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Small Island

Name: Small Island
Genre: Drama
Cast: David Oyelowo, Ashley Walters, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Ruth Wilson

2009 · 1 season, 2 episodes · 90m episodes · Drama · BBC One · United Kingdom

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.

Based on the novel by

Andrea Levy

Starring

David Oyelowo, Ashley Walters, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Ruth Wilson, Shaun Parkes

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Not available to stream, rent or buy in United States.

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Subscription · 2Ireland, United Kingdom

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1940sbased on novel or bookjamaicalondon, englandminiseriesworld war ii

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