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A Skirt Through History
"This six part series that not only portrays an individual's life but also gives a woman's view of history. In a combination of dram and documentary, the women, played by actresses including Anna Massey, Anna Cropper, Julia Ford and Lesley Manville, speak straight to the camera using words taken from their character's diaries and letters". (Radio Times, 30/4-6/5/1994).
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Episode 1
A Marriage
Thu, Aug 1, 199630 mins
"Anne Lister, an outwardly conventional gentlewoman living in Halifax at the beginning of the last century, had a secret life that would have shocked local society. Her diaries, written in such a complex code that they were not deciphered until the 1980s, reveal that she was really a lesbian Don Juan." (Radio Times, 30/4-6/5/1994).
