Up the Women

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Up the Women is a British sitcom set in 1910 that follows a group of women in a small English town as they become involved in the suffragette movement.

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instanceOf British sitcom
television series
character Eva NERFINISHED
Helen NERFINISHED
Margaret NERFINISHED
Mr. Lloyd NERFINISHED
Myrtle NERFINISHED
Thomas NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Jessica Hynes NERFINISHED
depicts early 20th-century British society
local women's suffrage group
director Jessica Hynes NERFINISHED
executiveProducer Richard Boden NERFINISHED
filmingLocation United Kingdom
firstAired 2013
firstAiredOnChannel BBC Four NERFINISHED
followedBy second series on BBC Two
format half-hour episodes
genre historical comedy
period comedy
sitcom
hasCastMember Adrian Scarborough NERFINISHED
Emma Pierson NERFINISHED
Jessica Hynes NERFINISHED
Judy Parfitt NERFINISHED
Rebecca Front NERFINISHED
Ryan Sampson NERFINISHED
Vicki Pepperdine NERFINISHED
hasTheme female empowerment
political activism
social change
mainSubject suffragettes
women's suffrage movement
numberOfEpisodes 9
numberOfSeries 2
originalLanguage English
originallyBroadcastAs three-part series on BBC Four
originallyCommissionedBy BBC Four NERFINISHED
originalNetwork BBC Four NERFINISHED
BBC Two
producer Chris Carey NERFINISHED
productionCompany Baby Cow Productions NERFINISHED
secondSeriesAiredOnChannel BBC Two NERFINISHED
settingPlace Banbury NERFINISHED
Oxfordshire NERFINISHED
settingTime 1910
subsequentBroadcastAs six-episode second series on BBC Two
writer Jessica Hynes NERFINISHED

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Rebecca Front notableWork Up the Women