Made In Dagenham - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Released
Stars
Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Daniel Mays, Jaime Winstone and more
Writer
Director
Producers
Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine Langan, Tim Haslam, Norman Merry and Paul White
Company
Comedy drama charting the fight of female factory workers for equal pay.
Sally Hawkins stars as Rita O'Grady, the catalyst for the 1968 Ford Dagenham strike by 187 sewing machinists which led to the advent of the Equal Pay Act. Working in extremely impoverished conditions for long arduous hours which they must balance with their domestic lives, the women at the Ford Dagenham plant finally lose their patience when they are reclassified as "unskilled".
With humour, common sense and courage they take on their corporate paymasters, an increasingly belligerent local community, the unions, and finally the government itself.
The leader of the women's struggle is fast-talking, no nonsense Rita whose fiery temper and unpredictability proves to be a match for any of her male opponents, and is echoed by Barbara Castle's struggle in the male-dominated House of Commons.
Additional details
UK certificate
15
Duration
113 minutes
UK release
Friday 1st October 2010
Distributors
Also known as
- Dagenham Girls (Working title)
Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
Most recent repeats
- Saturday 17th December 2022 at 9:30pm on BBC4
- Saturday 8th October 2022 at 10:00pm on BBC Scotland
- Friday 1st January 2021 at 2:10am on BBC1
Recording details
England and Wales - Filmed on location