Shoulder to Shoulder
How women fought for the vote
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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
Network: BBC Two
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Cast
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Siân Phillips Emmeline Pankhurst -
Patricia Quinn Christabel Pankhurst -
Georgia Brown Annie Kenney -
Angela Down Sylvia Pankhurst - Sally Miles Flora Drummond
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Sheila Allen Mrs Pethick-Lawrence - Maureen Pryor Dr Ethel Smyth
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Fulton Mackay Keir Hardie -
Ronald Hines Mr Pethick-Lawrence -
Robert Hardy Asquith -
Michael Gough Dr Richard Pankhurst - Lans Traverse Zellie Emerson
