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'First Time Call Girl' Is The Most Important Thing You Should Watch

Emma Rosemurgey

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'First Time Call Girl' Is The Most Important Thing You Should Watch

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It's 2019 and people are finally realising that women and men alike should be allowed to do whatever they want with their own bodies, yet sex work is still a predominantly a taboo subject.

Because of the shame that's often associated with the industry, it's rare that we get to hear what it's like to work in - from the people who actually do it.

Enter First Time Call Girl, a Channel 5 documentary following the day-to-day life of an escort.

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Credit: Channel 5
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The programme interviews girls of various different levels of experience with a view to proving that sex work is in fact just work.

Filmmakers follow a new girl called Alexis as she decides to become an escort for the first time after experiencing a trail of unsuccessful dates and one night stands.

The documentary sees Alexis meet with an agency before taking on her first client, giving a behind-the-scenes view as to what goes on behind closed doors in the world of sex work.

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Credit: Channel 5

Escort agency boss Hannah also allowed the cameras into her life as she revealed the lengths she goes to protect her staff. Hannah has a file filled to the brim with information about clients who use her agency, proving she's dealt with some pretty dodgy characters in her line of work.

While First Time Call Girl could go a long way towards starting much needed conversations about the industry, it also hits home the point that no two sex workers are the same, and therefore should never be tarred with the same brush. Each of the escorts has their own reasons for doing the job they do, and the documentary allows them to express how and why they do it.

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Credit: Channel 5
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After her first client, Alexis says: "This is the first time I can remember walking away from sex and not let a man take something from me that I wasn't willing to give him.

"Before this I was living for other people. I feel like escorting is going to be the way I scrap the image I have made for myself and other people's expectations."

First Time Call Girl is available to stream on Channel 5 On Demand now.

Topics: TV News, TV Entertainment, Sex & Relationships

Emma Rosemurgey
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