Tipping the Velvet
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Tipping the Velvet

Year:
Duration:
177 min (3 parts)
Genres:
Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
8
Awards:
5 wins & 3 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 2002-10-09
Filming Locations: Whitstable, Kent, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Rachael Stirling
Rachael Stirling
Tipping the Velvet
Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays
Tipping the Velvet
Keeley Hawes
Kitty Butler
Anna Chancellor
Diana Lethaby (2 episodes, 2002)
Jodhi May
Florence Banner
Alexei Sayle
Charles Frobisher (2 episodes, 2002)
John Bowe
Walter Bliss (2 episodes, 2002)
Sally Hawkins
Zena Blake (2 episodes, 2002)
Di Botcher
Woman with Cigar (2 episodes, 2002)
Carl Chase
Corder (2 episodes, 2002)
Janet Henfrey
Mrs. Jex (2 episodes, 2002)
Bernice Stegers
Mrs. Denby (2 episodes, 2002)
Sara Stockbridge
Dickie (2 episodes, 2002)
Susie Valerio
Singer (2 episodes, 2002)
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Trivia
Author Sarah Waters was an extra in the film. She was a member of the audience to one of the shows. On the DVD she can be seen as such on the menu screen, and in the beginning of the movie when the credit "Based on the novel by Sarah Waters" is shown.
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As Nan Astley explains to Florence Banner in the final episode, "Tipping the Velvet" was a Victorian euphemism for cunnilingus.
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In an interview Keeley Hawes said that she and Rachel Stirling got drunk before shooting the love scenes, but also said kissing a woman was not much different than kissing a man.
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Goofs
The roses Kitty gives out in her act are obviously artificial. But later when Nan shows Kitty she kept the rose she received from her, the rose is wilted.
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Quotes
Diana Lethaby: [after her and Nan's first romp] Oh, you exquisite little tart!
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Nancy Nan Astley: Don't you know? Hasn't she told you about us?
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Nancy Nan Astley: But I didn't want to be her sister... I wanted to be her sweetheart!
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Photos from cast
Rachael Stirling Theresa Watson Daniel Mays
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