Small Island

Season 1

"War, romance, infidelity and social unrest."

Drama

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.

BBC One GB

CastAshley Walters, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo, Hugh Quarshie, Naomie Harris, Roger Sloman, Ruth Wilson, Shaun Parkes

CountryGB

NetworksBBC One