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A Skirt Through History

A Lady's Portion (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 30 min | Biography, Drama, Family
"The drama documentary series about the lives of extraordinary women continues with a look at two pioneering journalists. In 1858, Victorian editor Bessie Parks founded the first newspaper run by women for women. Fifty years later, Emilie ...See more"The drama documentary series about the lives of extraordinary women continues with a look at two pioneering journalists. In 1858, Victorian editor Bessie Parks founded the first newspaper run by women for women. Fifty years later, Emilie Peacocke became one of the first women reporters to work in Fleet Street". (Radio Times, 7/5-13/5/1994). Written by GlosBio See less
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Director
Kate Broome
Writers
Bessie Parks (diaries & letters) | Emilie Peacocke (diaries & letters)
Producer
Philippa Lowthorpe (producer)
Cinematographer
Graham Smith
Editor
Fred Hart
Casting Director
Liz Stoll
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Status
Edit Released
Updated May 13, 1994
Release date
Aug 1996 (United States)

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5 cast members
Name Known for
Dearbhla Molloy primary photo
Dearbhla Molloy
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
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Lesley Manville primary photo
Lesley Manville
Bessie Parkes Bessie Parkes   See fewer
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Jane Leonard primary photo
Jane Leonard
Barbara Leigh Smith Barbara Leigh Smith   See fewer
A Skirt Through History (1994)
Brian Ellis primary photo
Brian Ellis
Joseph Parkes Joseph Parkes   See fewer
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Elizabeth Bradley primary photo
Elizabeth Bradley
Emilie Peacocke Emilie Peacocke   See fewer
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