Synopsis
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.
- Programme: Shoulder to Shoulder
- Episode: 1: The Pankhurts
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1974
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