Small Island (2009)
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
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Season 12 episodes
Cast and crew
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David Oyelowo
Gilbert
2 episodes
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Ashley Walters
Michael
2 episodes
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Bernard
2 episodes
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Naomie Harris
Hortense
2 episodes
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Ruth Wilson
Queenie
2 episodes
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Shaun Parkes
Winston
2 episodes
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Hugh Quarshie
Narrator
2 episodes
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Roger Sloman
Mr. Todd
2 episodes
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Rachel Pickup
Mrs. Ryder
1 episode
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Denise Black
Aunt Dorothy
1 episode
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Mary Jo Randle
Queenie's Mother
1 episode
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Billy Carter
Shopkeeper
1 episode
- Full cast
- Directing
- John Alexander
- Writing
- Andrea Levy (Novel), Sarah Williams (Screenplay), Kathleen Cahill (Writing) and 1 more
- Music
- Martin Phipps
- Cinematography
- Tony Miller
- Editing
- Roy Sharman
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Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- Dec. 6, 2009
- Episode runtime
- 90 minutes
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United Kingdom
- Networks
- BBC One
