factor judge

2011-01-26T06:43:00.000-08:00

Billie Piper has admitted that she would love to be a judge on The X Factor.
The Doctor Who and Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star found fame in the late 1990s as a singer with hits including ‘Because We Want To’, ‘Girlfriend’ and ‘Honey To The Bee’.
Asked if, as a fan of the show, she would like to join the X Factor panel, Piper told Heat: “I would love that more than anything! There are two things I fantasise about: being Beyoncé and being a judge on The X Factor.

“The worry is whether you’d be taken seriously as an actor afterwards. But you know what? I’d deal with it, because it’s all I want to do! I think I’d take it very seriously and end up crying a lot.” When it was suggested that Cheryl Cole may not be picked for the US version of the show because of her Geordie accent, Piper said: “Surely she could just speak a bit more slowly. Or else I can do it, obviously. “Wasn’t Dannii [Minogue] brilliant this time round? I think having a baby really suits her. And it’s given her huge breasts! Massive ones!”

TV Choice Billie Piper Interview

2011-01-25T09:46:00.000-08:00

Hannah and Belle’s lives are starting to overlap in the fourth and final series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl. Billie Piper, who is married to Lewis actor Laurence Fox, with whom she has a two-year-old son, Winston, reveals more about Belle’s exploits and admits she wouldn’t rule out working with her husband…

Is this definitely going to be the last series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl?
Yes, and it’s all quite weird this year because the drama is very heightened. And the fact that Belle’s two lives are overlapping means she’s losing it a bit. She’s slightly unraveling! But I do love the character.

Did you have to do much research before taking on the role?
Yes because I knew nothing about prostitution, apart from the stuff we’re exposed to, which is so different to what this show is. So it was almost like you had to start afresh really because the real Belle has this attitude towards sex that’s so different to most of us. And you have to meet that person to make this idea human. You can make sense of it. You can see her and work out whether it’s some weird fantastical fallacy, or whether it’s the real deal. You can’t sit there going, ‘Ooh well, I don’t think that’s very nice.’ It’s has to be, ‘Well I don’t care. That’s what I do.’ And she seems to be cool with it.

In her shoes, we might be tempted to snap up a sugar daddy!
I think that happens a lot. Certainly some of the escorts I met when we were doing research told us that they meet guys called ‘lifetime sponsors.’ They’ll finance their entire life and occasionally they’ll have dinner with them or maybe have sex with them.

Belle gets together with her best friend, Ben, in this series. Have you ever done that in real life?
Yes, I did go out with a friend of mine. It didn’t last and we’re not friends anymore. It’s not a winning endorsement. It is quite muddy water, isn’t it? I only did it for a couple of years, but it’s what happens afterwards — the awkwardness and the breakdown of the circle of friends. That’s not something Ben and Hannah have a problem with though, because they don’t have a circle of friends. It’s just them, and it’s quite all-consuming. But I think one of you always loves the other more. Still holds a torch for them. It’s quite hard to let go and quite hard for it to be purely platonic with no sexual tension there.

It seems as though Stephanie’s daughter Poppy may turn into a bad girl in this series?
Yes, she’ll dance with the darkness. She’s a funny little character and I think Belle falls in love with her a bit. She doesn’t go gay for Poppy, she takes her under her wing. She’s a really nice character — someone being exposed to the whole world again through fresh eyes and being shocked and appalled. This is a young girl and it disgusts her and really breaks her heart that her mum should dabble in anything like that. It’s nice to see that side of it because otherwise it’s all singing and dancing.

Does Belle continue to run Stephanie’s business while Stephanie is in prison?
No, just until she gets out. You will see her again.

What can you tell us about Belle’s clients this series?
There’s a guy who likes to dress up like old horror movie characters. But the one that really got me was a guy who liked to dress up as a baby. Remember these are all based on true stories. It’s not really about sex — it’s about someone mothering them while they’re wearing a nappy, with a dummy and a bottle. There are even clubs where people can go dressed as babies and they all ‘goo’ and ‘ga.’

Have there ever been any dark corners of sexuality where you and the writers have thought it was too much to put into the show?
There have been moments where I’ve thought, ‘I don’t get that. I think it’s too far fetched.’ Then through research and talking about how we’re going about it, it’s become more palatable and not massively distasteful to watch. There are lots of discussions about how to address things that could be tricky, and just whether people can watch it. It doesn’t feel very ‘Page 3’ to me. It feels more heightened and taken slightly out of reality. And the sex is very funny as opposed to dirty and suggestive.

Is this the first project that you’ve worked on where you’ve also been the executive producer?
Yes, it’s more of a selfish thing of wanting to learn and cut my teeth in production. And I love the people I work with. I find it so much fun doing pre-production work with all the little teams and finding the right people for the job. It’s great and feels so brilliantly creative.

Is it true that you and your husband Laurence Fox didn’t discuss Belle to start with?
We do discuss it because I get really upset when people miss what it is and just write it off as being a silly, fluffy, light comedy, when it’s actually really dark. That makes me upset. So he has to talk me through all of that, and that’s when we talk about it mostly. He watched loads of it last year, but we don’t really sit down and watch things together. It’s certainly not a subject we can’t talk about.

Does the idea of working together appeal to you?
Yes, we want to, but I’m not sure if that would be acting together. He wants to do some directing, so maybe I could act in something he directs. That could be good — or it could be really bad [laughs]!

New SD Website Open!

2011-01-25T09:34:00.000-08:00

You can now visit the new Secret Diary of a Call Girl website to see the newest trailer and a preview of the upcoming series! Missed an episode? You can use the ITVPlayer to watch the latest shows!
Visit it here

The Raven

2011-01-20T12:31:00.000-08:00

Series Four Preview

2011-01-20T12:25:00.000-08:00

Belle is living the London dream. She resides in the most desirable post code, she frequents the best restaurants, she shops in the funkiest boutiques, she hangs-out in ‘undiscovered’ bars and cafes and her preferred mode of transport? – the incomparable black cab. Belle is glamorous, intelligent and witty, but there is one thing that sets Belle apart from other successful career women her age… Belle is a high class escort.
In Season 4, Belle takes on a new relationship with best friend Ben and the new role of managing Stephanie’s escort business. The stakes have never been higher for Belle – accepting Ben’s offer of a lasting relationship means that Belle has a real chance of happiness; but Ben is her one true friend and if she messes up, she’ll lose him forever. And with Stephanie in prison for her dodgy finances, Belle finds herself being an – albeit reluctant – Madam, whilst also becoming the unlikely guardian of Stephanie’s innocent 19 year old daughter, Poppy.
As Belle starts to manage other girls – including the unmanageable Dominatrix, Charlotte – she still finds time for some new, unmissable clients – The Virgin, The Adult Baby, The Wrestling Fetishist and, don’t miss, Count Dracula himself…. But as Belle exceeds in her professional life, her personal life starts to fall apart …
A series of misunderstandings with loyal, loving Ben, the unravelling 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.
Will she give up ‘Belle’ for Ben and commit to being just ‘Hannah’ or will she cut all ties and throw herself into the world of prostitution forever?

You can catch the new series on ITV2 on February 1st! Don't miss it!

V Festival

2010-10-09T08:06:00.000-07:00

You can see images of Billie at this years V Festival here - thanks to BilliePiperFan.com. We love her combo of shorts and high boots, she looked amazing!

SD Shooting and Update!

2010-10-09T07:54:00.000-07:00

Billie has once again been shooting Secret Diary this week! Here is one image and the rest can be found here - thanks to Billiepiperfan.com!
The new series will be shown on ITV2 next year!
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You may have noticed that there havent been that many posts on CBB lately, whilst there hasnt been much happening with Billie anyway we have been very busy however we're back and ready to update you with all the latest Billie goss!

A Secret Movie of a Call Girl?

2010-06-11T13:38:00.000-07:00

Billie Piper’s raunchy telly series Secret Diary of a Call Girl is being made into a Hollywood movie – after becoming a smash hit in America.
The 27-year-old beauty, who plays unshockable high-class hooker Belle in the show, is currently working on a fourth and final series for ITV2.
But she now looks set for Stateside stardom with a silver screen debut after it took off on US channel HBO. The movie promises to break even more sexual taboos than the TV series – based on the books and blog of real-life escort Belle de Jour – which features bondage, threesomes and S&M orgies.
Mum-of-one Billie, named Glamour magazine’s Actress of the Year this week, told TV Biz: “I’m about to start filming the fourth series and then that will be it.
“I’m not sure it has legs past four seasons so we’re trying to develop a movie.”
A source added: “The book has been a worldwide success and the TV show has been a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, a movie is the next obvious step.
“Billie’s career would skyrocket if the movie took off. It’s the springboard she needs to take her talent to the States.” Hollywood bosses hope it will ape the success of Sex And The City, which also began life as a book before becoming a hit HBO show then spawning two movies.
Billie said she has even managed to talk her actor husband Laurence Fox round to the idea of a movie after he got used to seeing her strip off and romp with 30 to 40 men per series.
She added: “We didn’t watch for ages, then recently we watched an episode or two.
“It was actually a lot more palatable than I thought, and certainly more than he thought it was going to be – so that was a relief!”

