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Small Island
TV series / 2009

Small Island

Episode directors John Alexander
Drama

★ 6.1/1017 votes

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.

The story

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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Season 1 Season 1 2009 · 2 episodes Season details

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Cast

David OyelowoGilbert Ashley WaltersMichael Benedict CumberbatchBernard Naomie HarrisHortense Ruth WilsonQueenie Shaun ParkesWinston Hugh QuarshieNarrator Roger SlomanMr. Todd Rachel PickupMrs. Ryder Denise BlackAunt Dorothy Mary Jo RandleQueenie's Mother Billy CarterShopkeeper
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Jonathan HardenPostal Worker Joseph HearnsYoung Lad Laura HughesMrs. Harper Kerri McLeanJosephine Andrew McMahonYoung Lad Neal McWilliamsPostal Worker Gillian RaineWoman With Sweet Cara ShearerGranddaughter Lee SimmondsGrandson

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