First broadcast 31st October 1974.
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
Lynne Perrie ... Mollie
Elizabeth Spriggs ... Maggie
Lori Wells ... Sadie
Josie Lane ... Annie
Bert Gaunt ... Harry Gridley
Stan Stennett ... Joe Pike
Peter Wallis ... Fred Packer
Bernard Archard ... Managing Director, Blacks
Stanley Meadows ... Managing Director, Benthams
Terence Frisby ... Raymond Boswell
Peter Cellier ... Philip Stringer
Pat Wallis ... Rhona
Peter Russell ... Stan Lloyd
Christine Buckley ... Joan
Frances Goodall ... Peggy
John Comer ... Billy Crane
Martin Dempsey ... Union Regional Secretary
George Silver ... Bent
Tony Heath ... Isaacs
D.J. Huckerby ... King (as Denis Huckerby)
Duggie Brown ... Bus Conductor
Gwen Harris ... Older Worker
Dennis Lawes ... Older Worker
Terry Waddington ... Dennis Jones
Sue Dexter ... Mrs. Hesketh
Nanette Ryder ... Mrs. Gridley
Muriel Lawford ... Florrie
Wendy Marshall ... Young Girl
Bernard Atha ... Radio Reporter
Alex Robinson ... Town Hall Chairman
Christine Early ... Striker
Kenneth Hastwell ... Striker (as Ken Hastwell)
Suzi Daniels ... Striker
Joyce Kennedy ... Striker
Elizabeth Dawn ... Striker
Patti Nicholls ... Striker (as Patti Nichols)
Olga Grahame ... Striker
Don Scales ... Jack
Poppy Lane ... Striker (uncredited)
Colin Welland ... Man guiding scabs
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
Lynne Perrie ... Mollie
Elizabeth Spriggs ... Maggie
Lori Wells ... Sadie
Josie Lane ... Annie
Bert Gaunt ... Harry Gridley
Stan Stennett ... Joe Pike
Peter Wallis ... Fred Packer
Bernard Archard ... Managing Director, Blacks
Stanley Meadows ... Managing Director, Benthams
Terence Frisby ... Raymond Boswell
Peter Cellier ... Philip Stringer
Pat Wallis ... Rhona
Peter Russell ... Stan Lloyd
Christine Buckley ... Joan
Frances Goodall ... Peggy
John Comer ... Billy Crane
Martin Dempsey ... Union Regional Secretary
George Silver ... Bent
Tony Heath ... Isaacs
D.J. Huckerby ... King (as Denis Huckerby)
Duggie Brown ... Bus Conductor
Gwen Harris ... Older Worker
Dennis Lawes ... Older Worker
Terry Waddington ... Dennis Jones
Sue Dexter ... Mrs. Hesketh
Nanette Ryder ... Mrs. Gridley
Muriel Lawford ... Florrie
Wendy Marshall ... Young Girl
Bernard Atha ... Radio Reporter
Alex Robinson ... Town Hall Chairman
Christine Early ... Striker
Kenneth Hastwell ... Striker (as Ken Hastwell)
Suzi Daniels ... Striker
Joyce Kennedy ... Striker
Elizabeth Dawn ... Striker
Patti Nicholls ... Striker (as Patti Nichols)
Olga Grahame ... Striker
Don Scales ... Jack
Poppy Lane ... Striker (uncredited)
Colin Welland ... Man guiding scabs
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