A new three-part season lifts the lid on one of the biggest – and most hidden – industries in Britain. Prostitution alone is estimated to generate between £700m and £1b per year.  As a nation we spend more on sex than on going to the cinema. Yet we treat people who work in that industry with a mixture of contempt, pity and legal marginalisation.

The season explores the hypocrisy and prejudice towards the oldest profession. It aims to show how current legislation threatens the livelihood and safety of tens of thousands of sex workers in the UK – in extreme cases with fatal consequences. It also examines the rise in young, eligible men visiting prostitutes for pleasure.

Working Girls: Kerry
Kerry, a London prostitute on the streets for over half her life, talks about the harsh realities of being a street prostitute.
Dispatches: Sex On The Street 
In the last 10 years, over 60 street prostitutes have been violently murdered. Dispatches exposes the scandal that makes Britain’s street workers the most physically brutalised group in society.

Working Girls: Sarah
Sarah, a high-class escort, talks honestly about the benefits and enjoyment she gets from her job.
My Body, My Business
Sex workers speak about their lives and call for the repeal of what they see as Britain’s outmoded laws on prostitution.

Working Girls: Fiona
Having spent 11 years as a sex worker, Fiona has turned her life around since leaving prostitution and having a son.

Working Girls: Nina
Until recently, a commuter travelling to work in the city everyday, Nina has found fulfilment and passion in her new role as a dominatrix.
Why Men Pay For Sex
Why do an increasing number of young, eligible men enjoy visiting prostitutes?

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