MiniseriesEnded
Small Island (2009)
War, romance, infidelity and social unrest.
1 season2 episodes90 min per episode
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.
- First aired
- December 6, 2009
- Last episode
- December 13, 2009
- Network
- BBC One
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Naomie Harris as Hortense
- Hugh Quarshie as Narrator
- Ruth Wilson as Queenie
- David Oyelowo as Gilbert
- Roger Sloman as Mr. Todd
- Ashley Walters as Michael
- Shaun Parkes as Winston
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Bernard
- Rachel Pickup as Mrs. Ryder
- Denise Black as Aunt Dorothy