It starred Keely Hawes and Rachael Stirling and it is available on DVD. There was no need to do so with this as it was “sexed-up” already. It was a faithful adaptation with screenwriting by Andrew Davies, a writer who had been accused of “sexing” things up in the past. I would have thought that this would have put it on the top of my viewing list but I didn’t watch it. The Daily Mail, in particular, thought all those who watched it would suffer from incurable moral decline. When a television series was made of the novel in 2002 the tabloids had a field day. (Although like many of the best titles it can be interpreted in different ways). If you don’t then read the book as I have come over surprisingly coy today!. I knew about it and thought I knew what the phrase “Tipping the Velvet” referred to. For some reason this debut novel passed me by when it was published.
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