About Small Island
- Released on December 06, 2009
- Drama
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.
Full Cast of Small Island
David Oyelowo
plays Gilbert (2 episodes)
Ashley Walters
plays Michael (2 episodes)
Benedict Cumberbatch
plays Bernard (2 episodes)
Naomie Harris
plays Hortense (2 episodes)
Ruth Wilson
plays Queenie (2 episodes)
Shaun Parkes
plays Winston (2 episodes)
Hugh Quarshie
plays Narrator (2 episodes)
Roger Sloman
plays Mr. Todd (2 episodes)
Rachel Pickup
plays Mrs. Ryder (1 episode)
Denise Black
plays Aunt Dorothy (1 episode)
Mary Jo Randle
plays Queenie's Mother (1 episode)
Billy Carter
plays Shopkeeper (1 episode)
Jonathan Harden
plays Postal Worker (1 episode)
Joseph Hearns
plays Young Lad (1 episode)
Laura Hughes
plays Mrs. Harper (1 episode)
Kerri McLean
plays Josephine (1 episode)
Andrew McMahon
plays Young Lad (1 episode)
Neal McWilliams
plays Postal Worker (1 episode)
Gillian Raine
plays Woman With Sweet (1 episode)
Cara Shearer
plays Granddaughter (1 episode)
Lee Simmonds
plays Grandson (1 episode)
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