Adapted from Andrea Levy's best-selling award-winning novel and shown on BBC One this two-part drama Small Island is an epic love story about the determined pursuit of dreams in the face of seemingly insurmountable barriers. Set against the backdrop of the Second World War in a time when landlords would put up signs that read No Irish no coloureds no dogs Small Island follows the interlocking lives of Londoner Queenie (Ruth Wilson) the young Jamaican couple who become her lodgers Gilbert and Hortense (David Oyelowo and Naomie Harris) Queenie's husband Bernard (Benedict... Cumberbatch) and the mysterious and handsome Michael (Ashley Walters). From the heat and hustle of life in Forties Jamaica through to the devastation of London in the Blitz Small Island is an ambitious yet personal tale which deftly touches on the weighty themes of empire prejudice and war with a gentle touch and a warm uplifting generosity of spirit. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. John Alexander's (SENSE AND SENSIBILITY) lavishly detailed two-part drama SMALL ISLAND perfectly captures the upheaval, promise and disillusion on wartime immigration. Adapted from the multiple prize-winning novel by Andrea Levy, the period drama tells the story of Jamaican immigrants and Londoners involved in World War Two. Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ashley Walters, star as the principle characters whose lives intersect at a time of global unrest.
Two-part BBC drama based on the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy. Set in Jamaica and London in the aftermath of the Second World War, the drama follows the interconnected lives of Londoners Queenie and Bernard (Ruth Wilson and Benedict Cumberbatch), the young Jamaican couple Gilbert and Hortense (David Oyelowo and Naomie Harris) who take up lodgings in their home, and mysterious RAF pilot Michael (Ashley Walters).
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