Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet (2002)

15Drama1 hour
68%
User score
Description

A tempestuous tale of love and life as a naïve girl discovers both romance and pain in the hidden, decadent world of bohemian London in the 1890s. Nan Astley embarks on a voyage of emotional and sexual discovery with Kitty Butler, a music hall male impersonator.

Devora Pope
Script Editor
Sarah Waters
Novel
Andrew Davies
Screenplay

Actors

Rachael Stirling
Rachael Stirling
Nan Astley
Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawes
Kitty Butler
Jodhi May
Jodhi May
Florence
Status

Ended

Network
Tipping the Velvet
Type

Miniseries

Original language

English

Keywords
based on novel or bookvictorian englandlesbian relationshipminiseriesperiod drama19th centurymale impersonatordramaticbriskeuphoric