Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
| Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biography, Comedy, Drama |
| Based on | Marie and Halliday lawsuit from 1923 |
| Written by | R.W. Reid |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Robert Hardy |
| Production | |
| Producer | David C. Rea[1] |
| Running time | 65 Minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 25 June 1970 |
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary is a 1970 TV play which retells and explores a real life story from the year 1923 when Marie Stopes sued Halliday Sutherland over an attack.[2][3] The film was produced by the BBC, broadcast only once on BBC One and shown on the 25 June 1970.[4][5]
Plot
[edit]Set in 1923, a British author named Marie Stopes is having quite the tumultuous life until one day she attempts to sue Dr. Halliday Sutherland for libel, since she thinks he criticized her birth control clinic. A lawyer named Patrick Hastings comes to represent Stopes, and judge Ernest Charles comes to represented Dr. Halliday Sutherland. At first Stopes loses the case then she won for an appeal at the Court of Appeal and then lost again in the House of Lords, but the case ends up generating huge publicity for everyone who views Stopes' case.
Cast
[edit]- Bernard Archard as Serjeant Sullivan K.C.
- Anthony Bate as Doctor Halliday Sutherland
- Alethea Charlton as Marie Stopes
- Sonia Dresdel as Professor Louise McIlroy
- Leo Genn as Patrick Hastings K.C.
- Llewellyn Rees as Lord Chief Justice
- Peter Sallis as Ernest Charles K.C.
- Robert Hardy as Narrator
Reception
[edit]The film was only broadcast once on BBC One on the 25 June 1970. The film is fully intact and survives in the BBC Archives.[6] The film has unfortunately not been made available to watch at the British Film Institute or anywhere else.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Day-Lewis, Sean (26 June 1970). "Marie Stopes make intense biography". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "The true story behind the Marie Stopes eugenics trial of 1923". catholicworldreport.com.
- ^ "Marie Stopes (1880 - 1958)". bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary (1970)" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Birmingham Evening Mail · 25 Jun 1970". newspaper.com.
- ^ "Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary (1970)". tvbrain.info.
- ^ "Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary (1970)". collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
External Links
[edit]- Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary at IMDB
- Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary at BBC Genome Project
- Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary at British Film Institute
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