The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)

A writer and a courtesan embark on a partnership both creative and sexual in Victorian London in The Crimson Petal and the White (2011). This lush BBC miniseries stars Romola Galai as Sugar, a 19-year-old prostitute and talented wordsmith who becomes skinvolved with aspiring writer and soap-factory heir William Rackham (Chris O’Dowd of Bridesmaids fame). Their relationship becomes more than a business transaction when William hires Sugar to be the governess to his son, but with Rackham’s wife Agnes (Amanda Hale)’s erratic mental health growing worse by the day, Sugar makes a rash decision. Romola is ravishing as she bares rosy redheaded rackage in bed and in the bath, and rump as she squats over a chamberpot. Her petals may be crimson, but she’ll turn you purple!