Episode 1
Three very different women come together for a clandestine project that will put them at risk: black maid Aibileen, her closest friend Minny, and Skeeter, just home from college.
Dramatisation of Kathryn Stockett's novel set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, about three brave women who dare to cross the racial lines.
Three very different women come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk: black maid Aibileen, her closest friend Minny, the best cook in Mississippi, and Skeeter, who is 22 and just home from college.
Aibileen ...... Alibe Parsons
Minny ...... Octavia Spencer
Skeeter ...... Laurel Lefkow
Elizabeth/Celia ...... Lydia Parker
Hilly ...... Madeleine Potter
Miss Walters/Mrs Phelan ...... Debora Weston
Raleigh/Johnny ...... Nathan Nolan
Mae Mobley ...... Edward Prout
Adapted by Penny Leicester.
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- Mon 20 Jul 2009 19:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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