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Naomie Harris

Ruth Wilson

David Oyelowo

Benedict Cumberbatch

Ashley Walters

Hugh Quarshie

Shaun Parkes

Roger Sloman

Tom Watt

Billy Carter

Jonathan Harden

Neal McWilliams

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Kerri McLean

Cara Shearer

Lee Simmonds

John Alexander

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Vicky Licorish

Grainne Marmion

Paula Milne

Sarah Williams

Small Island: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC One - Small Island, Episode 2

Hortense learns that England is not the golden land she hoped it would be.

Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners involved in the Second World War. Hortense learns that England is not the golden land she hoped it would be.

The emotional and moving climax to the stories of Hortense, Queenie and Gilbert whose lives entwine in post Second World War London.

Hortense begins her new life in England and soon learns it is not the golden land she hoped it would be. She and Gilbert suffer racism and ignorance, but in adversity they discover new qualities in each other and begin to fall in love. Queenie is shocked when her husband Bernard returns to her after years away. When she goes into labour and has a baby by a mysterious father, the lives of all four are changed forever.

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Drama: Classic & Period

Award-winning story of Jamaicans in postwar London with Naomie Harris and Ruth Wilson.

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.

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