I have added screen caps from Billie’s performance in A Passionate Woman to the gallery. I apologize for not adding them sooner. Things have been quite hectic with school work and I haven’t had much time to go online.

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You’ve just read what one critic has thought about Billie’s performance in A Passionate Woman. We want to know what you thought! Loved it, hated it, thought it was Billie’s best/worst role? Tell us your thoughts!

I will have screen captures from the show added to the gallery later today so keep a look out for those! :)

From Metro.co.uk:

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. (more…)

Don’t forget to watch Billie star as Betty in ‘A Passionate Woman’ tonight at 9PM on BBC One!

From Digital Spy:

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.”

I have added screen captures of Billie’s appearance yesterday on BBC Breakfast to the gallery.

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Billie appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning. She discussed her new role in A Passionate Woman, the new Doctor, and more. You can view the interview on BBC’s website.

As soon as I can, I’ll add screen captures to the gallery.

From What’s On TV:

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.”

It’s a true story isn’t it?
“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!”

From News of the World:

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.

“I don’t know what warrants post-natal depression.

“They prescribed pills but I never took them. Pills frighten me. They’re a road to nowhere. I feel I’m too strong in mind and spirit for pills.

“I didn’t feel it was that desperate – it was just a bad day.”

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.

And the latest photos of her in a retro basque and clinging skirt for Glamour magazine show she has no issues with her body image. (more…)

From Digital Spy:

Billie Piper has revealed that she was diagnosed with post-natal depression.

Piper welcomed her son Winston with husband Laurence Fox in 2008.

However, in an interview with Glamour, the Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star admitted that she struggled to cope after giving birth.

“The doctor said I had post-natal depression,” she explained. “Secret Diary was a stressful time. I had started leaving Winston. I was finishing breast-feeding, which was really emotional. I don’t know what warrants post-natal depression.”

Piper added that she refused to take any medication, saying: “They prescribed pills, but I never took them. Pills frighten me. They’re a road to nowhere. I feel I’m too strong in mind and spirit for pills. I didn’t feel it was that desperate – just a bad day.”

Fox has also revealed that he found it difficult to deal with becoming a father.

From Mirror.co.uk:

Could we be in danger of losing national treasure Billie Piper? The former Doctor Who sidekick says she won’t rule out a move to the US.

“At the moment it’s unlikely, because my son Winston is so young and I’m getting work in Britain of a high quality,” says Billie, who stars in A Passionate Woman on BBC1 next Sunday.

“But if the parts I were being offered in America were really good then, yes, I would definitely consider moving.” In trying her luck stateside, the Diary Of A Call Girl actress would be joining Ugly Betty’s Ashley Jensen, The Office’s Lucy Davis and Adele Silva – ex of Emmerdale who was last seen working as, er, a shop assistant in Hollywood.

Billie, who lives in West Sussex with Lewis actor hubbie Laurence Fox and 16-month-old Winston, says: “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… ” So, you’re waiting for a call, girl…

From OneIndia:

The ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ fame wants to spend more time with her 17-month-old son, Winston.

“I’m going to take a healthy break. I’m very happy with my lot,” says Piper.

I think it’s a well-deserved break. Although, I hope she doesn’t take too much time away from the screen, as we all will miss seeing her on our screens.

The broadcast dates for A Passionate Woman have now been confirmed! Part 1 will air on Sunday 11 April 2010 from 09:00-10:30pm; Part 2 on Sunday 18 April 2010, presumably at the same time – both to be shown on BBC1. Casting includes Sue Johnston, Frances Barber, and Andrew Lee Potts. A Passionate Woman is written by Kay Mellor.

I have added a few new stills and promotional shots to Billie’s role in A Passionate Woman and a picture from Billie’s stop by the Jo Whiley Show on Radio One on Sunday. You can listen to her and Jo’s chat here. Billie’s part is at about 2 hours and 2 minutes in.

From News of the World:

The Secret Diary of a Call Girl star plays a sexually frustrated housewife 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 – A Passionate Woman. An insider said: “Some of the scenes have Billie calling out in ecstasy.”

The drama, set in 1950s’ 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 husband’s bed and a rowing boat.”

Still, no release date has been announced. As soon as there is one, I will post it here.

I have added captures of Billie’s appearance on Chris Moyles Quiz Night to the gallery:

I have screen captures from Chris Moyles Quiz Night to add to the gallery. However I have having computer issues and that is slowing me down and making my site updating slower. I apologize for this issue. As soon as I can add the caps to the gallery, I will.

Thanks for your patience.

I’ll be going on holiday for Spring Break this morning and not returning until next Sunday. I probably won’t be able to update the site. However I have some help and if anything Billie news-related comes up, I’m turning to them to report anything.

Have a great week everyone! :)

From Digital Spy:

Ashley Madekwe has admitted that the cast of Secret Diary of a Call Girl are not sure if a fourth series will go ahead.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, the actress – Bambi on the series – said that she would be happy to continue with the show if it is recommissioned.

“We haven’t really spoken about a fourth season yet. I think the producers all really love it and it’s like their baby,” she said. “They definitely believe in it and the cast enjoy doing it so if it worked out we’d probably all be there.”

Madekwe added that if the show were to continue, she would like to see the plot “veer even further away from the client and prostitute relationship”.

“There’s only so many times we can watch Billie have weird sex with weird men! In order for the show to continue to be interesting and fresh it would have to delve deeper into her life and away from the business. I think that’s where the real Belle de Jour went eventually.”

Billie Piper recently told DS that she is not sure the story can continue after three series.

What did you all think of the series 3 finale? I personally loved it and thought Billie did an amazing job. It was probably of the better episodes this season for me. I have added the caps to the gallery. Again due to the adult nature of the show, some of these caps are not appropriate for all fans: