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Shoulder to Shoulder

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Shoulder to Shoulder

How women fought for the vote

5.0

1974

“How women fought for the vote”

Synopsis

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

Verity Lambert

Georgia Brown

Drama

period dramawomen's suffrage19th centurysuffragettes1900s20th century1890s

Cast & Crew

Siân Phillips

Siân Phillips

as Emmeline Pankhurst

Patricia Quinn

Patricia Quinn

as Christabel Pankhurst

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