Secret Diary Series Four?

2010-06-10T10:35:00.000-07:00

According to The Daily Star, Billie has agreed to come back as Belle in the 4th series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl:
Telly bosses have stumped up £2million to get Billie Piper to make a fourth series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl.
The babe has agreed to slip back into saucy outfits and killer heels to play infamous hooker Belle De Jour. Chiefs at ITV were desperate to make another series with producers Tiger Aspect.
Filming for the new eight-part series will kick off later this year, with TV chiefs aiming to screen the first episode on ITV2 on January 27 next year.
The fourth series will see Belle continue to juggle her life as a best-selling author with her secret sex antics in London.
Her adventures have given Billie, 27, one of her biggest TV roles.
The former Doctor Who star says she enjoys playing a “predatory” woman in the show.
She said: “Without getting too serious about it, it’s funny. Inevitably, sex for money is awkward. It’s not some seamless, physical act. The men are really nervous, they end up saying random things. Some are virgins and can’t get laid so they have to pay for it.”
Billie reckons it is one of the best TV roles ever. She added: “It’s so rare that you get to play such a predatory, confident woman.”

Billie wins UK TV Actress of the Year!

2010-06-10T10:27:00.000-07:00

Billie and Laurence attended this years Glamour Women Of The Year Awards, she looked beautiful in a floor length black dress and up hair-do, and to top it off, she won UK TV Actress of the Year, which we all know she totally deserved!
Glad to see Glamour readers love her as much as we do!

Billie nominated for TV Choice Awards

2010-05-31T15:11:00.000-07:00

Billie and Secret Diary of a Call Girl are nominated for the ‘Best Actress’ and ‘Best Drama Series’, respectively, at this year’s TV Choice Awards! Be sure to go VOTE!

A Passionate Woman Fails to Spark

2010-04-12T09:09:00.000-07:00

With a title like A Passionate Woman (BBC1) and with Billie Piper, fresh from Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, in the title role, it seemed fair to expect the screen to steam up with some good old-fashioned post-war rumpy pumpy. But something about this doomed period romance failed to spark. It wasn’t Piper’s fault. She was the picture of let-me-at-’im libido the minute her dowdy Betty clapped eyes on hunky charmer Craze at the local dancehall.
We were in grim-up-North 1950s Leeds, a land of freezing flats,frustrated marriages and small-minded anti-Semitism.
So it was no wonder the rather too perfectly formed Craze (Theo James, with gym-buff body and perfect teeth – not really a 1950s look) caused something of a stir.
To the endlessly repeated refrain of old Johnny Mathis ditty A Certain Smile, Betty and Craze embarked on an affair we knew was ill-fated from the outset, given that he copped a bullet in the opening credits and the whole thing was told in flashback.
Blocking their route to happiness was the fact they were both trapped in entirely implausible marriages to people they didn’t like, let alone love.
Read the rest of the review here

A Passionate Woman - BBC1 9.00

2010-04-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

Don't forget you can catch Billie in A Passionate Woman on BBC1 tonight at 9.00pm! Don't miss it!

Embarrassing Pop Career

2010-04-11T11:45:00.000-07:00

Billie Piper has confessed that she is embarrassed about her music career.
Piper landed her first number one with ‘Because We Want To’ when she was 15 but revealed that she now refuses to let people listen to her records.
“I don’t play my songs to anyone,” the Daily Star quotes her as saying. “It’s one of those things I lock in a box.”
Piper also ruled out working on more music in the future.
“There’s not enough money in the world to get me singing again,” she admitted. “I would be happy to turn down a million.”

Press Pack Interview

2010-04-08T12:01:00.000-07:00

From hooker to housewife, Billie Piper’s latest role finds her as a 1950s newlywed trapped in a loveless relationship in A Passionate Woman, screening on BBC One on Sunday, April 11 at 9pm…

Tell us about A Passionate Woman, your new TV role…
“I play Betty, a young woman. She’s a very poor woman and she’s first-time married, and a mother. She is very much a woman of the time – very ordered, proper, buttoned up. She’s close with her husband but it’s a very old-fashioned relationship – he’s at work all day, he doesn’t talk to her, doesn’t ask her how she’s doing. She is completely bowled over by this polish neighbour, Craze, who moves in. They fall in love and begin this obsessive, passionate affair.”

A true story?
“It’s written by Kay Mellor [Fat Friends] and loosely based on an affair her own mother had in the 1950s, which she never confessed to until the 1980s. The second episode of the story jumps forward to the 80s, where Betty is played by Sue Johnston.”

Did you meet Sue to talk about your character?
“Briefly, we lived next to each other while our parts of the shoot overlapped. She’s lovely, smart and a really savvy actress. I was thrilled to be playing the younger version of her.”

Betty is a far cry from your other role – Belle in Secret Diary of a Call Girl…
“Yes! That’s why I wanted to do it. I get offered a lot of naked roles – feisty nurses, women dressed only in their bras! That’s it for me for now! That’s my life! But I want to different parts, and this is radically different.”

Did you relate to Betty as a young mother yourself?
“Yes. I’ve just had my first son Winston and I’m newly married [to Lewis actor, Laurence Fox], so I could completely relate to Betty. But nowadays we have opportunities to go out and work and socialise and we’re constantly banging on about how we feel. Back then it was a taboo.”

What’s coming up for you? There are lots of rumours that you’re off to America?
“I’m going out there to sniff around and see what there is. I get sent a lot of scripts from America, but I get so spoiled here with meaty, rounded parts, I don’t get that with American scripts. We’re working on what we’re going to do now but I’d quite like to stay at home and be with my son for a bit!”

BBC Breakfast

2010-04-08T11:56:00.000-07:00

Billie was on BBC Breakfast yesterday morning talking about A Passionate Woman, the new Doctor Who and more, and looked wonderful!
If you missed it, you can watch it here

Two Years Old

2010-04-08T11:40:00.001-07:00

CrazyBoutBillie has now been online and keeping you all updated in the wonderful world of Billie for two years! In that time we have seen her make a comeback to Doctor Who, in series four and again in David Tennant's last episode on New Years Day, we have celebrated the birth of her first child Winston James, and seen her take on many other projects including A Passionate Woman and series three of Secret Diary of a Call Girl. We'd just like to say thank you for everyone that visits this site and hopefully it will keep going for a long while yet!

Billie's Baby Blues

2010-04-06T08:30:00.000-07:00

Doting mum Billie Piper has admitted struggling with postnatal depression following her son’s birth.
The pretty actress hit rock- bottom when she returned to work as a screen prostitute on hit TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl. It was five months after her difficult 26-hour labour and emergency Caesaraen to have baby Winston. But the determined star, 27, refused to take any medication for her baby blues.
Describing her ordeal she said: “The doctor said I had post-natal depression.
“Secret Diary was a stressful time. I had started leaving Winston. I was finishing breast-feeding, which is really emotional.
Billie, who had Winston in October 2008, has battled mental illness before. She previously admitted suffering anorexia when she hit the pop charts aged 15, and when her marriage to Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans fell apart.
Now wed to Lewis actor Laurence Fox, 31, she insists she is happier than ever.

You can read the rest of the interview here

American Move?

2010-04-06T08:27:00.000-07:00

Billie Piper has revealed that she would think about moving to America in the future.
The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star explained that she would have to be offered good roles before she would consider moving across the Atlantic. According to The Mirror, she said: “At the moment it’s unlikely, because my son Winston is so young and I’m getting work in Britain of a high quality.
“But if the parts I were being offered in America were really good then yes, I would definitely consider moving.”
Piper continued: “At the moment what I’m being offered is four scenes as someone’s girlfriend in a sitcom, if I’m lucky. But if that changes, if the roles in the US become good and substantial, I would consider moving.”

Billie's Being A Bed Girl

2010-03-29T12:16:00.000-07:00

There are some more Piper-ing hot scenes when Billie gets her kit off for BBC1's A Passionate Woman. This time the Secret Diary of a Call Girl star plays a sexually frustrated houswife who relieves her tension by having an affair with a Polish neighbour.
And Piper, 27, certainly lives up to the title of BBC1's two-part show. An insider said: "Some of the scenes have Billie calling out in ecstasy."
The drama, set in 1950's Leeds and penned by Fat Friends writer Kay Mellor, has Theo James as Billie's lover Alex Crazenovski.

The source said: "They get it on anywhere they can, including a park, her husbands bed and a rowing boat."
You can see her in Pole positions next week or catch a sneak preview of the video here

Billie can't get away from Rose

2010-03-08T11:56:00.000-08:00

From The Sun:
Everything looks rosey for Billie Piper as she takes a flower power shower.
The Secret Diary Of a Call Girl star, 27, was sprinkled with rose petals to support online charity delivery service FLOWE(RED) – whose profits fight disease in Africa.
Mum of one Billie – who played Rose Tyler in Doctor Who – dropped hints that her family could be set to blossom.
She said: “It’s nice coming from a big family but I’m not sure if I could go for the four, certainly not the five.”

