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Small Island · TV Tonight

Small Island

2009–2009 · BBC One · Ended

Small Island

DramaRomanceHistory

Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners involved in World War Two.

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BBC OneTV network · United Kingdom

Sunday at 21:00 (Europe/London)

This series has ended.

Last aired

S01E02 · Episode 2

2009-12-13

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Episodes

E01
Episode 1
2009-12-06 · 90 min
E02
Episode 2
2009-12-13 · 90 min

Cast

Naomie Harris
Hortense
Hugh Quarshie
Narrator
Ruth Wilson
Queenie
David Oyelowo
Gilbert
Ashley Walters
Michael

Shaun Parkes

Winston

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Bernard

Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

Arthur Bligh

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Celia

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