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Shoulder to Shoulder

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This series had a profound impact on me when I was a senior in high school. The women's liberation movement was ramping up to full force, and this series gave it more significance, as a means for social change. If aired today, it could do the same for viewers in this time who desire political and social equity for all people, even when they are different from ourselves. I would buy it, if they would make it available.

It's a shame this is not available because it's one of the best BBC mini-series I've seen - on a par with I Claudius and Brideshead Revisited. It traces the story of the British Suffragettes and their struggle to gain the vote in Britain, as seen through the eyes of its leaders, Emmeline Pankhurst (played to perfection by Sian Phillips, who played Livia in I Claudius) and her daughters (one of whom is played by Patricia Quinn who was Augustus' daughter in I Claudius). As with other civil rights movements there were divisions between those wanting to use strictly peaceful, nonviolent methods and those who felt that more radical tactics were called for. For this reason, it is very relevant to our time and is liable to elicit various reactions from those watching it today. Definitely worth your time to watch if you can find it.

This was an outstanding historic drama. Does anyone know how to get a copy of this? Do we have to petition the BBC or PBS? It's a shame they haven't done it yet.

It is simply scandalous that the series has not been rebroadcast more often, and wasn't made available for home viewing at some point over recent years...decades, really. Right now, I could turn on my cable TV and see programs promoted under the rubric of "history" and "historical" about such subjects as "the Afterlife," "Alien Hunters," and Bigfoot.

There is no explanation for this other than politics.

"Shoulder to Shoulder" was superb and will do well in its coming reissue...whenever the powers that be get around to it.

Modern women, many of whom are apathetic about voting, need to be reminded of the huge sacrifices made on behalf of all women to get all sorts of basic human rights.

This was a tremendous series. I still become emotional when I hear the theme song with its stirring music by Ethel Smythe. I wish it were available on DVD. I would buy copies for my daughters and grandaughters.

With the 90th anniversary of the women's suffrage movement upon us, why can't we have this series released - it is of outstanding quality about an important subject.

I first saw "Shoulder to Shoulder" when Kentucky Educational Television aired a WETA production of the series in 1984 and was staggered by its importance and its production quality. As a member of WETA in recent years, I wrote suggesting that the series be revived and shown during Women's History Month. I never got a reply. I agree with all of the previous reviews here. I have tried for years to obtain a copy and hope it might finally be offered on DVD before my old VCR tapes disintegrate!

With an election on the horizon, surely this is time for a DVD release. I saw this when living in New Zealand - the first county to give women the vote. It left me with the feeling of obligation to the women who suffered and I have voted at every opportunity since, whether local or national. Please, Amazon, bring any pressure you can to bear for both another airing and a DVD.

This series was the most educationally important history lesson I have ever experienced, and I still remember it vividly now some 35 years later!
PLEASE release it in DVD. I have 2 daughters and a granddaughter and grandson that must see this amazing work.
Only the 2004 movie "Iron Jawed Angels" comes close to explaining what HIStory has left out about the U.S. HERstory, and it is from a completely different time period than "Shoulder to Shoulder."

I have been searching for this great series for years. It was available at one point from the BBC--in a videotape format unusable on American equipment. In the age of DVDs, there's just no excuse for this not being available. Amazing performances by some of the period's best actresses (in addition to Sian Phillips and Patricia Quinn, Angela Downey is outstanding), a fascinating look at a historic movement--as someone else noted, just as relevant today as it was when made at the hieght of the reborn feminist movement. Everyone occcupying Wall Streets across the country should see it to know what's coming.