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Small Island

BBC One
on BBC One London

2/2. Hortense soon learns England is not the golden land she hoped it would be and she suffers racism and ignorance. Queenie is shocked by her husband's return. When she has a baby by a mysterious father, four lives are changed for ever.
Dramatised by Paula Milne, Sarah Williams

(Simulcast in HD on the BBC HD channel)
The inside Story: page 72

Contributors

Dramatised by:
Paula Milne
Dramatised by:
Sarah Williams
Producer:
Joanna Anderson
Producer:
Vicky Licorish
Producer:
Grainne Marmion
Director:
John Alexander
Hortense:
Naomie Harris
Queenie:
Ruth Wilson
Gilbert:
David Oyelowo
Michael:
Ashley Walters
Bernard:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Narrator:
Hugh Quarshie
Winston:
Shaun Parkes
Mr Todd:
Roger Sloman
Mr Johnson:
Tom Watt
Mrs Harper:
Laura Hughes
Josephine:
Kerri McLean
Granddaughter:
Cara Shearer
Grandson:
Lee Simmonds
Shopkeeper:
Billy Carter
PO workers:
Jonathan Harden
PO workers:
Neal McWilliams
Source: Radio Times

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