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Small Island: With Naomie Harris, Hugh Quarshie, Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo. 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.
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- 2010-04-18
- Drama
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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
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.
Elizabeth Small. Actress: Spare Parts. Elizabeth "Lizzy" Small starred in the television drama/comedy, 12 Pups of Christmas on the ION Network in 2019. She plays the role of a savvy and sassy corporate executive determined to help save her brother's company while helping him find love and happiness.
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 London and Jamaica.
Love is a luxury. Newly arrived Jamaicans in postwar London hope for a new life - but secrets will expose and unite them. Award-winning drama with Naomie Harris and Ruth Wilson. Episode 1 (87 mins)
