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7.9/10   47 votes
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Director:
John Alexander
Writers:
Andrea Levy (novel)
Paula Milne (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 December 2009 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
In 1939 Hortense, illegitimate but intelligent and ambitious, is brought up on Jamaica with the family of charismatic... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
Small Island and Mister Eleven | TV review
 (From The Guardian - TV News. 12 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
Small Island is a missed opportunity | Tony Dennis
 (From The Guardian - TV News. 11 December 2009, 3:00 AM, PST)

Cast

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Naomie Harris ... Hortense
Ruth Wilson ... Queenie
Benedict Cumberbatch ... Bernard

David Oyelowo ... Gilbert
Ashley Walters ... Michael
Hugh Quarshie ... Narrator

Nikki Amuka-Bird ... Celia

Eoin Macken
Jonathan Harden ... Postal Worker #1
Peter Brooke ... Sikorski
Mark David ... Kip (as Mark Davison)

Laurence Spellman ... Ginger
Bentley Kalu ... Black GI
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Additional Details

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Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Jamaica more
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

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Featured in "Breakfast: (2009-12-03)" (2009) more

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