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Miniseries

6 episodes · 1974

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.

  1. 1The Pankhursts

    03 Apr 1974 · 1 hr 15 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. 2Annie Kenney

    10 Apr 1974 · 1 hr 15 min

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

  3. 3Lady Constance Lytton

    17 Apr 1974 · 1 hr 15 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. 4Christabel Pankhurst

    24 Apr 1974 · 1 hr 15 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. 5Outrage

    01 May 1974 · 1 hr 15 min

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

  6. 6Sylvia Pankhurstfinale

    08 May 1974 · 1 hr 15 min

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