Miniseries (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.
Episodes: 6
Star Cast: Siân Phillips , Patricia Quinn ,
Episodes List
Ep.1 The Pankhursts
Air Date: 1974-04-03
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.
Ep.2 Annie Kenney
Air Date: 1974-04-10
1904: Annie Kenney - a mill worker since the age of ten. What has Women's Suffrage to offer her?
Ep.3 Lady Constance Lytton
Air Date: 1974-04-17
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.
Ep.4 Christabel Pankhurst
Air Date: 1974-04-24
Black Friday, 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the police arrest the suffragettes...?
Ep.5 Outrage
Air Date: 1974-05-01
The campaign grows: suffragettes destroy property and Emily Wilding Davison becomes a martyr to the cause.
Ep.6 Sylvia Pankhurst
Air Date: 1974-05-08
1914: War is declared, and women still do not have the vote.
