Small Island (2009)

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.

Small Island

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

as Aunt Dorothy

as Queenie's Mother

Jonathan Harden

Jonathan Harden

as Postal Worker

Neal McWilliams

Neal McWilliams

as Postal Worker

as Woman With Sweet

as Granddaughter

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Season 1

Season 1

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