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)
Stepping out

Nan begins her first love affair with Kitty a male impersonator music hall star.
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.
Top hat and tails

Kitty and Nan become the toast of the town with their transgender act.
Kitty's betrayal

Kitty decides to turn her back on Nan and get married, rather than risk a public scandal.
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.
The widow's mite

Nan meets wealthy widow Diana Lethaby, a woman who is amoral, capricious and predatory.
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?

Lovely ladies