Up The Women. Image shows from L to R: Helen (Rebecca Front), Margaret (Jessica Hynes)
Up The Women

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.

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Hunger strike

The idea of a hunger strike hasn't quite been understood.

Up the Women: Series 2 Trailer

The 'revolutionary' comedy comes to BBC Two.

Emmeline is here

The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle has a special visitor.

View this clip on the BBC website

The letter

Margaret has a letter from Emmeline Pankhurst.

Suffrage action

Margaret takes suggestions from the group about how they should protest.

View this clip on the BBC website

Eva's Placard

Eva worries that she's ruined her placard.

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