To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
Based on To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Award-winning adaptation of Harper Lee's novel set in 1930s Alabama. Lawyer Atticus Finch defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. His children Jem and Scout become involved as racial hate splits the community.
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- Type: Adaptation
- Channel: BBC Four
- Duration: 2'03'37''
- Broadcast date: 2010
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Literary Resource
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Unreliable Evidence | Courtroom Drama
Guests Helena Kennedy QC, appeal court judge Sir Alan Moses, German judge Ruth Herz and former barrister and co-creator of Garrow's Law, Mark Pallis, reflect on 50 years of fictional courtroom dramas - from To Kill a Mockingbird to Silk, and ask if lawyers can learn things from the actors who portray them.
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To Kill a Mockingbird at 50
Marking the 50th anniversary of the influential novel To Kill a Mockingbird, writer Andrew Smith visits Monroeville in Alabama, the setting of the book, to see how life there has changed in half a century.