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2018

Andrea Levy: Her Island Story

Duration: 1 hour, 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

Andrea Levy's novel Small Island about the Windrush generation captured imaginations. imagine... finds out if the new adaptation of her book The Long Song follows suit. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:
Andrea Levy
Producer:
John O'Rourke
Director:
John O'Rourke
Executive Producer:
Sue Jones
Executive Producer:
Nicolas Kent
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob

The Long Song

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Caroline and July compete for Robert’s attention. Robert announces that he’s marrying Caroline, but on the wedding night goes to July’s bed and the two start a passionate affair. Show more

Contributors

Caroline Mortimer:
Hayley Atwell
Old July:
Doña Croll
James Richards:
Ansu Kabia
Peggy Jump:
Shereen Gray
Dublin Hilton:
Richard Pepple
Samuel Lewis:
Andy Frestner
Miss Rose:
Joy Richardson
Driver Jackson:
Dorian Da Silva
Mr Francis Bear:
Roger Wasserman
Executive Producer:
David Heyman
Executive Producer:
Rosie Alison
Executive Producer:
Andrea Levy
Executive Producer:
Sarah Williams
Executive Producer:
Tom Coan
Director:
Mahalia Belo

The Long Song

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Born a slave, July is taken from her mother to a plantation house and forced to work for the odious Caroline. But as she matures she starts to learn how to handle her new mistress. Show more

Contributors

Caroline Mortimer:
Hayley Atwell
John Howarth:
Leo Bill
Old July:
Doña Croll
Godfrey:
Lenny Henry
Hannah:
Jo Martin
Tam Dewar:
Gordon Brown
Dublin Hilton:
Richard Pepple
Miss Rose:
Joy Richardson
George Sadler:
David Verrey
Evelyn Sadler:
Lizzie Hopley
Charles Wyndham:
Harry Gostelow
Militia Man 1:
Christian Alvarez
Minister's Wife:
Elizabeth Turra
Executive Producer:
David Heyman
Executive Producer:
Rosie Alison
Executive Producer:
Andrea Levy
Executive Producer:
Sarah Williams
Executive Producer:
Tom Coan
Director:
Mahalia Belo

The Long Song

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Angry and frustrated by the workers’ refusal to work to his orders, Robert takes violent revenge, hoping to scare them into working, to the shock and horror of July. Show more

Contributors

Caroline Mortimer:
Hayley Atwell
Old July:
Doña Croll
Driver Jackson:
Dorian Da Silva
James Richards:
Ansu Kabia
Peggy Jump:
Shereen Gray
Miss Rose:
Joy Richardson
Dublin Hilton:
Richard Pepple
Samuel Lewis:
Andy Frestner
Constable:
Theodore Johns
Magistrate:
Michael Culkin
Hannah:
Jo Martin
Executive Producer:
David Heyman
Executive Producer:
Rosie Alison
Executive Producer:
Andrea Levy
Executive Producer:
Sarah Williams
Executive Producer:
Tom Coan
Director:
Mahalia Belo