“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.
Creators: Midge Mackenzie, Verity Lambert, Georgia Brown
Network: BBC Two
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Status
Ended
Siân Phillips
Emmeline Pankhurst
Patricia Quinn
Christabel Pankhurst
Georgia Brown
Annie Kenney
Angela Down
Sylvia Pankhurst
Sally Miles
Flora Drummond
Sheila Allen
Mrs Pethick-Lawrence
Maureen Pryor
Dr Ethel Smyth
Fulton Mackay
Keir Hardie