Harlots

And in an act of compassion, D.I. Ian Blakeney takes her out to dinner after the break-in.

And I love Danny Cipani, our former Harlots co-star, as would-be crime writer Blakeney.

And his chemistry with you during the dinner date that Ian and Susan share at the Italian restaurant is palpable.

How did you and Danny work to establish that rapport between Susan and Ian?

I...

Yeah, I watched Harlots.

Oh, I never saw that.

And-

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I watched Harlots.

Oh, I never saw

that.

Sometimes...

I know for a fact, some of my friends worked on Harlots, and apparently the ladies on Harlots were having competitions as to who could reduce the most.

Right.

And Samantha Morton famously, in Harlots, has the most amazing shelf of-

Uh, th- that is a wrap and a half

... of bust.

Manchester played the Manhattan club scene, where Barry Manilow, a friend and fellow singer of jingles, introduced her to Bette Midler.

In 1971, she became a member of the Harlots, the backup singers for Midler.

Manchester then went solo with a debut album, Home to Myself, released in 1973.

She co-wrote many of the songs with Carole Bayer Sager.

Yeah.

And it was about the, you know, the Harlots, the

prostitutes.

Yeah.

Ooh, Downton Abbey.

Pilot Charlotte Keene on Apple TV's Silo and Charlotte Wells on the Hulu series Harlots.

Goonie Goo Goo.

Okay, Ian.