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Tipping the velvet / a Sally Head production for the BBC ; produced by Georgina Lowe ; screenplay by Andrew Davies ; directed by Geoffrey Sax. - Complete UK broadcast ed. - Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, 2004. - 1 videodisc (178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally broadcast by BBC2 in 3 parts, Oct. 2002. Based on the novel by Sarah Waters. Special features: interview with Sarah Waters and Andrew Davies; photo gallery; cast filmographies.

Cinematographer, Cinders Forshaw ; art director, Leigh Walker ; editor, Kristina Hetherington ; music, Terry Davies, Adrian Johnston ; costume designer, Susannah Buxton ; production designer, Malcolm Thornton. Cinematographer, Cinders Forshaw ; art director, Leigh Walker ; editor, Kristina Hetherington ; music, Terry Davies, Adrian Johnston ; costume designer, Susannah Buxton ; production designer, Malcolm Thornton.

Keeley Hawes, Rachael Stirling, Anna Chancellor, Jodhi May, Hugh Bonneville, John Bowe.

Set in the 1890's, the story of a lesbian love affair between a music hall male impersonator and a young woman smitten by the music hall life.

Not rated.


DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital Stereo.


Closed-captioned.

ISBN: 1569386757 9781569386750

Standard No.: 054961675791

Publisher. No.: AMP-6757 Acorn Media

Subjects--Personal Names:
Waters, Sarah, 1966- --Film adaptations.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Lesbians--England--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England--Social life and customs--19th century--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television mini-series.