To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

Duration: 2'03'37''

Synopsis

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.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
To Kill A Mockingbird | BBC Radio 4 | 2012

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.
To Kill A Mockingbird | BBC Four | 2010

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.