Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

Ended First aired 09/Dec/2002 United Kingdom English 1 season(s) 3 episode(s)
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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.
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Season 1 · Season 1
3 episode(s) · Air date: 09/Dec/2002
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S1E3
Episode 3
Air date: 23/Dec/2002 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Diana throws out Nan and Blake and Blake disappears with all of the money leaving a totally destitute Nan. The only person she can think to turn to ends up unwelcoming to her. So begins a very different phase for Nan, which leads ultimately to her making the most important decision of her life...

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Diana throws out Nan and Blake and Blake disappears with all of the money leaving a totally destitute Nan. The only person she can think to turn to ends up unwelcoming to her. So begins a very different phase for Nan, which leads ultimately to her making the most important decision of her life...

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S1E2
Episode 2
Air date: 16/Dec/2002 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 59 min
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Alone and devastated by her betrayal, Nan cannot return to her family in Whitstable so takes to the streets to survive. In her guise as a male impersonator, she finds a niche in the Victorian sexual underworld and is also drawn into the web of a rich Sapphic society widow who offers sex, excitement and luxury but at a perilous price.

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Alone and devastated by her betrayal, Nan cannot return to her family in Whitstable so takes to the streets to survive. In her guise as a male impersonator, she finds a niche in the Victorian sexual underworld and is also drawn into the web of a rich Sapphic society widow who offers sex, excitement and luxury but at a perilous price.

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Episode 1
Air date: 09/Dec/2002 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 59 min
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The glamorous world of the 19th -century music hall provides the backdrop for Nan's first love affair with Kitty Butler, a popular male impersonator. When Kitty is offered the chance to perform in London, a delighted Nan accompanies her as a dresser, but true success doesn't happen until Nan becomes part of the act.

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The glamorous world of the 19th -century music hall provides the backdrop for Nan's first love affair with Kitty Butler, a popular male impersonator. When Kitty is offered the chance to perform in London, a delighted Nan accompanies her as a dresser, but true success doesn't happen until Nan becomes part of the act.

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Rachael Stirling
Rachael Stirling
Nan Astley
Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawes
Kitty Butler
Sally Hawkins
Sally Hawkins
Zena Blake
Jodhi May
Jodhi May
Florence Banner
Anna Chancellor
Anna Chancellor
Diana Lethaby
Richard Hope
Richard Hope
Mr. Astley
Monica Dolan
Monica Dolan
Alice Astley
Annie Hulley
Annie Hulley
Mrs. Astley
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Peter Kelly
Davy Astley
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Freddy
Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas
Gully Sutherland
Dean Lennox Kelly
Dean Lennox Kelly
Tony Reeves
Jim McManus
Jim McManus
Tricky Reeves
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William Sleigh
Barber
Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays
Jimmy Burns
Bernice Stegers
Bernice Stegers
Mrs. Denby
David Webber
David Webber
Bill
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Theresa Watson
Mrs. Best

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Leigh Walker
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Nina Ross
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John Thorpe
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Malcolm Thornton
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Gary Watson
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Gina Cromwell
Set Decoration Buyer
Suzie Davies
Suzie Davies
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Harry Bowers
Clapper Loader
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Cinders Forshaw
Director of Photography
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Mark Milsome
Focus Puller
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Dai Hopkins
Grip
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Liza Bracey
Assistant Costume Designer

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