Shoulder to Shoulder
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.
Cast: Siân Phillips, Patricia Quinn
Miniseries
6 episodes
1. The Pankhursts1898: 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.CC1 h 15 minApr 3, 1974
2. Annie Kenney1904: Annie Kenney - a mill worker since the age of ten. What has Women's Suffrage to offer her?CC1 h 15 minApr 10, 1974
3. Lady Constance Lytton1908: 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.CC1 h 15 minApr 17, 1974
4. Christabel PankhurstBlack Friday, 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the police arrest the suffragettes...?CC1 h 15 minApr 24, 1974
5. OutrageThe campaign grows: suffragettes destroy property and Emily Wilding Davison becomes a martyr to the cause.CC1 h 15 minMay 1, 1974
6. Sylvia Pankhurst1914: War is declared, and women still do not have the vote.CC1 h 15 minMay 8, 1974
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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.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Midge Mackenzie, Verity Lambert, Georgia Brown
- Studio
- BBC
Maturity rating
Not yet rated.
Audio languages
English
Where to watch
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