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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AMP-6757 | Acorn MediaPublication details: Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, 2004.Edition: Complete UK broadcast edDescription: 1 videodisc (178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1569386757
  • 9781569386750
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Cinders Forshaw ; art director, Leigh Walker ; editor, Kristina Hetherington ; music, Terry Davies, Adrian Johnston ; costume designer, Susannah Buxton ; production designer, Malcolm Thornton.
Cast: Keeley Hawes, Rachael Stirling, Anna Chancellor, Jodhi May, Hugh Bonneville, John Bowe.Summary: 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA Tipping Available 33111008676120
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Originally produced in the U.K. for BBC1, where it first aired on October 9, 2002, the three-part miniseries Tipping the Velvet was adapted from Sarah Waters' best-selling debut novel of the same name. Set in the 1890s, the series focuses on the romance between Nan Astley (played by Rachel Stirling, daughter of actress Diana Rigg), a cook in the seaside restaurant owned by her father, and Kitty Butler (Keeley Hawes), a musical hall entertainer specializing in male impersonation. Given the strict (and somewhat hypocritical) moral restrictions of the Victorian era, the lesbian relationship between Nancy and Kitty must be kept a closely guarded secret, except in the hedonistic underground circles in which the actress and her libertine friends travel. Tipping the Velvet was brought to the US by way of the BBC America digital-cable service beginning May 23, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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

Closed-captioned.

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

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

Originally broadcast by BBC2 in 3 parts, Oct. 2002.

Based on the novel by Sarah Waters.

Not rated.

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.

Special features: interview with Sarah Waters and Andrew Davies; photo gallery; cast filmographies.

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