Tipping the Velvet (2002)

Directed by

Geoffrey Sax

Genre

LGBTQ-related film, LGBT-related television series, historical television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in Victorian England, a young woman from a seaside town falls for a male impersonator music hall performer and follows her to London. The story follows her journey of self-discovery through love and loss in the underground lesbian scene.

quirkyromanticsensualhistoricalslow-burnemotionalwittybittersweetpoignant

What happens

Tipping the Velvet is a 2002 three-part BBC television drama serial based on the best-selling 1998 debut novel of the same name by Sarah Waters. It originally screened in three episodes on BBC Two and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Sally Head Productions. It stars Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, and Jodhi May. Directed by Geoffrey Sax, the novel was adapted by screenwriter Andrew Davies. The production was made available on DVD by BBC Worldwide soon after broadcast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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