Small Island

Overview

Follow three intricately connected stories of Jamaicans and Londoners involved in World War Two. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as we trace the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.

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Cast

David Oyelowo

Gilbert

Ashley Walters

Michael

Benedict Cumberbatch

Bernard

Naomie Harris

Hortense

Ruth Wilson

Queenie

Shaun Parkes

Winston

Hugh Quarshie

Narrator

Roger Sloman

Mr. Todd