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03/04/1974 Drama 1h 15m
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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.

Top billed cast

  1. Siân Phillips

    Emmeline Pankhurst

  2. Patricia Quinn

    Christabel Pankhurst

  3. Georgia Brown

    Annie Kenney

  4. Angela Down

    Sylvia Pankhurst

  5. Sally Miles

    Flora Drummond

  6. Sheila Allen

    Mrs Pethick-Lawrence

  7. Maureen Pryor

    Dr Ethel Smyth

  8. Fulton Mackay

    Keir Hardie

  9. Ronald Hines

    Mr Pethick-Lawrence

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Current Season

Season 1

 1974 | 6 Episodes

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.

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Shoulder to Shoulder

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