Big Women - 4oD - Channel 4

Series 1 Episode 1

First Broadcast: Thu 2 July 1998 Channel 4

Primrose Hill, London, 1971: Stephie, her husband Hamish and their two boys, host a meeting for women - this is '70s consciousness-raising in action.

In comes the young housewife Zoe with her three-year-old daughter Saffron; the aptly named Daffy who is dipping her toe into feminism; the powerful and brilliant Alice and the driving- force behind the group, the charismatic Layla.

During a night of fierce arguments, naked dancing and some illicit snogging, they decide to launch Medusa, a feminist publishing house.

SERIES:

1. Series 1 Episode 1
  
  Primrose Hill, London, 1971: Stephie, her husband Hamish and their two boys, host a meeting for women - this is '70s…
  - Adult drama with strong language and some nudity
2. Series 1 Episode 2
  
  By the summer of 1976 Medusa is in full flow, although Layla and Stephie row constantly over the types of books they…
  - Adult drama with strong language
3. Series 1 Episode 3
  
  Seven years have passed since Zoe's death and her daughter Saffron, now 15, begins a personal quest into her suicide.
  - Adult drama with strong language
4. Series 1 Episode 4
  
  In the final episode of Fay Weldon's drama, Layla decides she wants out of the feminist publishing business and…
  - Adult drama with strong language