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War, romance, infidelity and social unrest.
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.Read moreLess
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.
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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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
David OyelowoGilbert
Ashley WaltersMichael
Benedict CumberbatchBernard
Naomie HarrisHortense
Ruth WilsonQueenie
Shaun ParkesWinston
Hugh QuarshieNarrator
Roger SlomanMr. ToddExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Sarah Williams
- Director of Photography
- Tony Miller
- Screenplay
- Paula Milne
- Editor
- Roy Sharman
- Original Music Composer
- Martin Phipps
- Producer
- Abi Bach
- Producer
- Vicky Licorish
- Producer
- Grainne Marmion