2002 British Television Mini-Series
Cast: Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Anna Chancellor, Jodhi May, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins and Benedict Cumberbatch
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Andrew Davies, based on the novel by Sarah Waters
In Victorian England circa the 1890s, a young woman falls in love with a male impersonator, follows her to London, and finds various ways to support herself as she journeys through the city.
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DVD: Available
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Awards:
- Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival Award for Best Feature.
- BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Original Television Music.
- Dallas OUT TAKES Awards for Best Feature and Actress (Stirling).
- GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Television Movie or Mini-Series.
- Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Eurola Award.
Notes/Trivia:
- Sarah Waters' debut novel Tipping the Velvet was first published in 1998. Her subsequent novels, Affinity and Fingersmith, were also adapted for film. She makes a cameo appearance in the mini-series, as an audience member at one of the shows.
- The title is an obscure Victorian pornographic slang reference to cunnilingus.
- Originally screened in three episodes on BBC Two.
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