Billie & David to Reunite?

2010-03-05T13:33:00.000-08:00

From Now Magazine:
Doctor Who stars Billie Piper and David Tennant are being lined-up to appear in a new movie together.
The pair are in talks to reunite on screen in the London-based thriller Love On The Murder Mile.
Billie’s husband Laurence Fox, 31, will be behind the camera and his brother Robin will produce.
‘Laurence always had this ambition to direct,’ he tells the Daily Mail.
Brothers & Sisters hunk Matthew Rhys and comedian Mackenzie Crook are also in negotiations for roles.
The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star Billie, 27, quit the part of Doctor Who assistant Rose Tyler in 2006.
David, 38, was replaced by Matt Smith, 27, as the Time Lord on New Year’s Day.

Secret Diary: Episode Seven

2010-03-04T13:03:00.000-08:00

Don’t forget to watch Secret Diary of a Call Girl Episode 7 tonight at 10 PM on ITV2!
Here’s a brief description of tonight’s episode:

Belle has spent so long writing about clients, but doesn’t know what it’s like to be a client so she decides to book a male escort for herself. While with the escort, Belle feels so guilty about Duncan that she finds herself admitting she’s not only a prostitute, but an author, too. Meanwhile, Bambi goes to see her next client who turns out to be Duncan, unbeknownst to her. Belle, completely unaware of Duncan’s earlier activities, feels guilty for having submitted a chapter about the male escort and asks Duncan to come over. Duncan and Belle make love, but it becomes clear that Duncan wants to be having sex with Belle the escort, not Hannah. Later, Bambi comes over, excited to meet Belle’s boyfriend and invite him to her wedding, until she comes face to face with Duncan – the client she slept with only hours earlier.

'Who' Sale

2010-03-04T12:54:00.000-08:00

From Digital Spy:
Billie Piper’s Doctor Who pyjamas have sold for £1,000 a pair at a recent auction.
Jason Joiner, who purchased a pair of Rose’s pyjamas, commented: “I bought her pyjamas because I wanted clothing from each main character. I won’t be wearing them!”
Additionally, two Daleks which featured in the 1980s series went for £23,970 and £18,330.

Billie Hints at Who Movie?

2010-01-30T08:20:00.001-08:00

Billie appeared on Radio 1 last week where she spoke to Sara Cox not only about the new series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, but her time as Rose Tyler too! During the interview she added yet more fuel to the fire regarding a possible Doctor Who film!
When asked if there was any truth behind the speculation, the actress, rather suprisingly, said: “Well, I’ve heard that they’re doing it and that they want David to do it, but I think he’s slightly anxious that there’ll be big American producers on board and that they’ll try and hijack the whole thing and cast someone like Johnny Depp.”
However, she cooly denied that she would be appearing in it herself, labelling her sudden outbreak of laughter as ‘a nervous twitch’, before insisting: “I don’t know!”
A movie has been on the cards for years now, however the rumours were rekindled last May when ‘DOCTOR WHO - THE MOVIE’ briefly appeared on the agency profile for Russell T Davies, and then, a week later, BBC Films announced that the script for a feature-length adventure was ’in development’. Does Billie know more than she’s letting on?

GMTV & This Morning Appearances

2010-01-30T08:09:00.000-08:00

You can now watch Billie's appearances on Thursday's This Morning and GMTV here and here talking about the third series of her show Secret Diary of a Call Girl!

Billie was at Radio One on Thursday to speak with Sara Cox, who sat in for Scott Mills. To listen to the interview, click here. The interview begins around the 39-minute mark.

Radio & Secret Diary Reminder!

2010-01-28T11:12:00.000-08:00

Billie did some more radio interviews in America today! This time she chatted with The Wease Show on Fox 95.1 and BJ Shea on 99.9 KISW. To hear the KISW interview, click on today’s date, 1/27, 6am.

And in other news don't forget Billie is on tonight on ITV2 in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, the first two episodes are showing along with Monday's Billie and Belle Bare All if you missed it! Starts at 10:00 so don't miss it!

Billie talks marriage, motherhood and meeting Belle

2010-01-28T11:02:00.000-08:00

As opening shots to interviews go, you don’t happen upon much jollier than Billie Piper’s. “Shall we get champagne?” she suggests. Why ever not! Within 15 minutes she’s downed a flute, accidentally knocked it over with the sleeve of her voluminous Topshop sweater dress, emptied a half-pint of fizzy water and filled it up with 50-quid-a-pop sparkle.

She looks stunning. At 26 and the mother of one-year-old Winston, she has grown into her big, gobstopper facial features and has shed all of her baby-weight. “It was literally just about going mental for six weeks,” she says, of her post-Winston eating regime. “I think I was quite lucky. I wasn’t massively healthy. I just ate loads of protein. It’s either that or speed pills, and the thing is you do actually have to sleep at some point. You’ve got to try and maintain a healthy marriage and I’m not sure that amphetamines are that conducive to a successful relationship.”

Secret Diary Previews

2010-01-23T07:05:00.000-08:00

Showtime has shown two new clips from the Secret Diary season three premiere. The new series starts on Thursday on ITV2 so make sure you tune in then!
You can watch them here

Billie On Kissing David and Matt

2010-01-23T07:00:00.000-08:00

The BBC have posted a short clip from last night's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross where Billie discusses David Tennant and Matt Smith.

Billie's Radio Shows and Jonathan Ross

2010-01-22T14:53:00.000-08:00

Billie was on US radio today appearing on The Bob Rivers Show and 106.7 Kiss FM, where she chatted about her singing career and Secret Diary Of A Call Girl!
For UK fans, Billie will be on The Scott Mills Show tomorrow from 4pm on Radio One, so don’t forget to tune in!

Don't forget you can catch Billie on Jonathan Ross tonight talking about the new series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl which starts on Thursday! She looks amazing and if you miss it tonight then you can watch it on BBC iPlayer for the rest of the week!

New 'Bare All' Videos!

2010-01-20T10:37:00.000-08:00

Showtime has uploaded two new clips of when Billie met Belle in the new documentary 'Billie and Belle bare all'.

Doctor Who on BBC3

2010-01-20T10:31:00.000-08:00

Series two of Doctor Who is being repeated on BBC3 all this week starting tonight (Wednesday) with Tooth and Claw. The Doctor and Rose travel to 1879 and encouter Queen Victoria, some Meddling Monks and a werewolf! Tonight from 7.00pm!

Billie Worried about Call Girl Taunts

2010-01-20T10:29:00.000-08:00

The 27-year-old played high-class hooker Belle de Jour in Secret Diary Of A Call Girl.
Piper, who has a 15-month-old boy called Winston with her husband Laurence Fox, said motherhood had changed her attitude towards her work.
The former Doctor Who star said she was not sure that acting leads to a “wholesome family life”.
Piper started filming the ITV2 show in 2007 and a third series is about to air.
The actress told Radio Times: “I feel like there were the carefree, reckless years when all I had was a boyfriend and I wasn’t the face of a family.
“Now I’m a mum, and this time round there were definitely more moments when I questioned what I was doing, whereas before I didn’t really give a ****, it was just a role.”
“But now I had to go home and feed my son, and it’s a radical shift in your brain from being this provocative, man-eating person by day to this new mum at night.
“I’m all too aware that, one day, he’s probably going to be teased about it, tormented even. So there were these moments of: ‘Oh my God, what am I doing?”‘
Piper said she might one day prefer a future outside acting.
“I think that if I was to have more children and holding a family together, I would need to think about branching out into other areas, maybe producing or writing,” she said.
She also revealed her husband was “surprisingly relaxed” about her filming steamy scenes.
“It’s very different from who I am normally, that’s the thing. I don’t wear minuscule outfits. I’m a real cover-up tomboy,” she said.
“He knows that and he’s grown-up enough not to marry those two worlds and get confused by them.
“And it would be such crap to play a prostitute without getting your kit off, wouldn’t it?”

The Return of Belle

2010-01-20T10:23:00.000-08:00

The Secret Diary of a Call Girl star talks sex scenes, motherhood and the new Doctor Who.

What’s in store in the new series of Secret Diary..?

“It’s quite radical. Belle’s now an author, and her editor Duncan, played by James D’Arcy, wants her to find more outrageous clients to fuel her writing. I couldn’t do sex scenes for the second series because I was pregnant, so I suppose I’m paying for it this time around.”

Is there any romance on the horizon?

“Her relationship with Duncan is weird and complex. He doesn’t judge her, he encourages her, and she finds that confusing. Apart from her friend Ben, he’s the only guy Belle can confide in.”

How did you feel about the real Belle, Brooke Magnanti, losing her anonymity last year?

“It must have been liberating to unburden herself of that secret, but also frightening because now people will recognise her as this woman who had sex with loads of men. It’s nice for me to share the load with someone though, because I feel I have become the face for prostitution.”

'My New Sex Scenes are so Naughty. I love it!'

