Shoulder to Shoulder: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This series dramatizes the lives of the Pankhurst women and their role in the Suffragette Movement.Covering the period from 1895 to 1919, Shoulder to Shoulder followed the suffrage movement as influenced by the Pankhursts - Richard, a pro-suffrage Manchester barrister, wife Emmeline, founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, the driving power behind the movement, and daughters Christabel, a lawyer imprisoned and eventually exiled to Paris and Sylvia, who organized the impoverished women of London's East End - mill worker Annie Kenney, who joined the cause and eventually became a dynamic speaker for the movement, and Lady Constance Lytton, an upper class activist who underwent forced feeding in prison.

Series details

• Title: Shoulder to Shoulder
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, History
• Premiere date: 1974-04-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 1974-05-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 75 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36343
• IMDb ID: tt0071047
• TVDB ID: 296407

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1974-04-03; final listed air date 1974-05-08; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shoulder to Shoulder on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.