Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)

04/03/1974 (GB) • 1h 15m

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.

Top Billed Cast

Siân Phillips

Emmeline Pankhurst

6 Episodes

Patricia Quinn

Christabel Pankhurst

6 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

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

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

period drama

women's suffrage

19th century

suffragettes

1900s

20th century

1890s

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