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It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle becomes the hilariously ineffectual Banbury Intricate Craft Circle politely request women's Suffrage. Gwen is the only member who actually enjoys the craft element of the meetings, while Helen thinks that craft is a little unnecessary, but she's not interested in women's rights: "What on earth do women need a vote for? My husband votes for who I tell him to vote for. What could be a better system than that?"

Has Margaret become a suffragette? - Up the Women - Episode 1 Preview - BBC Four

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Jessica Hynes

Margaret

Vicki Pepperdine

Gwen

Rebecca Front

Helen

Judy Parfitt

Myrtle

Emma Pierson

Eva

Georgia Groome

Emily

Ryan Sampson

Thomas

Adrian Scarborough

Frank

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