Tipping the Velvet (TV series)

Tipping the Velvet
Based onTipping the Velvet (1998)
by Sarah Waters
Written byAndrew Davies
Directed byGeoffrey Sax
StarringRachael Stirling
Keeley Hawes
Anna Chancellor
Jodhi May
Music byAdrian Johnston
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerGeorgina Lowe
CinematographyCinders Forsha
EditorKristina Hetherington
Running time177 minutes (3 parts)
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release9 October (2002-10-09) –
23 October 2002 (2002-10-23)
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Tipping the Velvet is a 2002 BBC television drama serial based on the best-selling 1998 debut novel of the same name by Sarah Waters. It originally screened in three episodes on BBC Two and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Sally Head Productions. It stars Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, and Jodhi May.

Directed by Geoffrey Sax, the novel was adapted by screenwriter Andrew Davies. The production was made available on DVD by BBC Worldwide soon after broadcast.