‎Tipping the Velvet - Apple TV

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Unconventional, unflinching, and undeniably engaging, this coming-of-age story is about a provincial young woman who follows her heart--and a beautiful male impersonator--to London. It's also a candid depiction of lesbian love in Victorian England.

LGBTQ · 2002 · 58 min

Starring Sally Hawkins , Anna Chancellor , Rachael Stirling

Director Geoffrey Sax

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Whitstable, 1890's. Nan Astley is a naive young oyster maid, working in her parents' bustling oyster parlor. On a family outing to the local music hall, she is mesmerized by Kitty Butler, a charismatic male impersonator. This is the start of an exotic adventure which takes her into a magical and sexually charged world.

51 min · Oct 9, 2002
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

After her betrayal by Kitty, Nan is distraught and abandoned. Forced to leave the theatre, she cannot return to her family in Whitstable. Instead she discovers a new way to earn a living - one that takes her into the world of London's dark underbelly - into a seductive and dangerous world she never knew existed.

51 min · Oct 16, 2002
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Nan and Blake are thrown out by Diana and when Blake disappears with the little money they have, Nan is totally destitute. The only person she can think of who might help her is the idealistic young charity worker Florence, who she met briefly (and was attracted to) before Diana.

51 min · Oct 23, 2002

Sally Hawkins

Zena Blake
Anna Chancellor

Diana Lethaby
Rachael Stirling

Actor
Keeley Hawes

Actor
Jodhi May

Florence Banner
Geoffrey Sax

Director
Georgina Lowe

Producer
Andrew Davies

Writer