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"Harper Lee" (32 results)
An discussion of Southern America, the setting for Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
With the eagerly anticipated publication of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman, over fifty years since To Kill A Mockingbird first came out, Pr...
Sue MacGregor, Andi Oliver and Dr Phil Hammond discuss books by Harper Lee, F Scott Fitzgerald and Marina Lewycka.
Dougray Scott celebrates Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning story To Kill a Mockingbird fifty years after its publication in 1960.
More from the Cultural Exchange project, in which 75 leading creative minds share their passion for a book, film, poem, piece of music or o...
Matthew Sweet celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
Writers join Mariella Frostrup to talk about Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird as it turns 50.
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 K...
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. H...
Andrew Smith investigates a trial that could have inspired Harper Lee when she was writing 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
Andrew Smith investigates the reception and legacy of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
An introduction to the plot and themes of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
An introduction to the history of white violence against black people in Southern America.
A discussion of the historical background and influences to the character of Tom Robinson and his alleged cr...
The historical context of Martin Luther King and segregation in Southern America.
GCSE English Literature video shorts to support students studying To Kill a Mockingbird.
Documentary following the Hollywood star Gregory Peck on a tour of speaking engagements, as well as at home with his family in America and ...
This programme looks at the historical context that the book ''To Kill A Mockingbird'' was written.
A look at how novels like 'To Kill A Mockingbird' directly intervened in debates about desegregation and constitutional equality in early 1960s Am...
The search for the nation's number one novel presented by Clive Anderson. John Humphrys is for ''To Kill a Mockingb...
Sandi Toksvig hosts book discussion with John Walsh and Ian MacMillian on the choice between ...
Marking the 50th anniversary of the influential novel To Kill a Mockingbird, writer Andrew Smith visits Monroeville in Alabama, the setting of th...
Guests Helena Kennedy QC, appeal court judge Sir Alan Moses, German judge Ruth Herz and former barrister and co-creator of Garrow's Law...
From the Oscar winning adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Scout and Jem tell Dill stories about Boo Radley.
From the Oscar winning adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Scout does not take well to her first day of s...
From the Oscar winning adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Atticus shocks Scout and Jem by shooting a mad dog.
From the Oscar winning adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Atticus sits outside Tom Robinson's jail cell to save him from a l...
From the Oscar winning adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', the court case begins with witness testimonies...
From the Oscar winning adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Tom Robinson tells the story of his interactions with May...
From the Oscar winning adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Atticus pleads with the jury to find Tom Robinson...
Andrew Smith does a tour of Monroeville, a town that was the influence for Maycomb in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
Andrew Smith explores the Civil Rights Movement in the sixties in relation to 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
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