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Small Island by Andrea Levy Episodes

  1. Episode 15

    15/15 Confronted by the consequences of her actions, Queenie makes a difficult decision.

  2. Episode 14

    14/15 Queenie gives birth to a beautiful baby boy, but who is the father?

  3. Episode 13

    13/15 Hortense faces the prejudice of 1940s Britain when she attempts to get a job.

  4. Episode 12

    12/15 Bernard is demobbed, but an indiscretion leads him to fear for his life.

  5. Episode 11

    11/15 Bernard explains how Indian independence is spelling the end of the Empire.

  6. 10. Lodgings

    10/15 The war ends but where is Queenie's husband Bernard?

  7. 9. Arthur

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

  8. 8. Gilbert

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

  9. Episode 7

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

  10. 6. Queenie

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

  11. 5. England

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

  12. 4. Dreams

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

  13. 3. Missing

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

  14. 2. Hurricane

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

  15. 1. Childhood

    1/15 Jamaican Hortense Roberts emigrates to London.