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Tipping the Velvet 1

2002-12-09 | Drama | 3 episodes
Overview

1 Season

Episode

Episode 1 (2002)

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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Directed By

Geoffrey Sax

Writer

Andrew Davies

Episode 2 (2002)

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.

Episode 2 poster

Directed By

Geoffrey Sax

Writer

Andrew Davies

Episode 3 (2002)

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...

Episode 3 poster

Directed By

Geoffrey Sax

Writer

Andrew Davies

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