2010-01-17T13:05:00.000-08:00

The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star, 27, on the new series of the show, how she’s loving being a mum, and losing that baby weight (amazingly quickly)…
Billie Piper has come a long way since those all-day benders with ex-hubby Chris Evans. Arriving for our interview today at London’s trendy Covent Garden Hotel, she is in high spirits and boasting that trademark wide-mouthed smile. She insists on playing hostess and pours drinks as we settle down on the sofa for a candid chat.
The mum – to 15-month-old Winston – looks incredible, dressed in a black figure-hugging jumper dress, leggings and high-heeled boots which show off the tiny pre-baby frame she regained in just six weeks.
There’s no denying Billie seems to have found what she was looking for on her rocky journey from wild child to wife and mother. She freely admits to a life lived in the fast lane. From finding fame as a teenage pop star, marrying Chris Evans (she was 19, he was 35), divorcing him, moving from pop music to acting after landing a role in Doctor Who, dating a man who loved ‘tantric sex’ then finding love with a fellow actor, Billie’s choice of career and men has sometimes courted controversy. Read more here

Billie: I'm A Selfish Person

2010-01-15T09:38:00.000-08:00

Billie Piper suddenly walks into the office. The room is instantly the last word in glamour. The actress is dressed in full-on Belle de Jour mode for the latest series of her ITV2 drama series, Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Done up in her costume – a dazzling blue satin dress, vertiginous heels, high-class jewellery and war-paint make-up – she looks like she has already won Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
And yet, despite being dressed to kill, the actress is very far from intimidating. Piper radiates warmth and wit – that, surely, is why at the age of just 27 she is one of our most in-demand actresses. Both men and women are drawn to that rare combination of attractiveness and accessibility. She is grounded girl next door and gorgeous sex symbol rolled into one.

Billie and Belle

2010-01-15T09:33:00.000-08:00

As Billie Piper prepared for the launch of the third series of ITV’s Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, she was presented with an offer she couldn’t refuse… a chance to meet the real-life Belle Du Jour.
Dr Brooke Magnati, 34, is the high-class escort whose blog became the bestselling book on which the show is based.
As a forerunner to the series, the girls were brought together for a TV show entitled Billie And The Real Belle Bare All, with Billie, 27, cast in the role of interviewer.

Face to face: Belle de Jour Brooke Magnati and Billie Piper have a chat in ITV2 documentary Billie And The Real Belle Bare All!

Billie Piper: When did you decide to write a blog?
Belle de Jour: I had a funny experience and I thought, well, I’ll write about it and if anyone else wants to read it they might find it funny too. There are some people who do this job who are racked with guilt about what they’re doing. I’d say get out of it. No amount of money in the world is worth feeling that you’ve betrayed yourself. I didn’t feel that way.
The more I did it, the more I came to enjoy being good at it. It’s like that in a lot of jobs. You must feel, when you’ve absolutely nailed a scene, “That was great! I’ve done it.”

Billie And Belle Bare All

2010-01-14T11:49:00.000-08:00

Billie Piper meets the real Belle de Jour, Dr Brooke Magnanti in a new documentary for ITV2! In her first full length television interview Brooke discusses her reason for becoming a call girl, her clients` bizarre requests and her motivation to reveal her identity after six years of anonymity. The show also gives viewers a chance to see footage from the forthcoming third series of the ITV2 drama inspired by her story.
Billie and the Real Belle Bare All will air on ITV2 on Monday 25th January at 10pm so make sure you tune in!

BBC Drama Promo Video

2010-01-14T11:44:00.000-08:00

BBC has released a trailer promoting it’s drama lineup for Spring 2010. ‘A Passionate Woman’ is featured as one of the offerings which stars Billie Piper!

Billie Reveals All About Nude Scenes

2010-01-13T10:43:00.000-08:00

Actress Billie Piper has admitted she can’t bear to watch her raunchy scenes in The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl with her actor husband Laurence Fox.
Speaking to Closer Magazine, the former teen pop star said: “I don’t stop him, but we don’t watch it together – that would just be weird,”
“I wouldn’t watch it with my dad or brother, either. I have selective memory loss when it’s on!”
Billie, who plays upmarket prostitute Belle in the ITV2 show, also says she sometimes cringes at her character’s saucy antics in the latest series.
“My most embarrassing scene? Being done from behind while I was pretending to be all sorts of farmyard animals,”
“I was a chicken… and I had to bleat like a ewe. It makes me sweat just thinking about it!”
The 27-year-old added: “It was weird going home and having to sing Old MacDonald and read books about farmyard animals to my son!”
The new series of the show that’s based on the blog of real-life call girl “Belle de Jour”, also sees Billie’s character have sex with baked beans, bizarre fetish fantasies and kinky role play.
“I’m paying for the fact that I was pregnant during the last series and couldn’t film much sex,” she said.
“There’s loads in this one! Belle’s a published author now, and as she’s writing her second book she needs new material, so her adventures get more obscure.
“There’s a weird and wonderful world out there, and I’ve learnt a lot. I feel quite jaded!”
Billie says stripping for the camera doesn’t get any easier. “I still get nervous, but everyone on set handles it really well,” she says. “We all get smutty, giggle and crack inappropriate jokes, which stops it feeling too intense.”
Having given birth to her first child, Winston just five months before filming, Billie admits she was under pressure to lose weight. She says: “I was contractually obliged to get back in shape and knew I couldn’t play the part while lactating! “But I didn’t want to sacrifice my son’s health and go: ‘I know you’re only two months old, but I’m stopping feeding you and going on a seven-mile run now.’ So I breast-fed as long as I could, then decided to lose the weight quickly by going running and eating less.”
She also revealed that the third series may mark the end of Belle’s TV adventures. “I feel I’ve already worked during too much of my son’s babyhood – I think it might be time to relax with him this year,” she says. “I don’t want to be an absent figure in his life.”

Billie De Jour

2010-01-10T10:40:00.000-08:00

Billie Piper has played prostitute Belle De Jour in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and the lead in Kay Mellor's A Passionate Woman, so she is no stranger to steamy parts. The modern-day Moll Flanders reveals all in this candid interview:

The first time I met Billie Piper, I was left feeling that I owed her an apology. She was heavily pregnant at the time, by husband, actor Laurence Fox, we got chatting about her birth options and I was perhaps a little too candid about what scenarios she might encounter, resulting in my glancing up at one point to be met with her huge caramel eyes, wide with trepidation.
Very bad form on my part: it really isn't on to scare first-time mums-to-be. What made it worse was that Piper had been great company – bright, open, witty, with a well-developed sense of the absurd – whether talking about her recent marriage to Fox, her first one to Chris Evans, her teenage pop career, playing Rose in Doctor Who, or the furore over her role as Belle de Jour in Secret Diary of a Call Girl. In the end, the guilt got too much and I sent an apology via her publicist. In October 2008, Piper had her baby, Winston James, after a 26-hour labour, followed by an emergency Caesarean. It all sounds pretty gruelling. "When the contractions first started I laughed, because I couldn't believe how painful it was," says Piper when we meet again, at the Observer photo shoot. "But we stopped off at Starbucks on the way to the hospital for a triple shot and a muffin before it all kicked off."
She is full-on glamorous, in a slinky dress, when I first see her having her photograph taken, and afterwards Piper, 27, changes into jeans and a zipped top. Petite, hair swept back from tawny skin, she looks both chic and staggeringly young and vulnerable.

Read more here!

Marie Clare - Behind the Scenes

2010-01-08T12:21:00.000-08:00

Marie Clare have released a behind the scenes look at the new photoshoot Billie did in the new issue of Marie Clare. You can see it here

Secret Diary Promo and Episode

2010-01-05T08:27:00.000-08:00

A new promotional video for the third series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl has been released! The trailer is thirty seconds long and is part of the Showtime's On Demand A-List for January!

(Thanks to Billiepiperfan for the video!)

A new description has also been released for episode one of the new series!

Belle’s book is a success but she worries about having enough material for a follow-up tome; Belle’s sister Jackie shows up on her doorstep needing a place to stay after leaving her unfaithful husband.

Don't forget you can catch the new episode on the 25th January 2010 on Showtime!

Billie in the End of Time

2010-01-04T09:58:00.001-08:00

Billie starred in the Tenth Doctor's final adventure The End of Time Part Two on friday night returning to her role as Rose Tyler. Billie looked stunning in the scene and fans saw her act as a past self (as the current Rose Tyler is locked in a parallel world.

The episode was very emotional and saw the Time Lord, played by David Tennant, regenerate into new Doctor, 27-year old Matt Smith.

Billie on the cover of Marie Claire - February 2010

2010-01-04T09:28:00.000-08:00

Billie is the cover girl on the newest issue of Marie Claire UK. The issue is out on Friday and inside Billie talks about her son Winston who was born in October 2008, her passion for her husband, Laurence Fox, and how her neighbours thought she was a real prositute based on her ITV2 show Secret Diary of a Call Girl. To read more of the article, pick up your copy!

More stunning pictures of Billie can be found here!

Filming Continues For Secret Diary

2009-12-19T05:09:00.000-08:00

Billie has once again been spotted filming scenes for the new series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, set to air early 2010.

