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Small Island by Andrea Levy Episodes

    9. Arthur

    9/15 Jamaican serviceman Gilbert Joseph joins Queenie for a trip to the cinema.

    8. Gilbert

    8/15 Gilbert faces prejudice as he trains to serve in his mother country.

    7. Michael

    7/15 Hortense's landlady Queenie tells of her war job - and her boring husband.

    6. Queenie

    6/15 Hortense meets her landlady, Queenie Bligh in cold and dreary London.

    5. England

    5/15 Hortense comes up with an extraordinary plan to get to England.

    4. Dreams

    4/15 Hortense is still in Kingston, but her heart longs for England and Michael.

    3. Missing

    3/15 As Jamaicans travel to England to join the war effort, news arrives about Michael.

    2. Hurricane

    2/15 A hurricane in Jamaica exposes a secret...

    1. Childhood

    1/15 Jamaican Hortense Roberts emigrates to London.