Tipping the Velvet (2002)

01x02 Episode 2

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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Alexei Sayle Alexei Sayle As: Charles Frobisher
Anna Chancellor Anna Chancellor As:
Rachael Stirling Rachael Stirling As: Nan Astley
Keeley Hawes Keeley Hawes As: Kitty Butler
Sally Hawkins Sally Hawkins As: Zena Blake
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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.


Certification: TV-14

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Aired: 16 October, 2002 at 12:00 am

Language: English

Country: United Kingdom

Runtime: 60m

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Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle

Charles Frobisher

Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

Rachael Stirling

Rachael Stirling

Nan Astley

Keeley Hawes

Keeley Hawes

Kitty Butler

Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins

Zena Blake

Johnny Vegas

Johnny Vegas

Gully Sutherland

Jodhi May

Jodhi May

Florence

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Freddy

John Bowe

John Bowe

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