Billie was seen wearing a white dress and killer black heels walking down the street looking fabulous!

As well as a third series set to air, Secret Diary fans can look forward to Billie and the Call Girl Bare All where Billie meets the real life call girl Belle De Jour.

Billie Meets Belle

2009-12-19T05:05:00.000-08:00

ITV2 has announced that Billie Piper will feature in a Call Girl special next year. The one-off sees Piper meet real-life call girl Dr Brooke Magnanti, who wrote the Belle Du Jour story detailing her exploits as a working prostitute in London.
Magnanti said of the special: “This show will be the last word on what it was like to be Belle: how my sexuality was formed, how I came to the work, what it’s like to be portrayed on TV. Viewers will get an exclusive look at the real woman who lived as Belle, actually becoming her one final time.”
Piper added: “I am really looking forward to catching up with Belle again.”
Billie and the Call Girl Bare All is expected to air on ITV2 in 2010.

Source: digitalspy.co.uk

New Series "Raunchiest Yet"

2009-12-10T12:53:00.000-08:00

Get ready for a cold shower... The third run of Billie Piper's Secret Diary Of A Call Girl is going to be the raunchiest yet.
The show, which kicks off (its clothes!) on ITV2 next month, will feature a food-sploshing session which takes place while prostitute Belle has sex with a client.
"They throw food at each other while they are at it - the client gets so carried away he even pours beans down her knickers," a show source whispers. "It is very messy but everyone loved it and the producers are pleased with the results.
"It's all naughty and suggestive but Billie loves doing something so far removed from reality and she took everything in her stride."

The actress (right) started filming the show just a few months after giving birth to son Winston in October 2008.

New! Secret Diary Promo!

2009-12-02T11:42:00.000-08:00

A new promo is featuring on ITV2 showing new shows coming up, Secret Diary of a Call Girl was featured and shows some brand new snippets of series three of the show!

Excited about the new series yet?

Secret Diary US Airdate Released

2009-11-09T08:56:00.000-08:00

According to Showtime and The Hollywood Reporter, Secret Diary will return to US screens, 25th January 2010. It’s unsure when ITV plans to premiere the series but more info will be posted as soon as it’s provided.
Showtime set return dates for most of its series to return next spring.

Doctor Who Preview

2009-10-29T12:16:00.000-07:00

It has been announced that Children In Need, showing 20th November at 7.00pm will include a short preview of the upcoming Doctor Who special airing at Christmas, the first of two parts which is David Tennant's last adventure which will probably include shots of The Master (John Simm), Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and hopefully a small shot of Billie who will play a small cameo role as Rose Tyler in the episodes!

A Passionate Woman filming starts

2009-10-29T12:06:00.000-07:00

Billie has recently started filming for BBC1's A Passionate Woman, near Leeds. The Doctor Who beauty plays a polish mum in the 1950's who falls for her neighbour, it is due to air some time next year and she co stars with Theo James, Sue Johnston and Alun Armstrong.

You see more pictures and information here and here!

We think she looks fab and cannot wait to see the show when it airs in 2010! What do you think?

Dales Actor hopes to work with Piper

2009-10-17T06:30:00.000-07:00

Emmerdale star Lyndon Ogbourne has revealed that he dreams of working with his ex-girlfriend Billie Piper.
The actor, who joined the Yorkshire-based drama as Nathan Wylde this year, told PA that he dated Piper for a while after they attended a drama club together in Swindon, Wiltshire. Ogbourne continued: “We were close friends up until we were 16 or 17, then as soon as she got together with Chris Evans everything completely changed for her.

“I’d really like the opportunity to work with her. I think she wants to do a play back in London. Obviously she’s doing amazing film work and really taking off. But I always thought it would be quite funny to bump into her.”
Commenting on how the star’s life has turned out, he said: “She completely blossomed, not only into an amazingly successful girl, but I love the fact she’s a mum now. I think it’s amazing. I’m the broodiest boy in the world!”

A Passionate Woman

2009-09-29T08:31:00.000-07:00

It has been announced that Billie has taken on a new project!

Former Doctor Who star Billie Piper is to return to the BBC – to play a young wife and mother who has a romance with a Polish neighbour in 1950s Leeds.
Sue Johnston and Alun Armstrong also appear in A Passionate Woman, based on Kay Mellor’s successful stage play.
“There was interest in the film rights but I held onto them,” Mellor said. “Now, with the BBC and British money, it’s the project I want it to be.”
The drama starts filming in Leeds this month and will air on BBC One in 2010!

Source: bbc.co.uk

Happy Birthday Billie!

2009-09-22T08:31:00.000-07:00

Birthday wishes go out on this day to Billie Piper who is turning 27!

We all know her as Rose Tyler from Doctor Who, or Belle De Jour/Hannah Baxter from ITV2's Secret Diary of a Call Girl!

We hope that her birthday is one to remember!

Billie supports Meningitis!

2009-09-16T10:17:00.000-07:00

Babies run the highest risk of meningitis, says national charity Meningitis Research Foundation.
The risk is 38 times higher for babies under 12 months of age compared to children older than one and adults.

Billie Piper, actress and a new mother of baby Winston, is supporting the campaign:
“Meningitis and septicaemia are every parent’s worst nightmare. MRF’s campaign will raise awareness of these diseases among parents of young babies, which is essential as it can be very difficult to spot meningitis in babies because the symptoms are even less obvious than in older children and adults. Meningitis develops very quickly and can kill in hours, therefore there just is no time for delayed diagnosis.” – Billie Piper

Harper's Bazaar and Quick Awards

2009-09-08T10:46:00.000-07:00

(Thank to b-piper.com for this image)
Billie looked absolutely stunning as always at the Harper’s Bazaar Women Of The Year & TV Quick Awards yesterday, wearing a gorgeous outfit, and sporting a big smile.
Also we can see Billie wearing a small 'Winston' necklace!
See here for more pictures!

Ewwy Nomination

2009-09-08T10:43:00.000-07:00

The Ewwy’s are EW’s answers to television’s Emmy Awards they give readers a chance to honor their favorite shows and stars. The winners will be announced on September 14!

Best Lead Actress in a Comedy

Billie Piper, Secret Diary of a Call Girl

"Billie Piper deserves to be nominated. She is the heart and soul of a fascinating drama in a part most American actresses wouldn’t have the slightest idea or talent to pull off.”

Billie is up against Eva Longoria Parker, Jordana Spiro, Kaley Cuoco, Spencer Grammer and Portia DeRossi! So make sure you get voting here!

Secret Diary of a Call Girl Series Three

2009-09-08T10:38:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately we have a extended wait for the third series of the popular Secret Diary of a Call Girl, as it has been revealed that it is expected to be shown in early 2010! The show has previously been released around September/October however ITV2 are choosing to show it early 2010 this time round!
Specific details have not been released, and you can keep up to date on the ITV website here!

Billie: I'm to daft to be a mum

2009-09-02T04:04:00.000-07:00

Doctor Who star Billie Piper reckons she is too daft to be a mum.

The 26-year-old actress - who has a 10-month-old son Winston with husband Laurence Fox thinks she is too young and immature to have a child.
And she worries she'll fill his head with rubbish. She said: "You think having a child will kind of centre you as a person because you're a parent and therefore you're supposed to be a grown-up.
"But, if anything, I think about the fact that I'm not grown up enough. The fear sets in when passing your knowledge on to your child. You realise you don't want to fill his head with a load of rubbish. I need to really think about what I believe in before I tell him anything. There's a lot of soul-searching."

Despite acknowledging motherhood can be difficult, Billie insists she is fortunate her son is so well-behaved.
She said: "Winston is a really chilled, cheeky chappy. He very rarely cries, he's always smiling and he's full of personality already.
"He's the perfect child - in our eyes anyway. The first couple of months are rough but we're finding our way."

Source

Billie at V-Festival

2009-08-25T10:22:00.000-07:00

Billie was spotted recently at the V-festival with a few of her friends and her husband Laurence Fox.

Since Billie had her first son Winston, in October last year, she hasnt been seen at public affairs, however earlier in the week she was shown enjoying the festival with a group of friends.

Good to see you out and about Billie!

You can read more about it here

Billie won't act with Laurence

2009-08-25T10:16:00.000-07:00

Billie Piper met her husband Laurence Fox when they appeared in the West End play Treats two years ago.
However, the actress, who had her first son Winston with Fox last year, says she has no desire to act with him on stage again in the near future.
“No, God no,” she said with vehemence after I broached the subject when I bumped into her in Hylands Park in Chelmsford. “I don’t think so.”

Source: telegraph.co.uk

The very best of The Doctor's companions!

2009-08-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

(picture by Seduff)
It has now been revealed that the second episode of the special ‘Doctor Who Greatest Moments’ series will be taking a look back at some of the very best bits of the Doctor’s faithful companions, also known as the Children of Time!

