Woman's Hour Drama - The Help - Episode 1

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.