Shoulder to Shoulder(1974)

5.0
1 Seasons
Drama

"How women fought for the vote"

Overview

Shoulder to Shoulder is a 1974 BBC drama serial created through the collaboration of actress Georgia Brown, filmmaker Midge Mackenzie, and producer Verity Lambert. A dramatisation of the history of the women's suffrage movement in Britain, focusing on the Pankhurst family and their fight for women's right to vote, the six-part series, starring Siân Phillips as Emmeline Pankhurst, is considered a landmark in feminist television drama.

Created By: Midge Mackenzie

Episodes

The Pankhursts
Ep 1

The Pankhursts

1898: Dr and Mrs Pankhurst and their four children are living comfortably in Manchester. However, in that year an event occurs which will radically change all their lives.

03/04/197475 min
Annie Kenney
Ep 2

Annie Kenney

1904: Annie Kenney - a mill worker since the age of ten. What has Women's Suffrage to offer her?

10/04/197475 min
Lady Constance Lytton
Ep 3

Lady Constance Lytton

1908: Constance Lytton : daughter of the Viceroy of India, she came from one of the leading families in the land. Almost any door was open for her.

17/04/197475 min
Christabel Pankhurst
Ep 4

Christabel Pankhurst

Black Friday, 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the police arrest the suffragettes...?

24/04/197475 min
Outrage
Ep 5

Outrage

The campaign grows: suffragettes destroy property and Emily Wilding Davison becomes a martyr to the cause.

01/05/197475 min
Sylvia Pankhurst
Ep 6

Sylvia Pankhurst

1914: War is declared, and women still do not have the vote.

08/05/197475 min

Show Info

StatusEnded
NetworkBBC Two
TypeMiniseries

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