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.

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  David Oyelowo

  Gilbert

  2 eps

• 

  Ashley Walters

  Michael

  2 eps

• 

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Bernard

  2 eps

• 

  Naomie Harris

  Hortense

  2 eps

Themes

• london, england
• based on novel or book
• world war ii
• jamaica
• miniseries
• 1940s

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