David OyelowoGilbert
Ashley WaltersMichael
Benedict CumberbatchBernard
Naomie HarrisHortense
Ruth WilsonQueenie
Shaun ParkesWinston
Hugh QuarshieNarrator
Roger SlomanMr. ToddWhy it may be worth watching
- Small Island combines Drama storytelling.
- The principal cast includes David Oyelowo, Ashley Walters, Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Small Island
War, romance, infidelity and social unrest.
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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Best suited to viewers looking for Drama. The available catalogue spans 1 season.
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london, englandbased on novel or bookworld war iijamaicaminiseries1940s
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