Episode
Tipping the Velvet: Episode 2
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Tipping the Velvet
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2002-12-16
- Runtime
- 59 min
Episode context
Episode 2 is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Tipping the Velvet. It aired on 2002-12-16. The runtime is 59 min.
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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.
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...