Small Island (2006) | Episode 2

Duration: 1'07'00''

Synopsis

Arriving from Jamaica, Hortense discovers post-war England is cold and dreary. She gets to know her landlady Queenie. With Nadine Marshall.

Further Information

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Arriving from Jamaica, Hortense discovers post-war England is cold and dreary. She gets to know her landlady Queenie. With Nadine Marshall.

Small Island (2006) | Episode 3

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Small Island (2006) | Episode 1

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2006 | 13'44''

Andrea Levy's enthralling exploration of Empire, prejudice, war and love with Nadine Marshall. Three episodes.

Small Island (2006) | Episode 2

Small Island (2006) | Episode 2

2006 | 1'07'00''

Arriving from Jamaica, Hortense discovers post-war England is cold and dreary. She gets to know her landlady Queenie. With Nadine Marshall.

Small Island (2006) | Episode 3

Small Island (2006) | Episode 3

2006 | 1'09'00''

Indian independence spells the end of the British Empire. Dramatisation of the award-winning novel. Stars Stephen Tompkinson.
Other Archive resources
Small Island | BBC One | 2009

Small Island (2009) | Episode 2

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.
Small Island | BBC One | 2009

Small Island (2009)

Two part television drama adapted from Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners during World War II.