When the University fails to help Sophia realise her medical ambitions, she heads to London, where she meets a new revolutionary supporter.

Sophia Jex-Blake's campaign to become a doctor continues in this true story of a late 19th century pioneer in Maggie Allen's ten-part dramatisation.

Starring Julia Watson as Sophia Jex-Blake; David Bannerman as Alexander Russel; Michelle Newell as Elizabeth Garret Anderson and Clifford Rose as Dr Anstie.

Director: Sue Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. Show less