Woman's Hour Drama

Dramatisation of Kathryn Stockett's novel set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, about three brave women who dare to cross the racial lines. After the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, Skeeter fears that she won't find any other black maids willing to tell her their story. 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.