I love sex and I love money

Billie Piper is (parallel) worlds apart from Rose Tyler in her new role as a high-class hooker. Secret Diary of A Call Girl - based on the real-life story Belle de Jour books - follows the sexual escapades of Belle (Billie) as she entertains a variety of clients, each with their own demands and fetishes.

"The first thing you should know about me is that I'm a whore," she begins, philosophising to the camera about the realities of her job. It's not too long before we bear witness to those realities as Belle entertains her first client of the day, an elderly gent who likes the thought of having sex near over-excited horses.

A lot of the pull of this show will no doubt be an anticipated titilation derived from Billie's frolics. Those viewers will probably not be disappointed. Here's a list of things you those perverts can expect to see Billie doing in the first episode (with one red herring thrown in for a laugh):

• Sitting on the toilet while chatting to the camera
• Giving oral pleasure to several men
• Bearing her chest and screaming "I am the walrus"
• Using the 'C' word
• Making use of a.. erm.. toy for ladies

The show debuts at 10pm on September 27 (8 half-hour episodes) as part of ITV2's new "XXL Thursday" lineup (taking inspiration from NBC, perhaps?). Also featured are the return of Streetmate with Holly Willoughby, short-lived NBC series The Black Donnellys and the third season of Entourage.

Now, as promised, time for some genuine, bona fide exclusive Prison Break scoopage, courtesy of creator Paul Scheuring. Check back in with DS later this week to read the interview in full, but for now here's a teasy snippet of us asking Paul about some shocking rumours doing the rounds...

The head count in season two was quite high, especially among the main characters. Is that something we'll continue to see in season three?
"No-one is safe - and very early in the season we're going to see that [demonstrated]. That's just one of the rules we abide by on Prison Break: you have to kill characters that are seemingly untouchable so that there's a true sense of stakes in there. The story unfolds very quickly."

More specifically, that there are rumours that one of the brothers will be killed. What would you say to that?
"I don't want to say anything about that completely, but I think it's good for the audience to anticipate that because a lot is going to change in season three."

Is it true that C-Note will not be returning?
"As it is right now, the C-Note storyline is finished in the sense that he walked off into the light of freedom. But I would not put 100% on that because there are rumblings, let's say, that we've been talking about for some time with him."

Why wasn't he just killed off at the end of season two?
"Our motivation for him to get away free was not to leave a potential, an open door, to bring him back. We wanted somebody to get away. All these escapees are getting killed and Michael ends up in the pen in the end, so at the same time as scaring the audience with all these deaths you do want to show that there is a version of things where it can work out."

Prison Break starts Monday, September 24 at 10pm on Sky One. And lest we forget: New Prison, New Break. Got it?

More soon!

Additional reporting by Kris Green

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