Made in Dagenham, yes – but women went on strike in Halewood too
Strike action by female machinists at Ford’s east London plant in 1968 landed a fierce blow for women’s equality. But their colleagues at Ford in Liverpool, who also walked out, feel they have been airbrushed from history
February 2018
Sewing machinists’ strike at Ford was not about equal pay
Letters: The strike in May 1968 was about the company’s refusal to upgrade workers to the skilled grade C, writes Sheila Cohen
October 2017
Made in Dagenham? Sadiq Khan hails plan for film studio as 'rare chance'
Plan for new studio in London edges closer as study portrays eastern site as ‘ideal and rare opportunity’ for world-class facilities
November 2014
Made in Dagenham review – the feast of the show is visual rather than aural
Gemma Arterton effortlessly leads the way in a joyful, garish musical rejig of the hit film, writes Susannah Clapp
October 2014
This week's new theatre
This week’s new theatre
Made In Dagenham | Juice Festival | Bondagers | Spill Festival | First Episode | Queen Coal
June 2014
Made in Dagenham show director vows to put musicals 'back on the map'
Rupert Goold's fighting words about play starring Gemma Arterton come after failures by rivals in West End of London
October 2010
Greenslade
Made in Dagenham - ignore the film's flaws, it is right about so much
Roy Greenslade
'Mistakes' in the new feel-good movie do not detract from the correctness of its messages
Made in Dagenham
The strike by women at the Dagenham Ford factory in 1968 that led to the Equal Pay Act is given the Calendar Girls treatment, writes Philip French
Trailer park
Film trailer: Made in Dagenham
A dramatisation of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination
September 2010
The Guardian Film Show
Film Weekly meets Sally Hawkins
Sally Hawkins discusses her roles in Made in Dagenham and Submarine, shortly premiering at the London film festival. Plus, we have an interview with the director of Buried, and reviews of the week's big releases
Made in Dagenham
It may have had a little too much of the grimness removed, but this sweet-natured film about a 1968 strike for equal pay is a properly feelgood film, says Peter Bradshaw
Made in Dagenham
Xan Brooks: Sally Hawkins gives a winning performance in this uncomplicated, 1960s-influenced film about industrial strife at the Ford motor plant
