Up The Women
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two / BBC Four
- 2013 - 2015
- 9 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom set amidst the suffrage movement in early 20th Century Britain. Stars Jessica Hynes, Rebecca Front, Vicki Pepperdine, Judy Parfitt, Georgia Groome and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2013 - 2015
- Channels
- BBC Two, BBC Four
- Episodes
- 9 (2 series)
- Creator
- Jessica Hynes
- Stars
- Jessica Hynes, Rebecca Front, Vicki Pepperdine, Judy Parfitt, Georgia Groome, Emma Pierson, Ryan Sampson and Adrian Scarborough
- Writers
- Jessica Hynes, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Morwenna Banks, Dan Swimer and Adam Kay
- Director
- Christine Gernon
- Producers
- Emma Strain, Mark Freeland, Henry Normal and Lindsay Hughes
- Companies
It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle becomes the hilariously ineffectual Banbury Intricate Craft Circle Politely Request Women's Suffrage.
Gwen is the only member who actually enjoys the craft element of the meetings; while Helen thinks that craft is a little unnecessary, she's not interested in women's rights: "What on earth do women need a vote for? My husband votes for who I tell him to vote for. What could be a better system than that?"
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 30th May 2013 at 8:30pm on BBC Four
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 21st June 2018 at 7:30pm on BBC4 - Series 1, Episode 3
- Wednesday 20th June 2018 at 7:30pm on BBC4 - Series 1, Episode 2
- Tuesday 19th June 2018 at 7:30pm on BBC4 - Series 1, Episode 1
Recording details
- BBC Television Centre - Studio 3 (TC3). Series 1
- The London Studios - Series 2