The documentary will relive some of their most memorable moments since the programme’s revival back in 2005, with show stars David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor), Billie Piper (Rose Tyler), Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones), Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) and John Barrowman (Captain Jack) sharing their personal favourite new series companion moments…

The episode is the second ‘Greatest Moments’ Confidential that is set to air in the run up to the eagerly-anticipated special, The Waters of Mars. The first edition is dedicted solely to the Doctor himself (Next Thursday at 8:00PM on BBC3), and the third is likely to focus on the best bits of the countless enemies to have graced our screens over the past few years.

Doctor Who Greatest Moments: The Companions will air on BBC Three at 8:00PM on Thursday 27th August 2009!

Baby's Day Out!

2009-08-12T07:53:00.000-07:00

Billie Piper appears to be feeling the strain of being full-time mum to 10-month-old son Winston.
The 26-year-old actress looked shattered as she wheeled Winston’s pushchair down a busy west London street.
She then lifted her blonde son into the back seat of her X-Type Jaguar before struggling to get her bags and pushchair into the boot.
Apart from a few weeks spent filming the third series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl and two episodes of Doctor Who, Billie has been able to spend most of Winston’s life so far devoted to motherhood.
Looking tanned and slender, Billie went for a chic ensemble of a white sun dress and pink jacket.
But, understandably, Billie clearly didn’t have time to style her hair, which was hanging loose in front of her face.
Perhaps she had had a rough night’s sleep with her young son, given her bad mood as she walked down the street.
After doing a spot of shopping, Billie got into her car and drove back to her Surrey home, which she shares with husband Laurence Fox.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Rose in The Waters of Mars Trailer?

2009-07-29T02:30:00.000-07:00

People have been saying that if you look closely at around 0:23 on the new Doctor Who trailer shown at the Comic Con, a woman who looks like Rose is shown holding a baby!
As it was such a fast clip, nobody can be sure but could it be? We have seen pictures of Billie filming for the christmas specials, could she also star in the Waters of Mars?
Watch this video and see for yourself...

WOMslowvid
by combomblog

Credit goes to FanaticalWhovian for making this video :)

Billie's Birthday Book!

2009-07-24T05:35:00.000-07:00

Its Billie's birthday coming up in September and at B-piper.com, they have thought of a brilliant way for fans to send their birthday wishes.
For a birthday book, you can send in graphics, messages, drawings, or poems for Billie to recieve for her birthday.
It was a big success last year, so I hope you all get involved!
You can send in your messages here!
Hope to see all your pics in the birthday book!

'Who’ movie to be confirmed at Comic-Con?

2009-07-06T10:20:00.001-07:00

A Doctor Who movie starring David Tennant will be announced at the Comic-Con event later this month, according to reports.
Speculation is growing that the BBC will confirm the big screen version at the five-day convention, which is held in San Diego, California. Tennant will be attending alongside departing executive producer Russell T Davies.
Previously, Tennant has revealed that he has signed up for an unidentified “sci-fi project”, while Davies has hinted that an announcement of a “special project” would be coming soon, telling Doctor Who Magazine: “News as and when, but I can promise, it’s worth waiting for.”
Tennant’s Doctor will regenerate at the end of three Doctor Who specials, the last of which airs early next year. Matt Smith will then assume the lead role.
A spokesperson for BBC Films has previously confirmed that a script for a Who movie is “in development”.

If a movie will be released, you can gurantee that it will be very, very popular!

Would you go and watch it?!

Billie & Laurence Celebrate Fathers Day!

2009-06-22T08:47:00.000-07:00

In her day job she plays a glamorous upmarket call girl who flits from boyfriend to client.
But in reality dressed-down actress Billie Piper couldn’t be happier than when spending time with her family – as she showed in New York yesterday.
She helped Lewis actor husband Laurence Fox celebrate his first Father’s Day as a parent as the couple took baby Winston for a stroll.
Laurence admits finding it tough adjusting to the rigours of first-time fatherhood.
The 31-year-old explained in an interview that he initially found it hard to bond with his baby: ‘I definitely went through really odd feelings, really animal ones such as, “Do I even want this baby?” I was like that for about two weeks after he was born.’
But now the family couldn’t be happier, with Laurence describing eight-month-old Winston as a ‘joy’.
Actress Billie wore a floaty summer dress with a fashionable grey jacket slung over the top.
She smiled for the cameras as she pushed Winston along, talking to a friend on her mobile phone.

Check out pictures at dailymail.co.uk, Billie looks stunning and Winston is one cute baby!

Pucker Up Billie!

2009-06-10T08:29:00.000-07:00

Sexy Billie Piper puckers up to a mystery man as Belle Du Jour - sparking speculation the telly tart is about to commit to one lucky fella for good.
Billie, 26, filmed romantic register office scenes for Secret Diary Of A Call Girl - suggesting her racy character is about to leave her career as a hooker behind.
She kissed the character played by actor James D’Arcy on the lips as she clutched a bouquet. Billie wore a chic blue frock for the scenes and tied her hair in a funky plaited style.
Source: thesun.co.uk

The 25 Women Who Shook Sci-Fi

2009-06-03T08:52:00.000-07:00

The sci-fi and fantasy genres have been marked by many iconic heroines. Some are striking for their leadership and bravery, others for their incredible sexiness, many for both. Following lengthy debate, Total Sci-Fi now reveals the 25 most important SF & fantasy heroines of all time. We’ve limited ourselves to TV and film - SF and fantasy literature probably warrants a further list all of its own - and in those instances where multiple actresses have portrayed a character, we’ve written who we believe gave the most definitive performance in brackets.

7: Rose Tyler (Billie Piper, Doctor Who)

Out of all the new Who’s companions, it is indisputably Rose Tyler who has had the most impact on both fans and the Doctor himself. The plucky young woman is one of the rare companions to fall for the Doctor, while the Doctor is unable to get over losing her in the second series. Thankfully, it isn’t the last we see of the shopgirl-turned-deity…
Source: totalscifionline.com

TV Choice & TV Quick Awards

2009-05-26T12:21:00.001-07:00

Billie & Secret Diary Of A Call Girl have both been nominated for Best Actress and Best Drama Series at the TV Choice & TV Quick awards, get voting for Billie and Secret Diary here!

Billie Sings

2009-05-26T12:20:00.000-07:00

Doctor Who star Billie Piper tells me she would consider appearing in a musical episode of the show.

The star, who is coming back for David Tennant’s final special episodes as the Doctor, said: “I think it’s a great idea. I am surprised that it’s not been done yet but, yeah, bursting into song in the Tardis would be a great idea.”.

Source: dailystar.co.uk

Spoilers!

2009-05-16T07:44:00.000-07:00

I apologize if you’re here and don’t want to be spoiled for the finale of David Tennant’s run on Doctor Who. I advise not reading any further…

The rumors of Billie returning have been circulating for months and now there is proof of her appearance in the Finale special! The Daily Mail has the pictures and the news:

Their on-screen pairing as Rose and The Doctor made both Billie Piper and David Tennant household names.
So it was only fitting that new mother Billie should return to Doctor Who for Tennant ’s final two episodes as the Timelord. The 26-year-old actress joins an all-star cast for the emotional send-off of the popular star.
Yesterday Tennant, dressed in the Doctor’s signature suited style, was seen filming some of his last scenes from the sci-fi family drama.
He clutched the wall in apparent distress as he walked through air swirling with snow in a Cardiff Street. Billie had earlier filmed scenes nearby, wrapped in scraf and gloves, and the two were seen chatting together in a break from filming.
The final two episodes will be broadcast over the Christmas period and will see Tennant regenerate as Matt Smith, who replaces him as the 11th Doctor.
It will also be the last of Russell T Davies’ four 2009 specials and signals the end of his five years as head writer.

Billie returns as Rose Smith?

2009-05-07T09:13:00.000-07:00

Lifetheuniverseandcombom has posted a article about the possibility of Rose and the other Doctor returning, now as Mr and Mrs Smith!
Just found out this morning that Tennant is coming up to London on Friday to shoot a scene with Billie Piper. And it is literally just the one scene. Episode 4.18, Scene 163 to be precise. They’re going to be out on location in a reasonably public place so there’s some chance of photos but I don’t want to be too specific in case the descent of hordes of ‘Doctor Who’ fans prompts anyone to try and find out where the information originated. No idea what the scene actually entails but the Call Sheet lists the characters as “The Other Doctor” and “Rose Smith” so draw your own conclusions!
Please take this as a rumour until images are released or the BBC confirm it!

Secret Diary Series Three Shoots!

2009-04-30T11:12:00.000-07:00

Back at work after welcoming her baby son Winston with husband Laurence Fox in October, Billie Piper looked delighted to be reunited with her Secret Diary Of A Call Girl co-stars. She began lensing the new third series of the show on the sunny streets of Notting Hill on Wednesday.

In high spirits and full of the joys of spring in a red floral headpiece the trim 26-year-old threw herself into the role of university graduate callgirl Belle, giggling with fellow actors Iddo Goldberg – who plays her character’s best friend Ben – and Ashley Madekwe, who stars as Bambi, a naïve escort Belle mentors in the second series.

Referencing the last series - based on a real life blog written by ‘Bella de Jour’ – which aired in October, the trio were seen looking at a display for The Secret Diary Of A London Call Girl in the window of a bookshop during the scene.

