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Small Island by Andrea LevyEpisodes

  1. 15. Consequences

    15/15Queenie makes the most difficult decision of her life. Stars Lyndsey Marshal.

  2. 14. Arrival

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

  3. 13. Discrimination

    13/15Hortense is forced to face up to prejudice when she attempts to get a job.

  4. 12. Indiscretion

    12/15Bernard is demobbed, but an indiscretion leads him to postpone his homecoming.

  5. 11. Independence

    11/15Queenie's husband Bernard explains how Indian independence spells the end of the Empire.

  6. 10. Lodgings

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

  7. 9. Arthur

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

  8. 8. Gilbert

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

  9. Episode 7

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

  10. 6. Queenie

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

  11. 5. 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...

  15. Listen live

    1. Childhood

    1/15Jamaican Hortense Roberts emigrates to London.