Shoulder to Shoulder

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.

First Air Date: 1974-04-03

Last Air Date: 1974-05-08

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Midge Mackenzie, Verity Lambert, Georgia Brown

Networks: BBC Two

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Top Cast

Siân Phillips as Emmeline Pankhurst
Patricia Quinn as Christabel Pankhurst
Georgia Brown as Annie Kenney
Angela Down as Sylvia Pankhurst
Sally Miles as Flora Drummond
Sheila Allen as Mrs Pethick-Lawrence
Maureen Pryor as Dr Ethel Smyth
Fulton Mackay as Keir Hardie
Ronald Hines as Mr Pethick-Lawrence
Robert Hardy as Asquith

Seasons

Miniseries (1974)

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.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Pankhursts (1974-04-03)

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.
Ep. 2: Annie Kenney (1974-04-10)

1904: Annie Kenney - a mill worker since the age of ten. What has Women's Suffrage to offer her?
Ep. 3: Lady Constance Lytton (1974-04-17)

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.
Ep. 4: Christabel Pankhurst (1974-04-24)

Black Friday, 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the police arrest the suffragettes...?
Ep. 5: Outrage (1974-05-01)

The campaign grows: suffragettes destroy property and Emily Wilding Davison becomes a martyr to the cause.
Ep. 6: Sylvia Pankhurst (1974-05-08)

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