Fans of the show will no doubt be pleased to see to see Belle has taken Ben’s advice at the end of the programme’s second series, and written about her experiences.

FHM's Sexiest Woman Results!

2009-04-28T10:11:00.000-07:00

The results of this years FHMs 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2009, Billie came 92 this year, beating her spot last year which was 94! Congrats Billie, we think your number one!

Rose Tyler Day On Watch!

2009-04-17T11:24:00.000-07:00

The channel Watch is celebrating one of the Doctors best companions, Rose Tyler, with a day of who episodes featuring Billie’s character on Saturday 18th April, below is the schedule!

Rose - 12.00pm

Dalek - 1.00pm

Fathers Day - 2.00pm

The Girl in the Fireplace - 3.00pm

Army of Ghosts - 4.00pm

Doomsday - 5.00pm

New Earth - 8.00pm

Billie to play Jade Goody?

2009-04-17T11:23:00.001-07:00

Sometimes controversial bookmaker, Paddy Power, has started taking bets on who will play Jade Goody in the film rumoured to dramatize her life on the big screen. The restrictions of the bets are the film must be the first big screen biography of Goody and it must happen by January 2012.
Michelle Ryan at 2 – 1 is the clear favourite but others include Cameron Diaz, Billie Piper, Kate Winslet and even more comically, Shilpa Shetty at 100 – 1. Shilpa Shetty, a star of Bollywood films, had a bust up with Jade Goody in the Celebrity Big Brother house in which Goody was accused of being racist and received a backlash from the British public for the comments she made – Shetty later forgave Goody

Billie back on Doctor Who?

2009-03-21T05:32:00.001-07:00

Please take this as a rumour until the BBC have confirmed it!

Billie Piper will return to Doctor Who with ALL the Time Lord’s former companions as part of David Tennant’s final episode.
Billie, 26, will again play Rose Tyler and teams up with other sidekicks Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman).
The trio will join forces to take on the Doctor’s revived arch-enemy The Master, played again by John Simm.
The episode sees the Timelord regenerate into the new Doctor (Matt Smith).
An insider said: “This will be the most exciting episode Doctor Who have ever done. We really wanted to get all the companions back on board as a fitting send-off to David.
“And of all the enemies for him to face in his final episode it makes sense for The Master to be the main one. Getting Billie to agree is a real coup, but she loved working on the show so much it didn’t take much convincing.”
Rose — who left after series two — formed the strongest bond with the Doctor out of the female companions. She returned for a few episodes in the last series where she was reunited with the Doctor.
Rose then returned to Earth with a separate half-human version of the Time Lord.
Since she left Doctor Who, Billie has gone on to star in the raunchy ITV2 drama Secret Diary of a Call Girl. She plays a high-class hooker in the risque show, which is currently on its third series.
Source: thesun.co.uk

Billie nominated for UK TV Actress!

2009-03-21T05:30:00.001-07:00

The 2009 Glamour Women of the Year Awards, will be honouring the best female talent from across the globe on Tuesday June 2nd 2009. It promises to be a seriously A-List affair, but we can’t do it without your help. Simply tick your favourite in each category (or suggest your own deserving celeb) to be in with a chance of winning tickets for you and a friend to the hottest celeb bash of the season! Vote for Billie as UK TV Actress over at glamourmagazine.co.uk!

Billie & Catherine on The Justin Lee Collins Show

2009-03-19T11:24:00.001-07:00

Don't forget that Billie and Catherine are the first ever guests on The Justin Lee Collins Show, talking about Doctor Who, and generally gossiping. It's on ITV2 tonight at 10pm, make sure you dont miss it!

Above image in made by Tardis-and-Torchwood-Treasures

Billie spills the gossip

2009-03-19T10:04:00.000-07:00

Billie Piper yesterday admitted her brother and sisters are ashamed of her — and hide her pictures when pals come to visit.
The Secret Diary of a Call Girl star said Charlie and sisters Ellie and Harley don’t want to discuss her success.
Billie, 26, explained: “My siblings ignore anything I do. They find it embarrassing and I get that… they don’t want my success to become the topic of conversation.
“They just take everything down in the house with me on when their mates come round. They just ignore that we are related.” But understanding Billie added: “I don’t blame them.”
Thankfully for Billie, who is married to actor Laurence Fox, her parents are happy to get behind her.
Talking about her role as high-class hooker Belle de Jour on the ITV2 show, she said: “They are okay with it… nothing really shocks them when it comes to certain choices I make.
“My dad doesn’t watch it, that would be a bit weird. But my mum finds it hilarious!”

The former Dr Who star also revealed why she cheekily referred to Timelord David Tennant as David Ten-Inch after joining as his assistant Rose Tyler in 2006.
She lets slip for the first time on The Justin Lee Collins Show tonight on ITV2 that a pal slept with him — and reported back to her on the size of his manhood.
She laughed: “One of my friends who was privy to the information handed it to me on a plate!”
Billie — who had a No 1 at 15 with Because We Want To — also admits she can only recall the lyrics to one of her seven chart hits — Honey To The Bee.
Billie — who gave birth to baby Winston last October — said: “It’s like I was a completely different person then.
“I was really young, naïve, hopeful and desperate. I was really hungry for it and now I’m like, ‘whatever’.”

Billie Sheds Her Super High Heels

2009-03-18T05:28:00.000-07:00

Following the birth of her first child Billie Piper has had precious little chance to wear her heel collection.
And after squeezing into a pair of super high heels last night the new mother must have been feeling the pinch - ending up bare footed.
Billie and husband Lawrence Fox took a rare evening off from caring for five-month-old Winston to dine at the upmarket Scott’s restaurant in London’s Mayfair.
The 26-year-old actress began the evening wearing a sky high pair of black designer stilettos.
The shoes were on show as she and Fox climbed into their cab to head to a friend’s house in Lambeth.
But when Billie emerged she was carrying the heels and risking her bare feet on the dirty pavement.
Perhaps the shoes were rubbing the feet of the former Doctor Who actress, who has had little chance to wear her heel collection over the last few months.
She recently admitted that since giving birth to her son in October she has been constantly exhausted.
‘I had absolutely no idea how tiring being a mum was - or how hard mums have to work.’
She explained: ‘He’s a restless sleeper. ‘He gives us hope, then he changes his routine.’

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Billie hopes to make it for The Big Weekend

2009-03-17T12:38:00.000-07:00

Check out todays Chris Moyles show here, Billie’s on about twenty minutes before the the end!
Swindon born actress Billie Piper rang into the Chris Moyles Radio 1 show this morning to say how pleased she was to hear the Big Weekend is coming to the town.

Moyles told Billie the event was to be staged at Lydiard Park on May 9 and 10. ”Lydiard Park!” she said. “I used to smoke there and snog boys there.”

Billie, calling from the home she shares with husband actor Laurence Fox and baby Winston, told Moyles she was enjoying motherhood.

“It’s harder than I thought,” she said. “It’s great and it’s brilliant but it’s definitely tough at times.” She said she was planning a visit to Swindon soon with her family and would hopefully make it to the Big Weekend.

Billie on The Justin Lee Collins Show

2009-03-14T03:19:00.000-07:00

Billie Piper and Catherine Tate will be the first guests on Justin Lee Collins’ brand new ITV2 chatshow, entitled The Justin Lee Collins Show.
The Doctor Who stars will be joining Justin for some fun and frolics - and a spot of karaoke!

The shaggy-haired TV star is about to embark on his own self-titled chat show and luckily his first guests, Catherine Tate and Billie Piper, are people he already knows.
Justin said: “Catherine Tate has done The Sunday Night Project, Billie Piper was our first-ever guest on the show that used to be The Friday Night Project, so I have worked with them before, we’ve got previous, they’re both wonderful, I am a big fan of both of them.
“They are coming on not to plug anything, they are just coming on to talk and that’s what the Justin Lee Collins Show is all about. Just come on and have a chat. Billie in particular, just coming on for a chat, nothing to promote, just coming on for the fun.”
The Justin Lee Collins Show, with Piper and Tate, will air on Thursday 19th March 2009 at 10pm on ITV2 - don't miss it!

England's Own Brad and Angelina

2009-03-13T10:18:00.000-07:00

Billie Piper and Laurence Fox reckon they’ll be Britain’s Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Not as Hollywood megastars perhaps — but as parents of the largest brood of kids in showbiz.
The couple, whose first son Winston was born four months ago, would love to have twins.
Lewis star Laurence, 30, said: “Twins would be good.” He added: “We’ll definitely have more babies. Why not? Why stop at one? I was trying to think of how we can outdo Brad and Ange.
“We need to recover from the shock of baby number one and then, when we forget how tiring it is, we’ll have another.”
He admitted to Heat magazine: “I’m shattered! But no matter how tired I am it’s worth it. We love our baby. Our life is quite simple: Light a fire, sit in the TV room, watch America’s Next Top Model… life’s great.”
However, in two months Billie will be back on set filming the third series of racy ITV2 show Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, where she plays a hooker.
She admitted she’s struggling with the idea of stripping for raunchy sex scenes since becoming a mum.
But she said: “I’ll just have to go in at full pelt because if you’re playing a prostitute, you can’t be precious about someone seeing your nipple.
“But there are certain things I’m sure I’ll feel uncomfortable doing, because you change, I suppose, when you have a baby.”

