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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. |
Name | Character | Episodes |
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Benedict Cumberbatch | Bernard | 2 |
Ashley Walters | Michael | 2 |
Naomie Harris | Hortense | 2 |
David Oyelowo | Gilbert | 2 |
Ruth Wilson | Queenie | 2 |
Hugh Quarshie | Narrator | 2 |
Roger Sloman | Mr. Todd | 2 |
Shaun Parkes | Winston | 2 |
Rachel Pickup | Mrs. Ryder | 1 |
Mary Jo Randle | Queenie's Mother | 1 |
Jonathan Harden | Postal Worker | 1 |
Gillian Raine | Woman With Sweet | 1 |
Denise Black | Aunt Dorothy | 1 |
Laura Hughes | Mrs. Harper | 1 |
Billy Carter | Shopkeeper | 1 |
Kerri McLean | Josephine | 1 |