Tipping the Velvet Gallery
Step back in time to the England of the 1890's and a gallery devoted to Nan Astley and co.

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Lovely ladies
The Tipping women - Florence (Jodhi May), Kitty (Keeley Hawes), Nan (Rachael Stirling) and Diana (Anna Chancellor)
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Stepping out
Nan begins her first love affair with Kitty a male impersonator music hall star.
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How to woo women
The pair form a double act, with one of their performances featuring a song with them dressed as brothers, offering each other advice on how to pick up women.
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Top hat and tails
Kitty and Nan become the toast of the town with their transgender act.
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Kitty's betrayal
Kitty decides to turn her back on Nan and get married, rather than risk a public scandal.
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Secret lives
Nan starts a new life in London's sexual underworld. She becomes attracted to Florence but is unable to tell her the truth about her double life.
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The widow's mite
Nan meets wealthy widow Diana Lethaby, a woman who is amoral, capricious and predatory.
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Nan and the widow
Diana takes Nan in as her sexual slave. She is later thrown back onto the streets. Will she ever find hapiness with Florence?