Billie on The Justin Lee Collins Show!

2009-03-13T10:17:00.000-07:00

Billie along with Doctor Who co-star Catherine Tate are set to be the first guests on Justin Lee Collin’s new chat show on March 19th at 10pm on ITV2. Justin’s said “I have worked with them before, we’ve got previous, they’re both wonderful,” he said. Can’t wait, more info soon!

Billie's New Drama

2009-03-05T09:10:00.000-08:00

Here’s another article about Billie’s new project. Nothing new, but it seems to be confirmed now. Yay! I can’t wait to hear more!
Secret Diary of a Call Girl actress Billie Piper is in talks to star in a new Tiger Aspect drama being developed for ITV1 about a struggling single mum.
A spokeswoman for ITV confirmed this morning that the project - which is yet to have its name released was in the “very early development stages”.
In the programme, it is believed Piper – who is a new mum herself - will play the main role of a woman living on a rough council estate with her baby daughter and her own mother.
She goes in search of her father, who turns out to be a multi-millionaire living in the country, and the “odd couple” pair forge a close bond while trying to help each other find love.

New Mum Billie To Play Mum

2009-03-03T09:02:00.000-08:00

Billie Piper is putting her new-found maternal skills to use — by playing a struggling single mum in an ITV drama.
Fans will see the ex Doctor Who star, who gave birth to son Winston in October, battling life on a rough estate with her baby girl and her own mother.
She goes in search of the dad she’s never met — and finds he is a multi-millionaire living in a run-down country pile. The pair forge a close bond based on their shared inability to hold down a relationship.
And they set about finding a partner for each other. A show insider said last night: “It’s a classic odd couple story. And it has something of the ‘two worlds collide’ about it. Billie’s character sees how the other half live and her old man comes to terms with life on the breadline.”
Billie, 26 — who is wed to actor Laurence Fox — has called motherhood the “toughest job” she has ever had. The Sun told recently how she had vowed to spend her time with Winston until a role came along that “inspires” her.
Source: thesun.co.uk

Billie On Paul O Grady

2009-02-27T13:25:00.000-08:00

Billie will be on Paul O’Grady’s show this upcoming Monday. It airs at 5:00 PM on Channel 4. I’m not sure what she’ll be talking about but for more information on the show, go to the official site.
Dont forget to watch!

UPDATE!

You can now see the interview to your left, it features her talking about Winston, Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, and how her pregnancy hormones were affecting her whilst filming.

Matt Smith Rings Billie For Advice

2009-02-22T09:27:00.000-08:00

Matt Smith has turned to his previous co-star Billie Piper for advice on how to play the Doctor, The Daily Star Sunday reports.
Smith, who will become the Eleventh incarnation of the Time Lord when David Tennant leaves the show later this year, is said to be ‘panicked’ at the thought of taking on such an iconic role.

Piper, who played the Doctor’s companion, Rose Tyler, in Series 1, 2 and 4, has told the newspaper that she’s more than happy to help out her old friend.
“He called me and said ‘What am I going to do?’” she said.
But the actress has told him that he doesn’t need any acting advice, so instead she’s sharing some tips on how to manage the publicity demands that come with the show.
“Your life completely changes as it’s such a huge show, just about the biggest show on TV,” she continued. “I had no idea what I was getting into. It’s frightening being in that kind of production and having people suddenly know everything about you. He’s just about to embark on that.”
She added: “But I’m a big fan of Matt. He’s a stirring actor and has the right energy for the part of the Doctor. The role is in good hands.”
Filming for the fifth series of Doctor Who will begin in Cardiff this July

Billie: I Need Time With My Baby

2009-02-11T07:48:00.000-08:00

In other news new mum Billie Piper said she is cutting back on acting to care for her baby.
The 26-year-old actress gave birth to son Winston three months ago but weeks of sleepless nights have taken their toll.
Billie begins filming the third series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl next month. But after that, she is in no rush to leave Winton’s side.
She said: “I’m going to wait for the right thing to come along and until that happens, spend time with my son. I don’t want to rush into anything that isn’t right or doesn’t inspire me.
“I have a new baby, so it’s all quite full-on at the moment. You spend a lot of time awake! But I think the worst of the bad sleeping is drawing to an end.”
Billie revealed she is an executive producer on the new series of ITV2’s Secret Diary, where she plays high-class prostitute Belle.
One day she hopes to set up a production company with her hubby, actor Laurence Fox. Billie said: “I’m really excited. I’ll be doing pre-production and working on scripts. I would love to produce.
“So it’s ideal having this exec role on the season. It’s a way for me to learn the ropes and be more involved. And in the future, maybe start something up with my husband.”

And I would just like to say congratulations to Billie’s ex husband Chris Evans & his wife Natasha Shishmanian for having a baby boy today, lets hope little Winston and Noah will be buddies!

Billie Piper Works Hard for the Money

2009-02-01T12:13:00.000-08:00

Billie Piper is back with a second season of the British series Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Sundays, 10:30 pm/ET, Showtime), in which Hannah — aka Belle, her working-girl alter ego — navigates a “real” relationship and encounters new women in her field. Piper, a former pop star, veteran of Jane Austen movies (Mansfield Park) and new mom, still treats her controversial role with wide-eyed curiosity. TVGuide.com spoke to her about her research into the world of prostitution, the overseas controversy surrounding the sexy show and which scene it was that made her feel “strange” to film.

What attracted you to this role?
"That it was so different from everything I’d ever done. And I think you have to keep trying new worlds, new experiences, and new characters. I’d done my fair share of sci-fi and period-drama girls. I was quite keen to play someone who was very different. And I loved the book; it made me laugh a lot. And I liked the idea of working with strictly female producers and writers; that was a big draw for me."

How did the reactions to Secret Diary differ in the U.K. and the States?
"In the U.K., the public liked it, but the critics did not. I think they were so used to seeing me play wholesome teenage girls or girls from Jane Austen novels, and suddenly I was taking all of my clothes off and simulating sex. In America, people were slightly more accepting, which surprised me. I suppose the Showtime audience is more open-minded."

Hannah/Belle wants it all: the sex and the money, but also the loving partner at home. Will she ever be able to have it all?
"I don’t think so. It’s just impossible to have both, unless you found the most understanding man in the world. Life isn’t really like that. It will be interesting to see whether she chooses her career over love.

What surprised you the most in your research?
“The “girlfriend experience”: A man pays an escort to hold his hand and eat pizza with him; it’s not necessarily just about sex. It’s often men who just want someone to be with them, but not give them any grief."

Billie On Extra

2009-01-26T08:26:00.001-08:00

Extra sat down with Billie Piper, darling of Showtime’s series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and fed her questions from some of her fans, like whether she is a pantyhose type of girl or if she prefers stockings and a garter belt. Check out Billie’s sexy answer here!

You can also see a short video of Billie on Extra to your left

Billie Regains Pre-Baby Shape

2009-01-26T08:23:00.000-08:00

Billie Piper turned up for Carson Daly’s chat show in LA last week wearing a sexy black pencil skirt and sunshine-yellow T-shirt.
The 26-year-old Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star, who gained 2st 5lb while pregnant with son Winston, is now just 5lb off her pre-pregnancy weight of 9st.
How on earth has 5ft 5in Billie, who’s still breast feeding, managed it?
Our source reveals: ‘She’s often so tired or busy looking after Winston that she just forgets to eat and can make do on dinner and fruit all day.
‘But Billie’s eating really healthily and makes sure she only has healthy snacks if she gets hungry between meals.’
Banned from doing strenuous exercise following her emergency Caesarean, Billie also owes her toned figure to a comprehensive postnatal yoga and Pilates programme, which she does three times a week.
‘Billie does lots of gentle yoga and is starting to tone with reasonably heavy weights,’ says our source. ‘It’s really helped to reduce her stretchmarks. The ones she has are very faint.’
Other exercises include gentle stomach zip-ups – designed to knit stretched tummy muscles back together – leg raises and tummy toners.
To complement her fitness regime, Billie’s also been having regular lymphatic drainage massages to shift water retention

Billie Happy With Rose's Ending

2009-01-16T08:45:00.000-08:00

Billie Piper has revealed that she was pleased with how her character, Rose Tyler, left the show at the end of Series 4.
The actress, who appeared as the Doctor's much-loved companion from 2005 to 2006, bowed out at the end of the show's second series. But she made a timely return last year and reprised the role for 3 episodes.
In the end, she and the Doctor were forced to separate once again, however this time she was left with a human version of the Time Lord who she could grow old and live happily ever after with."I was pleased with it," Piper said. "You kind of want to go with Doctor #1, but it just couldn't be. But it's fun. It was great, and an adventurous and epic finale to the show."She added: "I was pleased, and it's always really good fun to go back and do Doctor Who."