Name: Up the Women
Released: 2013-05-30T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Rebecca Front, Georgia Groome, Judy Parfitt

TV Show · Comedy · History

Set in 1910, follow Margaret (Jessica Hynes) as she transforms her local arts & craft group into a defiantly political, but hilariously ineffectual suffrage society.

2013 · 28m

Starring Rebecca Front, Georgia Groome, Judy Parfitt

Director Christine Gernon

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Margaret invites the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle to become the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle Politely Requests Women's Suffrage.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Keen to put the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle Politely Requests Women's Suffrage on the map, the women plan to picket the post office with placards.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle try to win approval to become an official league of the Women's Social and Political Union.
EPISODE 1

The Romance

Gwen disrupts the BICCPRWS hunger strike with cheese, while Thomas tries hopelessly to win Emily's heart.
EPISODE 2

Strike

Margaret tries to recruit new supporters of suffrage, whilst Eva, Myrtle and Gwen indulge in Dr Hamm's invigorator.
EPISODE 3

Bowls

Margaret's attempts to use a camera are thwarted when two New Zealand crown-green bowlers turn up.