Piper 'reducing' acting roles

Billie Piper has announced that she is cutting back on her acting so that she can spend more time with her son.

The actress, who gave birth to baby Winston in October, will film the third series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl next month but will reduce her workload after that.

"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," she told The Sun.

"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."

Piper, who has been made executive producer for the third outing of the ITV1 show, revealed her intention to set up a production company with husband Laurence Fox in the future.

"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."

The star recently admitted that getting back into shape after the birth of her son had been "boring" and hellish".