A moving collection of letters from fifties South
Africa, dramatised in five parts by Rosemary Kay. Lily Moya was a 15-year-old Transkei orphan schoolgirl, desperate for an education. She sought help from Mabel Palmer , a 70-year-old white educationalist. Their correspondence lay forgotten until the seventies when researcher
Shula Marks unearthed their extraordinary story. 1: Lilywrites to Mabel, pleading for help to escape her oppressive uncle.
Director Polly Thomas. Repeated from 10.45am