The Crimson Petal and The White (2011)

A writer and a courtesan embark on a partnership both creative and sexual 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 involved with aspiring writer and soap-factory heir William Rackham (Chris O’Dowd). William hires Sugar to be the governess to his son, and with Rackham’s wife Agnes (Amanda Hale)’s erratic mental health growing worse by the day, Sugar makes a rash decision. And if you always wondered what the adorable Bridesmaids star was packing in his pantaloons, you're in luck, because Chris gives us look at his log and lug nuts getting out of the bath.