

Small Island
2009 · TV · 1 season · 2 episodes
Drama
"War, romance, infidelity and social unrest."
Overview
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.
Ratings
TMDB
6.2/10
Key crew
- Sarah WilliamsScreenplay
- Paula MilneScreenplay
- Martin PhippsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- David OyelowoGilbert
- Ashley WaltersMichael
- Benedict CumberbatchBernard
- Naomie HarrisHortense
- Ruth WilsonQueenie
- Shaun ParkesWinston
- Hugh QuarshieNarrator
- Roger SlomanMr. Todd
Stills
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Themes
london, englandbased on novel or bookworld war iijamaicaminiseries1940s











