Overview
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.
Cast
- David Oyelowo as Gilbert
- Ashley Walters as Michael
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Bernard
- Naomie Harris as Hortense
- Ruth Wilson as Queenie
- Shaun Parkes as Winston
- Hugh Quarshie as Narrator
- Roger Sloman as Mr. Todd