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Maggie Allen - Not Me, But Us (Omnibus)

Drama: Biographical

Drama: Classic & Period

Maggie Allen - Not Me, But Us

True story of Sophia Jex-Blake who campaigned for women doctors in the late 19th century.

Maggie Allen's true story of Sophia Jex-Blake, who campaigned for women doctors in the late 19th century, starring Julia Watson.

Maggie Allen - Not Me, But Us (Omnibus): 1876-1894

07/10/2018

1876-1894

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Maggie Allen - Not Me, But Us (Omnibus), 1876-1894

Sophia Jex-Blake sets up her own medical practice in Edinburgh.

Sophia Jex-Blake sets up her own medical practice in Edinburgh. But there are challenges ahead. Stars Julia Watson.

By 1876, Sophia finally has a medical degree and sets up her own practice, but the challenges ahead lead her to question her very calling...

Omnibus of the last five episodes of Maggie Allen's ten-part dramatisation of the life the medical pioneer who campaigned for women's right to education in the late 19th century.

Starring Julia Watson as Sophia Jex-Blake; Tina Gray as Mrs Jex-Blake; Christopher Scott as Mr Norton; Joanna Monro as Ursula Du Pre; Isabel Thorne as Sara Coward; Susan Jeffrey as Edith Pechey; Gavin Muir as Henry Littlejohn; Tracy Wiles as Elsie Inglis; Teresa Gallagher as Ina Cadell; Hilary MacLean as Jessie MacGregor; Bob Docherty as John Inglis; Jenny Lee as Miss Gosse; and Jamie Ballard as Dr Milne.

Director: Sue Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

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