TV series

A Skirt Through History
1994 · 1 season
An intimate, quietly scholarly portrait that lets historical women speak for themselves, rewarding patient attention.
- Starring
- Lesley Manville, Anna Massey
- Overview
- A lesbian Don Juan, a suffragette and a 17th-century Italian painter are just two of ten remarkable women who speak to us in this drama documentary - an intimate portrait of their lives and a woman's view of history.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, gender, sexuality, art
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Starring
- Lesley Manville, Anna Massey

