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Episode 8

Episode 8 of 10

By Kathryn Stockett, set in Mississippi in 1962. Skeeter's crossing of the fearsome Miss Hilly results in her almost total exclusion from the Jackson social set.

Dramatisation of Kathryn Stockett's novel set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, about three brave women who dare to cross the racial lines.

Skeeter's crossing of the fearsome Miss Hilly results in her almost total exclusion from the Jackson social set.

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.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 29 Jul 2009 19:45

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  • Wed 29 Jul 2009 19:45

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