S01 Episode 1
Episode 1
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.
1 h 0 mins · Mon, 9 Dec 2002
S01 Episode 1
Tipping the Velvet
An oyster maid in Victorian England is attracted to another woman, who performs as a male impersonator. Nan decides to follow Kitty to London.
58 mins · Wed, 9 Oct 2002
S01 Episode 2
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.
1 h 0 mins · Mon, 16 Dec 2002
S01 Episode 2
Tipping the Velvet
Nan is lost and distraught while wandering the London streets alone, after Kitty betrays her and breaks off the relationship.
58 mins · Wed, 16 Oct 2002
S01 Episode 3
Episode 3
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...
1 h 0 mins · Mon, 23 Dec 2002
S01 Episode 3
Tipping the Velvet
Nan is forced to face her past and make a tough choice after someone she used to know reappears in her life. She decides to finally return to Florence after a run of bad luck and heartbreak.
59 mins · Wed, 23 Oct 2002
