Synopsis
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.
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.
The Book Cafe | 05/07/2010
Often voted one of the ten most important books of the past century, we'll be marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird by finding out what the book has meant to readers through the generations.