Small Island
2009 - 2009
6.1 (17)
1 hr 30 min
War, romance, infidelity and social unrest.
1 season, 2 episodes
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.
Top Cast
David Oyelowo as Gilbert
Ashley Walters as Michael
Benedict Cumberbatch as Bernard
Naomie Harris as Hortense
Ruth Wilson as Queenie
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