Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Small Island
- Release
- December 6, 2009
- Screen Time
- 1 season · 1h 30min/ep
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- N/A
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
David Oyelowo
Gilbert
2 eps.
Ashley Walters
Michael
2 eps.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Bernard
2 eps.
Naomie Harris
Hortense
2 eps.
Ruth Wilson
Queenie
2 eps.
Shaun Parkes
Winston
2 eps.
Hugh Quarshie
Narrator
2 eps.
Roger Sloman
Mr. Todd
2 eps.
Rachel Pickup
Mrs. Ryder
1 ep.
Denise Black
Aunt Dorothy
1 ep.
Mary Jo Randle
Queenie's Mother
1 ep.
Billy Carter
Shopkeeper
1 ep.
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