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Small Island by Andrea LevyEpisodes

  1. Episode 15

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

  2. Episode 14

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

  3. Episode 13

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

  4. Episode 12

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

  5. Episode 11

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

  6. Episode 10

    10/15The war ends in Europe, but Queenie's husband is still fighting in the Far East.

  7. Episode 9

    9/15Jamaican Gilbert Joseph joins Queenie in a trip to the cinema but the seats are segregated

  8. Episode 8

    8/15Gilbert reveals how Jamaican fighters face racism from Americans and the British.

  9. Episode 7

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

  10. Episode 6

    6/15Arriving from Jamaica, Hortense discovers post-war England is cold and dreary.

  11. 6. England

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

  12. 4. Dreams

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

  13. 3. Missing

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

  14. 2. Hurricane

    2/15A hurricane in Jamaica exposes a secret and devastates Hortense Roberts.

  15. 1. Childhood

    1/15Jamaican Hortense Roberts emigrates to London.