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A gentle Jamaican woman reunited with her husband in post-World War II London encounters both racism and homesickness as she adjusts to her new life. Stars. Naomie Harris. Hugh Quarshie. Ruth Wilson. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. Added by 5.9K users. 8 User reviews.
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Cast and characters Naomie Harris as Hortense Roberts Born out of wedlock in an illegitimate, but not loveless, liaison between her affluent Jamaican father and an illiterate farm girl, Hortense is brought up by her father's cousin as playmate to his son, Michael.
- 6 December –, 13 December 2009
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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.
Naomie Harris. Ruth Wilson. Shaun Parkes. Hugh Quarshie. Roger Sloman. Rachel Pickup. View More. Full Cast & Crew. Last Season. Season 1. 50 % 2009 • 2 Episodes. Season 1 of Small Island premiered on December 6, 2009. Episode 2. (1x2, December 13, 2009) Season Finale. View All Seasons. Social. Reviews 0. 0.
Small Island is a two-part 2009 BBC One television drama adapted from the 2004 novel of the same title by Andrea Levy. The programme stars Naomie Harris and Ruth Wilson as joint respective female protagonists Hortense Roberts and Queenie Bligh, two women who struggle to fulfil their personal ambitions and dreams amidst the chaos of World War II ...
Paula Milne, Sarah Williams. Novel: Andrea Levy. Cast. Music. Martin Phipps. Cinematography. Tony Miller. Producer. BBC, Ruby Films. Genre. TV Series. Drama | TV Miniseries. Costume Drama. Racism. 1930s. Synopsis.
