Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.1 |
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About
"Victorian queer romance told with unabashed sensuality"
Adapted from Sarah Waters' novel, this three-part BBC drama follows Nan Astley, a Victorian oyster-girl who falls for a cross-dressing music hall star and is swept into a hidden world of queer desire, performance, and reinvention across late-19th-century England. It's lush, theatrical, and unabashedly sensual, tracing Nan's journey through love affairs and social strata with a picaresque energy. The pace moves briskly through Nan's transformations, carried by Rachael Stirling's performance and the show's vivid, unapologetic take on Victorian queer life rarely seen on screen at the time.
a bold, explicit portrait of Victorian lesbian desire rarely depicted on screen at the time.
you're uncomfortable with frank sexuality or prefer subtler, slower period dramas.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 7.8 | 153 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 7.7 | 129 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 8.1 | 129 | 60 min |