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Shoulder to Shoulder

"How women fought for the vote"

1974-04-03
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Drama
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.

Producer

Verity Lambert

Script Editor

Midge Mackenzie

Music

Stanley Myers

Director of Photography

Peter Hall

Director of Photography

Ken Westbury

Costume Design

Joan Ellacott

period drama women's suffrage 19th century suffragettes 1900s 20th century 1890s

Status

Ended

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • BBC