Woman's Hour Drama - The Help - Episode 5

Dramatisation of Kathryn Stockett's novel set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, about three brave women who dare to cross the racial lines. Aibileen attempts to persuade Minny to contribute to Skeeter's clandestine writing project. But Minny is going to take some convincing. 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.