Shoulder to Shoulder

Season 1 Episode 1: The Pankhursts

Apr 03, 1974NR1h 15m8.8

In 1895 the progressive Labour candidate Richard Pankhurst fails to be elected as the MP for Gorton in Manchester but assures his wife Emmeline and elder daughters Christabel and Sylvia that one day socialism will triumph. Three years...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Pankhursts

1. The Pankhursts

Aired: Apr 3, 1974

In 1895 the progressive Labour candidate Richard Pankhurst fails to be electe...

Episode 2 Annie Kenney

2. Annie Kenney

Aired: Apr 10, 1974

Northern mill worker Annie Kenney, fifth of eleven children, is inspired by a...

Episode 3 Lady Constance Lytton

3. Lady Constance Lytton

Aired: Apr 17, 1974

Through patronage of an arts movement for working class girls high-born Lady ...

Episode 4 Christabel Pankhurst

4. Christabel Pankhurst

Aired: Apr 24, 1974

In 1910 composer Ethel Smythe joins the union, writing its anthem The March o...

Episode 5 Outrage

5. Outrage

Aired: May 1, 1974

Disturbed by Christabel's militancy and aggressive attitude Sylvia moves to t...

Episode 6 Sylvia Pankhurst

6. Sylvia Pankhurst

Aired: May 8, 1974

Weakened by another spell in prison Sylvia Pankhurst joins her mother on a vi...

Info about Shoulder to Shoulder

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Drama, History