Tipping the Velvet

Season 1

2002 · 3 episodes · 2h 58m in all · 8.3/10

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   9 Dec 2002 · 59 min · 8.3/10

   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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   2. Episode 2

   16 Dec 2002 · 59 min · 8.3/10

   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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   3. Episode 3

   23 Dec 2002 · 60 min · 8.3/10

   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...