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Small Island

Small Island

Small Island

2009 1 Seasons 2 Episodes ⭐ 6.1 Drama

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode One

London 1948: Hortense joins Gilbert, her new husband, in England, where he is lodging with Queenie Bligh. The women have

EP 2

Episode Two

The emotional and moving climax to the stories of Hortense, Queenie and Gilbert whose lives entwine in post Second World

Popular Cast

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

Gilbert

Ashley Walters

Ashley Walters

Michael

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Bernard

Naomie Harris

Naomie Harris

Hortense

Ruth Wilson

Ruth Wilson

Queenie

Shaun Parkes

Shaun Parkes

Winston

Hugh Quarshie

Hugh Quarshie

Narrator

Roger Sloman

Roger Sloman

Mr. Todd