TV show

Shoulder to Shoulder

“How women fought for the vote”

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.

Creator

Midge Mackenzie

Creator

Verity Lambert

Creator

Georgia Brown

Status

Ended

First air date

03/04/1974

Original language

English