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5.0 1 Seasons • 2 Episodes

Small Island - Season 1

"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.

Top 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

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.

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