Shoulder to Shoulder

Miniseries

1974 · 6 episodes · 7h 30m in all

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

1. 

   1. The Pankhursts

   3 Apr 1974 · 75 min

   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.

2. 

   2. Annie Kenney

   10 Apr 1974 · 75 min

   1904: Annie Kenney - a mill worker since the age of ten. What has Women's Suffrage to offer her?

3. 

   3. Lady Constance Lytton

   17 Apr 1974 · 75 min

   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.

4. 

   4. Christabel Pankhurst

   24 Apr 1974 · 75 min

   Black Friday, 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the police arrest the suffragettes...?

5. 

   5. Outrage

   1 May 1974 · 75 min

   The campaign grows: suffragettes destroy property and Emily Wilding Davison becomes a martyr to the cause.

6. 

   6. Sylvia Pankhurst

   8 May 1974 · 75 min

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