This episode was repeated on 2 July 2008
Interviewer: "Belle, at this level it's not about the man, it's about the woman...languages, etiquette, golf, knowing how to ski. We're not just about servicing the client, we are genuine companions."
Belle tells us she is educated and expensive and that she attracts a high class of clientele.
We meet one such client, Mitchell, a very rich American film producer.
He tells Belle he thinks she has what it takes to be a 'courtesan' - a very high class prostitute.
Mitchell introduces Belle to an elite band of international courtesans who each have a very small number of clientele.
They interview Belle rigorously and Belle is delighted when they accept her as one of their number.
Belle is also thrilled to be able to tell Stephanie that she will now no longer require her managerial services.
Mitchell is Belle's first client as a courtesan and Belle is bowled over when he bequeaths her his extraordinary penthouse apartment.
But Belle discovers that being a courtesan is like being a very highly paid wife. She has to be wherever the clients wants her to be and wait around for them for long periods of time.
This comes to head when she finds herself bored and alone in a cottage in Scotland hanging around for Mitchell to finish filming.
Where has the independent, in-control Belle gone? She returns to London and leaves Mitchell's swanky apartment for her own more modest one.
She tells Ben that she liked her life the way it was with lots of clients, who she saw when she wanted to.
Ben says he will help her set up as an independent escort, working entirely for herself. He even offers to be her 'security'.
He then tells her he has called off the wedding. It's not that he wants to marry Belle, but he realises he doesn't want to marry Vanessa.
Belle and Ben relax in her flat and Belle tells us how London is the best place in the world when you have someone you care for above all others.
"He's not allowed clothes indoors, do you mind?" Belle meets a true pro in episode four
