Small Island

Small Island (2009)

Drama
57%
User score

War, romance, infidelity and social unrest.

Description

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.

Andrea Levy
Novel
Sarah Williams
Screenplay
Paula Milne
Screenplay

Actors

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
Status

Ended

Network
Small Island
Type

Miniseries

Original language

English

Keywords
london, englandbased on novel or bookworld war iijamaicaminiseries1940s