Tipping the Velvet
6.8
43 votes·2002
·1 Season
·TV SeriesDrama
Overview
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.
Keywords
based on novel or bookvictorian englandlesbian relationshipminiseriesperiod drama19th centurymale impersonatordramaticbriskeuphoric
Cast
Rachael Stirling
Nan Astley
Keeley Hawes
Kitty Butler
Jodhi May
Florence Banner
Anna Chancellor
Diana Lethaby
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